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23 Jul 98, Thursday, 1:25PM A friend in Bosnia (working for the UN) just sent this brief. I had to edit it a little in order to preserve his anonymity: 7 July 98 I am here in beautiful Bosnia/Herzegovina, firmly ensconced in my new job and enchanted by the conspicuous beauty of the County. Driving […]
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14 Jul 98, Tuesday, 2:12PM This additional from my friend in the Philippines: One of the guys I train with regularly was a target of Communist hit men a short time ago. He was ambushed by a party of three, all in a car. The bad guy’s shot (45 ACP hardball from a pistol) skimmed […]
Johannesburg, South Africa
2 July 1998 Along with his stethoscope, thermometer and other medical essentials, Dr Keith Annandale always packs a gun in his bag before leaving home for his practice in Putfontein, Benoni (South Africa). He killed two armed men who attempted to rob him at his surgery room on Tuesday. He shot the men after they […]
1998 NTI (National Tactical Invitational)
31 May 98, Sunday, 6:18PM The 1998 NTI (National Tactical Invitational) at Harrisburg, PA, 26-30 May 98: Vicki and I just completed the NTI. It was the best one thus far. As was the case last year, there was one A standard draw-and-shoot exercise, several Movement-and-Decision exercises, involving the latest iteration of the wonderful NTI […]
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In October, Polson, MT, sheriff’s deputy, Grant Holle, was suspended for fourteen days for violating department policy. He had been summoned to assist fellow officer, Tina Schlaile, who was detaining multiple-DUI offender, Rich Logan. Logan was slowly driving away in his car after he had been pulled over and as Officer Schalaile was approaching his […]
Russian Army Lessons Learned from the Battle of Grozny
A friend in DC just forwarded this to me. It is very interesting. It confirms that competent and dedicated riflemen are unconquerable. >>Russian Army Lessons Learned from the Battle of Grozny The Russian Army learned many lessons from its experience in Grozny: (1) You need to culturally orient your forces so that you don’t end […]
Vehicle Operations
When in a car under fire: In all cases the cars were well-built, European models, moving at fifty miles per hour or less. All hostile bullets were oblique shots from distances of anywhere from five to eighty meters. In the cases where I was in the vehicle, I recall a lot of glass shards, bullet […]
Gun industry legends Dave Spaulding, Massad Ayoob, Mike Boyle, and John Farnam join Fernando Coelho to dive deep into the history of the gun industry, shedding light on how firearms and firearms training have transformed over the decades. They discuss the dramatic shift from traditional print reviews to the digital age of internet forums, social media influencers, and YouTube personalities of the industry.
