Crocheting and Nesting Your Paracord for Storage Alternatives
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How To Make Your Own Pace Count Beads for Land Navigation
For this week’s Knot of the Week, we’ll be showing you how to create your own Pace Count Beads. This... View Article
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How to Coil and Carry a Rope for Climbing or Rappelling
In this week’s Knot of the Week we’ll show you how to coil a climbing rope so that you can... View Article
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Picking back up with our Knot of the Week series, today I’d like to show everyone how to build a... View Article
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In our newest Knot of the Week, we’ll be taking a look at a way to add a leash to... View Article
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The Paracord Deployment Lanyard has been a long time coming on our Knot of the Week and much like our... View Article
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Fog of War: How Would You Respond to an IED Detonation?
In light of recent events, I'd like to go over my suggestions for the medical response to an improvised explosive device expl...
Welcome to the New ITSTactical.com – Responsive, Fully Featured and Awesome!
Go ahead and poke around, kick the tires, see what's different. We're very proud of the newly redesigned ITS and have worked ...
The American Manifesto
I am a sovereign man, responsible for my own actions and their consequences. I am the supreme authority of my life, and I may...
Zulu Nylon Gear Introduces The MOLLE Quiver
4/2/13 Update: As most of you have figured out, this was an April Fools goof that we thought you'd enjoy. It also looks like ...
Boston Marathon Explosions: Staying Vigilant and Prepared
First off, this isn't a post about what the cause of the explosions were yesterday that rocked Boston, or a "here's what shou...
Rigging to Rappel: A Basic Guide
Rigging to rappel is an often undervalued skill. It is certainly a necessary part of rappelling, but most people I know rig q...
Counting Down to the New ITSTactical.com
We've got a pretty big announcement to share with you today and one that's been hard to keep quiet about. For the past few mo...
Reverse Peephole Security: Protecting Your Privacy with Peephole Covers
Peephole security is a real thing, especially when it comes to situations out of your control, like hotel rooms. It's often ...
Taking Care of Your Feet: Preventing Blisters with Leukotape and a Little Common Sense
Ask any accomplished runner, hiker, backpacker, or outdoorsman how they prevent blisters and you'll more than likely get diff...
Learn How To Sew Loop Velcro on Anything with this DIY Tutorial
Odds are you've seen a lot of Velcro hook and loop on a variety of things from garments, bags, hats, morale patches and even ...
Gun Fighting is a Skill That Requires More Training, Not More Information
Editor-in-Chief's Note: Please join us in welcoming back former Navy SEAL and current Director of Training at Center Mass Gr...
Want to Win All of Our Patches? Here’s Your Chance! *Update!*
See below for winner announcement. While Bryan and Kelly are out having a blast at the Overland Expo, the rest of us back...
Interesting Infographic on How Guns are Being Used by American Citizens Each Year
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Trident K9 Warriors: An interview with Former Navy SEAL Mike Ritland
I recently had the unique opportunity to visit Cooper, TX and interview Mike Ritland, a former Navy SEAL and founder of the W...
Stories From The Force: The Dreaded Sound of “Click”
Disclaimer: All names have been changed as to protect the identity of those involved. Sounds. There are many each of us ha...
U.S. Spies: The Intelligence Cycle from Delivery to Consumption
When I first considered entering the intelligence community (“IC”), the notion of classic Cold War-style cloak and dagger esp...
Sugru Self-Setting Rubber for Your Next DIY Project: The Future Needs Fixing
Sugru is an interesting product that I've known about for a few years now, but it wasn't until recently that I picked some up...
How to Escape from Zip Ties
In our How To Escape and Evade in an Urban Environment article, we briefly discussed escaping from zip ties. There are qui...
The Manly Tradition of the Pocket Notebook
Editor-in-Chief's note: This post was written by Brett and Kate McKay and originally ran on The Art of Manliness. The ide...
New Lock Picking Supplies and Go-Tubes Available in the ITS Store
We're proud to support our good friend and ITS Plank Owner, Karl, from OscarDelta by carrying their Go-Tubes in the ITS Store...
Lock Bumping
Lock Bumping is quickly becoming a popular way of bypassing a lock without the need for picking. The method uses a key blank ...
Escape and Evade in an Urban Environment
Close your eyes for a minute and join me on a little adventure... You're walking down the sidewalk and pass two shady figures...
Lock Pick Types
One of the things that's sometimes hard to understand in Lock Picking is which pick to use. Many picks look similar and can...
Take OnPoint Tactical’s Urban E&E Live Online
If you've read our review of OnPoint Tactical's Urban Escape & Evasion Class and wanted to attend, now is your chance. ...
Can Someone Truly Disappear?
We've often talked about certain aspects of disappearing here at ITS, such as an untraceable cell phone and how to escape and...
Tactically Organize and Employ your Entry Tools with 215 Gear’s Custom Tactical Bag
I'll admit I'm a bit of an organizational freak, but my wife and those that know me would probably say that's an understateme...
U.S. Spies: Understanding the World’s Second Oldest Profession
I'm often asked what I do and I feel obligated to respond, “I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.” When people men...
Inside Red Team Operations, Part 2: Analyzing Recon Data and The Dry Run
Today we'll be looking at the 2nd part of our Inside Red Team Operations series, which takes us through the process of planni...
All Orders Placed in the ITS Store Receive a Free Carry The Load Morale Patch (While Supplies Last)
We wound up with some extra Carry The Load Morale Patches that we had made up for this year's event and we're giving you one ...
The Final Word, RECOIL Magazine’s Position Statement and Life Lessons
It's with disappointment that I write this post today, but with a strong stance on what ITS Tactical will tolerate from who w...
New Products! Mini PVC Patches and SOF-T Wide Tourniquets!
We just completed adding some awesomeness to the ITS Tactical Store a few minutes ago and are super excited to be offering ou...
Revision Eyewear YouTube Contest Reminder
There's just five more days to get your video response in on YouTube to win one of the three tremendous prize packages from R...
Check out the Awesomeness in our Forums!
We'd like for all our readers to check out the new additions we've made to the ITS Forum, especially the newly created sponso...
Last Day for the Revision Contest and Facebook TSP Competition!
There's a couple of things you should be doing today if you haven't already... Sending in your YouTube Video Response for ...
DIY AR-15 Build: Introduction, Parts and Tools Required
Today marks the start of a new series on ITS Tactical where we'll be walking you through the COMPLETE assembly of a Direct Ga...
Crew Leader Membership Sale with Free Crew Leader Morale Patch!
We'd like to announce a special Crew Leader Membership sale good for only the first 15 people to sign up! Our yearly Crew ...
Revision Eyewear YouTube Video Response Contest
We have some very exciting news to share with you guys today! To mark our recent milestone of 2,500 YouTube subscribers, we'v...
DIY AR-15 Build: Pivot Pin Installation
Today in part four of our DIY AR-15 Build you'll learn how to install the Pivot Pin on your Lower Receiver and hopefully take...
DIY AR-15 Build: Barrel and Free-Float Rail System Installation
Continuing our DIY AR-15 Build, today we'll be installing our Bravo Company 14.5" Barrel and Daniel Defense 9" Lite Rail onto...
DIY AR-15 Build: Trigger Group Installation
Today in part five of our DIY AR-15 Build you'll learn how to install the Trigger Group in your Lower Receiver. The trigge...
Pimps N’ Mercs Giveaway Extravaganza!
If you haven't yet seen our newest advertiser, let us take a second and introduce you to Pimps n' Mercs before we get into th...
DIY AR-15 Build: Upper Receiver Assembly Introduction
Welcome back to our DIY AR-15 Build and the start of our tutorials on assembling your Upper Receiver and finishing the build!...
DIY AR-15 Build: Muzzle Device Installation
Today in our fifth installment of the DIY AR-15 Build Upper, we'll be installing the Flash Hider. We won't technically be ins...
A Beginner’s Guide to Tubular Lock Picking
One of my personal goals for 2012 was to learn tubular lock picking and become proficient enough to share my knowledge with e...
DIY AR-15 Build: Buttstock Installation
Today in part eight of our DIY AR-15 Build we'll be showing you how to install the final part onto your Lower Receiver, the B...
The RECOIL Magazine 2nd Amendment Controversy
An unfortunate turn of events has occurred surrounding the latest issue of RECOIL Magazine. Everyone at ITS HQ was ecstatic w...
How to Pick Your Way Out of Handcuffs
Today we'll be showing how to pick your way out of Handcuffs using only a bobby pin. We realize this may be a sensitive issu...
How to Make an Inexpensive DIY Lock Pick Practice Set
Whether you consider yourself a novice or pro when it comes to lock picking, there's no denying that everyone needs to keep u...
DIY AR-15 Build: Safety Selector and Pistol Grip Installation
Today in part six of our DIY AR-15 Build you'll learn how to install an Ambidextrous Safety Selector and Pistol Grip in your ...
DIY AR-15 Build: Trigger Guard Installation
Today in part seven of our DIY AR-15 Build you'll learn how to install a Magpul MOE Trigger Guard into your Lower Receiver. ...
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“The U.S. Air Force established PROJECT MANHIGH in December 1955 to obtain scientific data on the behavior of a balloon in an environment above 99 percent of the earth’s atmosphere. It also investigated cosmic rays and their effects on humans. The program consisted of three balloons flights to the edge of space using this gondola.”
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