WPS FIELD GUIDE

Laugh at Your Misery and Fear

There’s a bit of a quirky, perhaps weird, skill set I (John Lovell) have developed over the years, which I refined during my military...

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Lower Third vs Absolute Co-Witness: Best Rifle Sight Configurations

When it comes to setting up your rifle sights, you want to align your optics for both speed and precision. Which configuration gives you...

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Tacticians Through the Ages | Rōnin Miyamoto Musashi

In a world where TikTok increasingly shapes worldviews and where some young adults can't tell you a thing about World War 2 or any...

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You Can Shoot, But Do You Know How to Fight?

Most good fighters are also good shooters, but not all expert shooters are actually good fighters. I learned this during Army Basic Training. It...

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Will the REAPR Replace the U.S. Military’s Classic M240 Machine Gun?

The M240 Machine Gun has been the U.S. military's belt-fed, suppressive fire weapon of choice since the 1970s, but now, our friends at Ohio...

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The Virtue of Dangerous Poets

I heard a modern-day voice in the wilderness say good men are not passive. The problem with passivity is the root is too often...

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Understanding and Navigating Critical Distance in Self-Defense

Self-defense encounters often begin in what is known as the social exchange range. This is the distance at which you are generally close enough...

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5 Reasons You Should Own a Glock

With the recent passing of Gaston Glock, we wanted to pay tribute to this genius gunsmith and engineer who created one of the world’s...

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Where Do You Fit on the Team? The Superpower of the Core Value Index

I’m not exactly a personality test junkie, but I’ve taken a bunch of them—Myers-Briggs, DISC, Enneagram, Strength Finder, etc.—because, while they can’t tell you...

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The Big Debate About Pistol Reloads: Slide Stop Lever or Over the Top?

There's a big dilemma at the end of every pistol magazine–do I reload this way or that way? The law of tactical dynamics states...

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Historical Men of Valor | Sir Ernest Shackleton and The Endurance

How often do you suffer, or even seek out, discomfort, even torturous discomfort, in the pursuit of a worthy cause? Let's talk about Sir...

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The Border Crisis is Eroding America's Future

It's worse than we realized and it's almost past the point of no return. Are you ready? The crisis at our southern border is...

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