WPS FIELD GUIDE

Essential Kit for Long-Range Patrol: What You Need (and What to Leave Behind)

I recently geared up to teach our Introduction to Long-Range Patrol class, and I wanted to walk through the essential kit you’ll need in...

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John's 2025 EDC Update

Now that we're a few months into the new year, it’s time for another EDC update.  Backpacks, firearms, knives, flashlights, medical, and everything you need...

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A Green Beret’s Take on the Top 4 Medical Kit Mistakes

John Lovell sat down with Doc T, a retired Army Special Forces operator, to talk about the vital components and critical mistakes we make...

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Review: The Newly-Designed WPS Belt-Mounted Medical Kit

The John Lovell-designed medical kit provides a securely-fixed trauma kit easy to access from the belt-line or elsewhere without impeding movement. Finding everything you...

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John Lovell's EDC for 2023 (recently updated)

Tweaking and refining your Everyday Carry is a wise exercise on occasion as skills and needs change, technologies improve, and circumstances require up- or...

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What's in Your Quick React Bag?

John Lovell talked recently with Warrior Poet Society lead instructors Paul Perkerson and Josh Griffiths about quick-reaction scenarios (active shooters, violent intruders, medical emergencies,...

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Annihilate the Aches and Pains

It's safe to say that we can all expect to encounter pain in our lives. Sometimes we even welcome pain. Patrick Swayze taught us...

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