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Articles covering topics and reviews from RATH-Defense and Raven One-Five Staff and Instructors
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Add fitness to your training if you are not already
Tough times call for tough people. Are you fit enough to take care of yourself and others? Every week it seems a new active killing takes...
Reality Check: Home Invasion
The following story and the names within the story are fiction. Any actual event or same or similar names within the actual event would...
Real Life Tourniquet Story
The fact of the matter is, you don't know what is possible until it happens to you. Training and experience will dictate how you go about...
Why choose an AR Pistol over the AR Carbine?
So, there is one reason in particular that I choose an AR pistol over a 14.5in or 16in carbine. That reason is maneuverability. I am much...
Make your basic training time count when it counts
As a beginner, the first steps are the most important. Making sure you have the right equipment and set up is critical to good skill...
Change One Thing at a Time
Since shooting is a combination of the mental and physical, there are things you can do to become better, some are mental, and some are...
Is Your Security Real or Pretend?
As a security professional, I see all kinds of different things, from the real-deal to pretenders. Being prepared is not just about...
Basic Pistol Nomenclature
Anything can be intimidating when you first start out. Firearms are no different… there are as many kinds of guns as cars and if you are...
Be Prepared in Times of Violence
The recent shooting in New Zealand, active shooter, active killer, mass shootings, acts of violence appear to be a more and more common...
Survival Kit-What should be in it?
When making a kit you should try to cover as many of the “Priorities of Survival”. If you can cover six of eight you will have a...
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