The Siege of Jadotville and The Wild Geese.

Netflix recently added a new original film called "The Siege of Jadotville" which chronicles the experience of an Irish company attacked during the Congo Crisis of 1961. Most Americans would shrug their shoulders if asked about the Congo Crisis, but at the time, the Congo was a supplier of copper and uranium, and an important part of the Cold War chessboard.

Preparing Your Family, Especially Your Children, For "The Incident"

I have always tried to incorporate my children and their safety in any contingency planning where firearms may be used. The intensity, the noise, the expectation of immediate obedience to my commands have long concerned me. Then I found the article "Six Self-Defense Commands and Strategies for Families…" located at the God, Gals, Guns, Grub blog. While it has been a year since there has been any activity there, I nonetheless found the article to very informative and validating.

As the article states, the KISS method must be used when dealing with children. I have taught my children from the time that they understand the concept to always be aware of their surroundings. They have even caught me a few times when my guard was down. We play games of observation when we walk into a business. We look for the exits, bathrooms, "funny" looking people, etc.

It is important not to instill a sense of fear, but a sense of awareness in our children. Let them be children, but, they can often sense things that we do not see. With today's concerns of terrorism, and what we have seen done in just the last year alone, we cannot afford to be complacent with our daily lives.

Something to think about and work on this weekend.

Battle Belt 3.0

Gadsden Dynamics earlier in the year teased that they had a new battle belt/war belt coming down the pipeline. As you can read here and here, I have been constantly tinkering with my own battle belt design for some time. Nothing seemed to be working like I wanted it too, except for the HSGI Rifle Taco Pouches.

The Review Is Up. The Cohort 4 Chest Rig From Gadsden Dynamics.

The review is here.

It really is a great piece of gear. Check out Gadsden Dynamics product page on it here.

Akademia Szermierzy - Fior di Battaglia (medieval longsword techniques)

Liberi would be like Japan's Musashi.

Back to the source - Historical European Martial Arts documentary.

Something different for the weekend.

Remembering Our Veterans.