Introduction Back in late 2019, we started getting a common question: what gas mask should I get? It wouldn’t take a lot of imagination to know that the questions were for a looming specter just peeking over the horizon in the East: Covid19 bombed in on us a few months later, and I think we…
Introduction “If you can’t secure your connection in some dingy hotel, nothing else downstream will matter.” That’s the answer I received when I asked if I could use a Raspberry Pi to remote start a car, like a total noob. Looking back it was the perfect answer for a stupid question, but like a LOT…
Introduction “War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.” ― Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West It’s tough to convey a point, at times. Porteus wrote “a murder makes a villain, a million [deaths make] a hero…” I think…
This article is rather overdue, we realize. The term ‘Hyperoptimization’ has been referenced in a few other posts on the site and Patreon, but we’ve left you without a solid explanation. The term itself bears some obviousness that we hoped would carry it, but part of the reason it took so long to get this…
Gun bros on social media are going to make me quit skateboarding. And they can have it, they seem perfect for each other. Like the woman who can’t stop stealing from her family to fund a meth habit and the meth dealer who can’t stop beating her, they deserve one another. My Every Day Carry…
Introduction In the interest of presenting a skills test that can be done simply on most ranges with a minimum of resources, we wanted to share the ISG pistol skills course. Each block is an isolation of a specific, relevant skill, as well as give an objective, diagnostic measure to show you where to…
Weather being a common and important topic at ISG, we are likely overdue for a series pertaining to cold weather. Whereas a tornado or hurricane can set in Type 1 and Type 2 events, winter itself can resembled a Type 3 event, even for portions of developed countries. Past and current addresses of our contributors…
Introduction In the world of disaster management, the most impacted populations are the most underserved. When it comes to self defense, almost everything is tailored to the adult male, and very rarely does serious conversation spill over into discussion on “hey, what happens to our families?” Given the ongoing reality in Ukraine, we have yet…
Introduction Hurricane Ida rolled in on August 29th, 2021, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina. The last time a storm this strong made landfall, I was sitting a hotel room, waiting to go to MEPS the following day. Within a couple months, I’d be in Biloxi, looking on some of the most ravaged…
