Merry Christmas from Casual Operator
admin As we gather with family and friends to celebrate the season, we want to take a moment to reflect on the year gone by and show our appreciation for the…
Ben Deal Find: 5.11 Tactical 60% off Black Friday/Weekend Sale
If you were looking to score some 5.11 Tactical gear, now is the time! They are continuing their 60% off Black Friday sale until tomorrow. Honestly some stellar prices on…
Deal Find: Victorinox Swiss Army Multi-Tool, Tinker Pocket Knife
Whether you’re simply moving through your day or journeying around the world, the Tinker pocket knife is the Officer’s knife for tinkers on the move.Whatever you encounter out there, your…
Deal Find: Arcteryx Black Friday Sale – 20% off
Canadian Copper Arcteryx is continuing their Black Friday sale by making it a weekend sale. Pretty much everything is 20% off! Check it out here.
Canadian Deal Find: MOSSY OAK “Rambo” Survival Hunting Knife
Smooth I can appreciate that the “Rambo” marketing is a bit silly but this is really not a bad price for a decent fixed blade knife. For my Canadian folks, this…
Review SHARKMOUTH Tactical Backpack 42L
SHARKMOUTH is by no means a name brand in the “tactical gear” world but we’ve had a few people ask questions about it as it normally does come up on…
Video: Josip Broz ‘Tito’: Too Tough for Stalin
Upon his return to the Balkans in 1918, Broz entered the newly established Kingdom of Yugoslavia, where he joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ). He later was elected as…
What do Marines go through in boot camp?
Recruits endure a series of intense physical challenges such as entering a gas chamber, rappelling down a 47-foot-tower, and fighting each other with “pugil sticks.” The Marine Corps is the…
Review: Fenix UC35 v2.0 Flashlight
I’ve written about this flashlight in a few posts as it has been my EDC flashlight for the past 3 years so I thought it was time to do a…
David Goggins the exterminator who turned Navy SEAL
Have you ever heard of the name, David Goggins? He is a Navy SEAL, a former Guinness World Record holder for completing 4030 pull-ups in 17 hours, one of the…
Video: Great Pistol Shooting Drill to Improve Accuracy
Director of the Sig Sauer Academy in New Hampshire, Adam Painchaud shares a pistol drill that can help improve your trigger-finger discipline and overall accuracy. If you know you’re flinching…
You should have these in your emergency bag
If you are someone who camps a lot, lives in an isolated place, or wants to be prepared for a natural disaster, then you’ve probably thought about an emergency bag.…
The Real Training Day, former officers talks about his days in a corrupt police unit
Ruben Palomares, A former LAPD officer of the Rampart C.R.A.S.H. unit, turned rogue after several instances in which he felt that the department had turned their back on him. Unknowingly…
Is it safe to store a gun and ammo in a hot car?
I get this asked a lot, especially in states where you are allowed to conceal and carry and you store a pistol in your car. This can be a problem,…
Two A-10 Pilots held off the taliban in Afghanistan in 2008 to save a group of Marines
It was a cloudy day near the end of October 2008, when in northern Afghanistan a group of 6 Marines from the Marine Special Operations Team, MSOT-5, were about to…