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Black Bag Confidential

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The Heroic 10th Mountain Division

During World War II, the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division served in combat for four months, but it had one of the conflict’s highest casualty rates. The division started out as an experiment to train skiers to fight in the most difficult, mountainous terrains around the world. Some of the men who joined the division …

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Alone in the Wilderness

In this week’s Must-Read articles we cover… How to survive alone in the wilderness… Thinking beyond generators to small-scale solar… How to make your own hand sanitizer… What the older generation did that we should too… And how the coronavirus is impacting the economy and infections. Let’s dive in… Surviving Alone in the Wilderness Recently …

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How to give your hands strength

In this week’s mailbag we cover… Choosing which is safer, a credit union or a bank… Steps to take before trusting your money with a new CPA… Practicing drawing from your holster when the range won’t allow it… What you can do to build back strength in your hands… Where I buy the handguns I …

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Problems with waterlogged guns

Robert H. Scales Jr. is a retired Army Major General and former commandant of the U.S. Army War College. After graduating from West Point in 1966, Scales was commissioned as a field artillery officer and sent to West Germany. After two years in Europe, he was sent to Vietnam. On June 14, 1969, an artillery …

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Debunking Common Knife Myths

In this week’s Must-Read articles we cover… Body armor measurement tips for beginners… How you can prep for a quarantine… Whether or not it is illegal to collect rainwater in America… 10 great tips for long-term firearm storage… And debunking the 5 most common knife myths. Let’s dive in… Body Armor Measurement Tips for Beginners …

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Securing Your Doors

In this week’s mailbag we cover… My thoughts on the .260 Remington… The risks of bear spray… The security difference between inward swinging and outward swinging doors… How to stop an ex from contacting you… And how to build an emergency stock pile with little space. Let’s dive in… Just wanted to ask your thoughts …

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Why You Need a Safe Room Now

In this week’s must read articles we cover… The 8 emergencies that will get you to use your safe room… Wilderness survival tools you should always have… The difference between tactical and survival knives… Bug in mistakes you are probably making right now… And 11 thinks you need to have ready when the power grid …

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The Latest Smartphone Hack

The Department of Justice recently charged nine people with being part of a criminal enterprise known as “The Community” that hijacked mobile phone numbers to steal money and cryptocurrency. The sophisticated hackers used a technique called SIM swapping to target the bank accounts and online cryptocurrency wallets of their victims. Among the criminal gang were …