The guerrilla fighter is a true light-infantryman in the classical sense of the term. He is, essentially, a woodsman-scout. The guerrilla operates in a manner that emphasizes the expert use of his personal small-arms, the use of stealth in all of his movements, using the available terrain and cover to [...]

“Technology is a product of human ingenuity. If one man can imagine something, I guarantee you that another man, somewhere, can imagine a way to f**k it up.”  –SSG John Mosby, U.S. Army Special Forces, northern Afghanistan, 2002 Perhaps the single most critical tactical advantage that conventional security forces hold [...]

I went through an old copy of Mao Tse-Tung’s On Guerrilla Warfare (MOGW) and re-read all the highlighted portions.  Written in 1937 under the context of the Japanese Imperialist invasion, it’s a great introduction to guerrilla strategy though it can be a bit dry.  I’ll list Chapter Three with my [...]

This is part two of a two-part series.  Part One can be found here. There are three necessary components to a successful insurgency. The subversive underground is always present and is the first component of the resistance to form and begin active operations. The strategic goals of the resistance movement [...]

I went through an old copy of Mao Tse-Tung’s On Guerrilla Warfare (MOGW) and re-read all the highlighted portions.  Written in 1937 under the context of the Japanese Imperialist invasion, it’s a great introduction to guerrilla strategy though it can be a bit dry.  I’ll list Chapter Two with my [...]

This is Part One of a two-part series.  Part Two will be published next week. Resistance movements generally begin with the desire of individuals or small groups of individuals to remove intolerable conditions imposed by an unpopular regime. Opposition towards the regime and hatred of existing conditions that conflict with [...]

This is Part Two of a two-part series.  Part One can be found here. Battle Drills/Skills. The ultimate goal of combat training is to produce a combat-ready unit that responds instantly to known or suspected enemy activity and defeats the enemy. A battle drill is a collective team action that [...]

I went through an old copy of Mao Tse-Tung’s On Guerrilla Warfare (MOGW) and re-read all the highlighted portions.  Written in 1937 under the context of the Japanese Imperialist invasion, it’s a great introduction to guerrilla strategy though it can be a bit dry.  I’ll list Chapter One with my [...]

Brigadier General Samuel Griffith, USMC (Ret.) wrote in-depth about his study of partisan resistance and guerrilla movements.  One of the things that I find particularly interesting is how he qualified the execution of guerrilla movements, which I think can also be applied to the modern American revolution.  He describes ten [...]

Guerrilla combat operations are ideally nothing more than conventional small-unit operations conducted by irregular forces in an unconventional environment. To that end, there is a lot that can be learned as far as training the individual guerrilla fighter by looking at advancements made in training the conventional force soldier over [...]