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Personal Security Course Takeaways: Role Player Edition

Personal Security Course Takeaways: Role Player Edition

Posted by Kevin Estela on Dec 1st 2022

I love bad guy reps. That is, I love playing the bad guy in a training scenario. Think about it. We walk around most of the time in good-guy mode. When we consciously make the effort to think like a criminal would to achieve a better understanding of how we can improve our safety, we only temporaril …
Estela’s Thoughts on EDC

Estela’s Thoughts on EDC

Posted by Kevin Estela on Nov 3rd 2022

Everyday carry changes from one person to the next. Depending on our daily duties and responsibilities as well as our experiences and training, what we carry varies wildly. There are some folks who ground their EDC in fantasy. They carry what they believe will be useful in a hyperinflated sense of t …
 Give Blood, Give Life

Give Blood, Give Life

Posted by Kevin Estela on Oct 13th 2022

My first experience giving blood corresponded to a day we have collectively agreed not to forget. On September 11th, 2001, I was a senior at Fairfield University and I watched the news come in as I heard neighbors crying through their windows and collecting in common areas consoling one another. Tha …
Uses for Paracord in the Wilderness

Uses for Paracord in the Wilderness

Posted by Kevin Estela on Sep 1st 2022

Cordage skills are perhaps only second to fire in terms of difficulty. Attend one of our wilderness survival courses and you’ll likely hear me say that at some point. After all, nature does provide materials that are long, strong, and flexible but if you don’t have the right skill set and knowledge …
Hammock Camping

Hammock Camping

Posted by Kevin Estela on Aug 18th 2022

During the Vietnam Conflict, the United States military developed various hammocks for use in the field with the most popular being the M1966. These hammocks provided US servicemen the ability to sleep up and off the ground away from the insects, rodents, reptiles, and arachnids that called the jung …
How to Scout an Area on a Map

How to Scout an Area on a Map

Posted by Kevin Estela on Aug 11th 2022

“Jesus, that’s Jason Bourne.” That quote from the popular Robert Ludlum series has become a derogatory smear online when someone makes a comment about “gray man” or “op sec” or “non-permissive environments”. It seems like everyone is a secret agent these days or trains with someone who was making th …