The bane of every old school Command Sergeant Major in the United States Army is seeing a salty Specialist wearing some new fangled piece of kit in the field. Thoughts of the old Army, with ALICE packs and LBV kit all worn exactly the same way are enough to make this senior noncom mourn the loss of professionalism within his beloved Corps of Noncommission Officers. … Continue reading The Gear Gap

I went out with a buddy to shoot today so I took the Remington 700 SPS Tactical out to give it a go with some 175g Federal Gold Medal Match. First off, I was shocked that the first group I shot was as good as it was given the conditions those shots were taken in. Anyone who has taken time to shoot accurately knows the … Continue reading Urban Sniper Project – Update

Since the beginning of the Ukrainian counter offensive we have seen platoon and company size actions in the southern region, along what has unofficially been referred to as the Zaporizhzhia Front. These actions have been aimed at breaching the forward defenses of the Russian Army who spent much of the winter and spring digging in with troop emplacements and mine wire obstacles. If you remember … Continue reading Ukraine War Update 7/7/2023

If anyone has listed to me ramble on about the quality control issues that have plagued Remington rifles for the past two decades, they’d be shocked to know I’ve owned fifteen Remington rifles of various calibers and configurations. On one hand, the most accurate rifle I own is a more recent production Remington 700P in 300 Winchester Magnum, but it took a considerable amount of … Continue reading Urban Sniper Project

It’s been awhile since I’ve taken the time to publish anything, mostly out of not feeling like anything I’ve written was worth sharing. Since I push updates similar to this out to soldiers in my unit each month, I’m going to try making this a weekly post in an effort to get back to writing consistently again. As of 6/15/2023: The much lauded Ukrainian counter-offensive … Continue reading Ukraine War Update 6/16/2023

I can’t be the only person who looks back at all the nonsense that has happened since 2016 and shakes their head. The bar for political debate and rhetoric has sunk so low I’d be shocked if James Cameron could find it with that submarine of his. Every story that makes the news that involves some sort of political bend is twisted and skewed to … Continue reading The Editorialists

This is probably a bad idea, because the last thing I want is to get a few dozen DM’s or texts from friends or acquaintances telling me (again) that I need to watch some fifteen-minute video on YouTube that some fuck-knuckle with a political agenda put out to tell their followers what narrative to believe about the Russo-Ukrainian War. So, if you are one of … Continue reading Where The Right Went Wrong (Ukraine)

So, I got off. I didn’t find out till some weeks after my 1SG talked to me, but he went to bat for me. We were out in Yakima doing battalion force-on-force exercises when my new platoon sergeant gave me the good news. “Yeah, 1SG told the Brigade Commander that he was making a mistake trying to harpoon a young career over something a O4 … Continue reading Don’t admit to anything (Epilogue)

Found a really solid update of the tactical situation in the east of Ukraine, posted by an Austrian Army colonel. Continue reading Donbass Update