Combat Studies Group

Okay folks, I am wrapping up the user manual right now and will be shipping the tablets from batch one this week. Some last minute additions include: - Several pertinent Mil manuals  - Realtime satellite tracking - Ballistics software - Shot timer - Topo Maps  - Survival Guides - Knot guides   There are a couple tablets left as of this writing. See the Store page if you wish to order. Batch two will be coming in March/April and will be much larger. Sam Culper over at Guerrillamerica  has kindly agreed to test drive one of the Libertas tablets and post a review, so you can get a second opinion from a tech savvy individual other than myself. Mosby ( Mountain Guerrilla ) has also graciously agreed to offer his book in ebook format to the first purchasers of the Libertas. *** This project has been mentally exhausting and time consuming in the extreme, but sorely needed in my opinion. My thanks goes out to all of you that lent your ideas, assi...

I have received an avalanche of emails related to the upcoming tablet. Instead of trying to answer each one individually, I will try to address all the questions right here in a FAQ fashion..... FAQ 1. What are the hardware specs? 7 inch tablet 1920x1200 resolution (HD) Gorilla Glass screen 5mp back camera, 1.2mp front camera (with blockers included) Quad Core Snapdragon 1500mhz processor 2048mb RAM 16 or 32 GB of on board storage 3950mAh battery Wireless/Qi charging ability NFC disabled (for security) built in microphone removed on request (can still use a plugin headphone/mic combo if desired) baseband radio firmware removed (for security) Bluetooth 4.0 Wifi a,b,g,n 2. What operating system does it run? A highly customized Cyanogenmod with SElinux rules, Secdroid hardening and several security specific mods. 3. Will it have Google on it, or the Play Store?  No. Google has so many apps and backdoors that snoop on you it would make your head spin. T...

"Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men." -- Ayn Rand *** So... Where have I been this year? Well, in a word - working. My "day" job has been busy this year as some of you have guessed, but I have also been hard at work on some pet projects that many of you have been asking for. Those of you that have attended my Escape & Evasion or my Groundrod classes have a solid grasp on the electronic leviathan we freedom loving people face on a daily basis. As a result of this fact, as well as a great many requests, I have spent much of the year developing the following - 1. A truly secure "defensive" tablet 2. A truly secure cell phone 3. Secure Yellow, Orange and Red operating systems for your laptop/desktop 4. An "offensive" security tablet and netbook As those of you who know ...

This well researched piece comes from a colleague's blog and is worth the read... "Many people today think maintaining the integrity of the union is constitutional; never stopping to think their position is neither congruent nor synonymous. The irony is that in the way Lincoln preserved the union he destroyed the voluntary association and State autonomy aspects of the Constitution and made the central government supreme in the United States, which it was not up until that time." Read the whole thing at American Founding Principals While you are there, cruise his other articles....lots of good stuff.

I am going to go ahead and open up December 6-8 for classes in the NW. I have had requests for T3C/Off-Grid Medicine, Combat Pistol, SUT and E&E. I won't be able to do them all this time so if you are interested in one, email me so I can lock down the appropriate subject and locale. Pick your poison and push the go button....

Thought I would post these items up as their relevance, I believe, could be important... Chinese Troops in US - Not A Conspiracy Theory This is to coincide with the upcoming GridEx2 exercise being spearheaded by the fine folks over at DHS/FEMA. Also worth noting.... Communications Down Might want to spend some time on your commo plan. Maybe get familiar with these items as well..... The QBZ-95 and variants (top picture) is the standard issue assault rifle for the PLA. Manufactured by Norinco (remember, all those cheap import AK and M1A clones back in the 90's?) it fires the 5.8x42mm cartridge..... they also have a variant that fires the 5.56 NATO cartridge, the QBZ-97. Below that is the M99 anti-material rifle which fires a 12.7x108mm cartridge.....this also has a variant that fires the US .50BMG cartridge. See a pattern here?

S2Company A good read on understanding the Intelligence building cycle. The questions you need to ask yourself as you read this are: 1) How can an enemy use this process against me? 2) How can I use this process against an enemy? 3) How would I need to modify the process to make it a useful tool in my unit's current configuration? ****  "The enemy has a reserve which can be used to counterattack into either Objective BOB or Objective JOHN.    The initial CCIR was "Where will the enemy counterattack with his reserve?".     During your IPB you might identify the details about that reserve (it's the 1-23 Tank Battalion, etc), but you won't know WHERE it will attack until it actually starts to move.   During the wargame the staff realizes that the effect of this enemy action is significant enough that it will require the commander to make a decision on the use of attack helicopters.    This   becomes a Decision Point, and the...