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AuthorPete Nealen
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Camouflage: What’s the Point?
This should certainly stir up some conversation. Pete wrote it after some thin-skinned folks in the industry apparently got butt-hurt about the April Fool's joke on Soldier Systems Daily on Monday (our word, and Pete's, not SSD's). We recognize SSD is an industry...
Human Terrain: TRIBES
by Breach-Bang-Clear Contributor at Large and Valued Minion Peter Nealan, author of Task Force Desperate. This one talks about human terrain and negotiating it for tactical and strategic advantage, if not operational survival outside the wire.TribesWhile it may seem,...
ADHD Outside the Wire: Operational (Im)Patience
In 2006, SSgt Eric Kocher said, “We’ve got operational ADD, we go somewhere, poke around for a couple weeks, then we leave.”
“The Lowly Rifle”: Are We Riflemen?
If you are good with irons, you can be better with optics. It doesn’t really work the other way around though.
Back the Bang:
Risk, Maneuver and Positional Warfare
This is a cautionary tale about Combat, Ground Truth and the reality of Shoot, Move and Communicate. (Note, elements of this article are dated, as it's now almost 2 years old - its principles and lessons to be derived, are not.) This is a great article from our friend...
Learnin': Mission Planning and Prep
Order, Counterorder, Disorder. Remember that? How about, "No plan survives contact with the enemy" - ? Here's the thing. Preparation can preempt Murphy and ward off unnecessary mission fuckery. Today we're happy to present this guest article for your education...
Fight as you train (American Praetorians)
Zeroing a rifle is not training. It is maintenance. Qualifying on the range without your armor or helmet or armor on is lazy and stupid. Training with your gear set up differently than it will be in combat should be counter-intuitive, but it's not. This is as true...