The Stanley Nesting Mug and Water Bottle

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"Crowding Cover" with William Petty

This Article was published by Mr. Petty in a private training forum. With his permission, I share it here for others. -Whiskey Delta Gulf

Let's talk about "crowding cover". It's a subject that is brought up by students on a pretty regular basis in the VCQB* courses. There are times when crowding cover (working extremely close to whatever barricade you find yourself against, as opposed to having "stand off room" to work) is advantageous or a necessity.

Photo provided by William Petty

"Training" from John Chapman

This Article was published by Mr. Chapman in a private training forum. With his permission, I share it here for others. -Whiskey Delta Gulf

Picture provided by LMS Defence

In my courses, I stress the importance of several things, but probably most important of these are the need to continue to train yourself and the need to train with multiple teachers.

Glock PMAG 17 GL9 issues

This information has been shared from the Magpul Industries Corporation official Facebook page. As many of the blog readers may use these magazines for tactical work, CCW or home defence, Whiskey Delta Gulf is sharing this information in the interest of safety.  We have heard rumours that some brands of hollow points have occasional feeding issues. 

Photo courtesy of Magpul Industries Corp

Temple Indexing

A couple months back, I contacted William Petty about Temple Index technique. This has been shared with his permission -Whiskey Delta Gulf 

Picture provided by Firelance Media

What is it, where did it come from and do I have to use it in order to be cool?  It’s a technique that has been around for a long time.  Simply put, Temple Index is to index the firearm vertically, parallel to the head, with the knuckle of the hand touching the temple.  

Happy New Year

While we welcome in the New Year, 

somewhere in the world, 

others are deployed keeping us safe.

God Bless them and bring them 

safely home to their families
victorious.

Merry Christmas 2014

Christmas Dinner December 25th, 1943 in Ortona.

Merry Christmas.

 Remember those deployed away 

from their family and friends

 this season.

Remington Model 887TM RECALL NOTICE

On November 26 , 2014, Remington Arms Company announced a voluntary recall of their Remington Model 887TM shotguns. The shotguns affected by this recall were manufactured from December 1, 2013 to November 24, 2014. The Remington Model 887 is a pump-action shotgun with a polymer finish called Armorlokt intended to survive any type of weather condition with no exterior surfaces exposed to rust. This series of firearm has been manufactured by Remington since 2009.

5.11 Tactical Vest

Un:a prefix meaning “not,” freely used as an English formative, giving negative or opposite 

Uniform: [yoo-nuh-fawrm], noun, an identifying outfit or style of dress worn by the members of a given profession, organization, or rank.

The ubiquitous 5.11 Tactical Vest has grown in popularity from its covert beginnings with various military and law enforcement units to almost a standard of dress within many private contracting companies and citizens that legally conceal carry. In the Sandbox, it is the un-uniform. While not wearing an official military uniform, it is very popular with the contracting crowd. There are times when this quick recognition is good.

Bulldog Loadouts: Oxygen Bag

Capt P, the American PA I worked with in a NATO camp during my most recent deployment to Afghanistan went to Yale University. The Yale football team is the Yale Bulldogs. In an homage to his varsity team, all the load list for medical gear were prefaced with the 'Bulldog" identifier. This is a series of articles on specific loadouts that we packed to support distinct roles within our camp emergency plan. There will be no coverage of the emergency plan or mass casualty plan in this series as the camp is still operational. The gear and supplies used were limited to the supply chain and represent best possible practice at that current time.

Oxygen Bag