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“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them”

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MARCH cards - don’t make the mistake of believing you can remember this from memory. You maybe can in the comfort of a lecture room or scenario, but in a real situation you’ll be overwhelmed.

Simply get your checklist out and work through it - don’t let ego or pride dictate what you do. by @tactical_trauma

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**Kit Post**

Plate carriers, and in fact all personal kit, is exactly that - personal. What works for me doesn’t meant it works for you and we all have our own way. Your kit will continually evolve, both in terms of what becomes available and your own preferences. Scope of practice, role, mission set, armed or unarmed and many other things will determine what you have on your kit, where and why.

This was my set up for UKR - it’s not perfect, its been put together over a long period of time and trust me things move around on this set up a lot! I’ve got level IV plates which are a bit heavy but I’m a big lad and can cope 🤣 it’s also a QRB.

1. Drop down pouch - CAT TQ’s, celox, Z gauze, seals,FFD’s, airways, crib cards (MARCH, HeliOps etc)

2. Cyalumes - blue, orange and 2 IR

3. Olight Warrior Mini - it’s small but can illuminate a footy pitch

4. CAT Gen 7 TQ

5. Foretrex 101 - I think they’re on about gen 6 or 7 now, but this is the OG, is still going strong and still does the GPS trick, set to MGRS

6. Level IV helmet

7. IFAK - FFD, celox, chest seal, wipes and another pouch with another FFD, all next to *17 which is another TQ (SOF-TT) and raptor shears

8. Comms - covert ear tube, headset, VHF & UHF radios which are analogue and scrambled. I do have digital comms but in austere conditions and in Donbas I found these to work better than digital. Headset can fit under my helmet and plugs into the PTT (we used to call them pressels 👴🏻).

9. On my left side is all spare pouches which can hold smoke, flash bangs, weapon cleaning kit and inside the cummerbund is 3 magazine pouches

10. Strobe and IR strobe. This can go on my helmet but it’s also easily switched on by an oppo when it’s on my back

11. Pocket Bible, usually goes in my side panel with the soft armour level 3A

12. Loopline and karibenar

13. Drag handle, this is a pretty hefty set up as I weigh 100kg without kit - so it’s got to be able to drag me + the weight of what I’m wearing

14. Drop down pouch, this can have a bit of everything in it if I’m separated from my other kit for a day

15. Admin pouch, lighter, pliers, rubber bands

16. PTT

17. SOF-T by @tactical_trauma

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• Perishable Skills

In the quest to be as high speed an operator as possible the basics and fundamentals can get left behind in the social media era. We will always default to the lowest level of our training and if we constantly and persistently miss the basics, when the time comes to use perishable skills, in the moment - it won’t go well.

Weapon handling and training is one of those perishable skills, and whilst being ally is of course life saving…doing the ordinary extraordinarily well is what is really required. Don’t be fooled by the flat range insta video which will be the 1000th time it’s been ran to show perfection. A flat range run is a fixed course, you know where to go, when and what targets are where - essentially the opposite of anything that you would encounter in a non permissive environment. However it does have its place in the training continuum - if all the misses, trips, falls, dropped mags and botched mag changes were shown I’d take these videos more seriously as that’s where the real training and learning is. @threat_reduction_ltd is great for showing when it doesn’t go to plan, not just the sexy stuff.

Whether this is your job or something you practice for future deployments - the juice comes from the squeeze which is in the mundane, boring and repetitive action of marksmanship principles, moving safely & efficiently, again and again - not just a tight group on a static target from a static firing position. It’s not cool, would make a terrible video and won’t gain anyone any followers. It is however the foundation that’s needed so that when the time comes to use those skills on deployment, when that question is asked of you, the default to your lowest level of training will be the highest level of proficiency in the fundamentals.

Be an asset, not a liability. by @tactical_trauma

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•• Put this brilliant @_invadergirl_ up today, on a picture hanging mission around the house.

Just wish I was as cool as her art…. by @tactical_trauma

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•• Watch Sunday, or something…

My Omega Speedmaster moonwatch, not automatic - it’s manual as the original watches were used on Apollo. It’s got a lot of dings and scratches in it, I’ve worn it a lot over last 10 years because watches are for wearing.

A little bit of personalisation with my unit on the clasp, and inside the clasp is my service number and unit moto.

It’s a classic and iconic look, great on the wrist whatever the occasion or where I am - which is the sign of such a classic watch. In the field or in a nice restaurant with the long haired general.

#WatchGeek by @tactical_trauma

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•• UK legal EDC folder from @westcoast_bladeworks

I’ve got a few knives from Matt, and as you’d expect from a hand made knife the weight, feel and qualify is incredible. I don’t know the specifications in terms of steel used, so won’t claim to. I’m sure Matt can post in comments more about the technicalities of this specific knife.

I wanted something that’s not mass produced & commercially available, something I could speak to the person who actually would be making it.

It was with me in Donbas, used it for lots of EDC stuff whilst there and it retained its edge like knew. by @tactical_trauma

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“…in peacetime we hate the brute. His rugged toxic outlook is disquieting and frightening. But in war - the most toxic environment of all - there’s almost no one we’d rather see, particularly when he’s on our side.”

Incredibly powerful piece by Peter Muller which hits has hard now as it did 4 years ago when I first saw it. by @tactical_trauma

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•• I’ve been thinking about changing my plate carrier (for absolutely no reason).

This rig is a total Frankenstein of all sorts of other rigs cobbled together over the years, it’s had a lot of work at a tailor going over the stitching 3 or 4 times, and it never let me down in Ukraine.

Yet, being the absolute kit pest I am - of course I’m thinking ‘yeah so let’s change everything’.

Should I leave it, it works and is proven OR why haven’t I changed it several times already? by @tactical_trauma

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Another day another watch.

My Maratac LSA (Land Sea Air) Carbon Fibre, on a @zulualphastraps Blackbeard with a @sangin.instruments wrist compass.

This watch has some great details, the marbled carbon fibre and engraved back - the lume on it is also really impressive in zero light conditions. It also feels weird on the wrist when you’re used to wearing steel diver watches - because it weighs absolutely nothing.

I love to feel the weight of a watch on my wrist, but the carbon fibre was too much of a unique thing for me not to get it about 5 years ago.

As you’d expect the ZA strap and Sangin compass really finish it off.

The folder is a UK legal EDC hand made by Matt @westcoast_bladeworks

#Maratac #DiveWatch #CarbonFiber by @tactical_trauma

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•• 𝗜𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 2 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲.

𝖤𝗑𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾 𝖾𝗇𝗏𝗂𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖿𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝗌𝗈𝗅𝖽𝗂𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍’𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗃𝗎𝗇𝗀𝗅𝖾, 𝗌𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗈𝗋 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗍. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 ‘𝖽𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗌𝗂𝖼𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅’ 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗋𝗎𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌.

𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗆𝖻𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝖾𝗆𝗉 𝗂𝗌 -32°, 𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗈 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗄𝗂𝗍. 𝖭𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖻𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗅𝖿-𝖺𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗆𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾. 𝖩𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗃𝗎𝗇𝗀𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝗋 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗍 - 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖻𝖺𝗍, 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎’𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗋.

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖾𝗑𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾 𝖾𝗇𝗏𝗂𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖻𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗋? 𝖢𝗂𝗏𝗏𝗂𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗍 - 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗋𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗂𝗌𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝖿𝗎𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇. 𝖠𝗍 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗂𝗍’𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗍’𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍. 𝖸𝗈𝗎’𝗋𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝗉. 𝖸𝗈𝗎’𝗋𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖾. 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗍’𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽. 𝖥𝗎𝖼𝗄.

𝖨 𝗐𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝖨’𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗀𝗈, 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝗑𝗂𝖾𝗍𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝖾𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 - 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗁𝗂𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾. 𝖨𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗇’𝗍 𝖻𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋, 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝖿 𝗂𝗍 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗌 5, 10 𝗈𝗋 15 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍.

𝖣𝗈𝗇’𝗍 𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗅 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎’𝗏𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋.

𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲, 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 - 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲. by @tactical_trauma

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•• The Elected Political Class Is The New Aristocracy

We replaced the aristocracy with an elected political class, and all we did was replace privilege with corruption.

The aristocracy had its faults, but it was at least expected to uphold a sense of duty, lead from the front and take responsibility for the people and communities it governed.

We abolished inherited privilege, just to create a new establishment without principle, careerism without conviction, self-interest without shame, and corruption without consequence.

At least the old system understood one thing - privilege carried an obligation to serve. by @tactical_trauma

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•• Yeah babe no worries, just let me know later whenever… by @tactical_trauma

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