Most bad guys that want your stuff arrive during the day when you’re probably at work. Bad guys that come at night don’t want things; they want people. You better be ready.

Let’s make a tactical nightstand. Four categories come to mind.

• Protection- Got weapons? 
• Illumination- Light up the night to gain information and positive identification of possible targets. Continue reading The Tactical Nightstand →

Carrying my helmet and oxygen mask, I step out of the building loaded down in a flight suit with a G-suit strapped to my hips and legs. On top of that, I’m wearing a survival vest and a loaded life-preserver unit collared around my neck. As I climb into the back seat of the F-16D, I’m thrilled to finally experience a ride in one of the fastest jets in the Air Force. I’ve spent the last 10 months training the fighter pilots in survival, evasion, resistance, and escape techniques, so for a ground guy like me to finally have his chance at a once-in-a-lifetime flight, saying I’m elated would be an understatement. 

So we all want to be dangerous, crafty, and skilled. Well, if you’re serious about being hard to kill, you need to know how to carry and use an escape kit for defeating restraints.

The US has its fair share of kidnappings, hostage-takings, and human trafficking these days. In fact, the Polaris Project, a nonprofit working to prevent human trafficking, reported there was a 40 percent increase in trafficking last year alone. Continue reading How to Build an Escape Kit →