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Physical Security & VBIED Blast Protection
The following paper was written by Mark Lonsdale while serving as a senior security consultant on a Department of Defense contract at a combined US/Iraqi military base north of Baghdad in early 2004. This is also the period when the … Continue reading
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Armed Contractors in the Battle Space
The following paper was written for a December 2006 conference at the US Army War College hosted by the Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI), and later published in the October 2007 issue of the IPOA journal. The purpose of … Continue reading
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Convoy Security in a Semi-permissive War Zone (Iraq & Afghanistan)
The following paper is based on the author’s observations and experience in Afghanistan and Iraq as a military advisor and DoD security contractor from 2002 through 2006, while staying abreast of current operations and incidents through 2007. By Mark V. … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Contractor Security, Convoy Escort, Iraq War, PSD, Uncategorized
Tagged Afghanistan, Blackwater, CET, Contractor, CR, IED, Iraq, Kandahar, OEF, OIF, PSD, Tactical Training
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Rifle Calibers for F-TR and PRS Tactical Division – and Why .308 Winchester?
By Mark V. Lonsdale – STTU Based on a number of questions from shooters hoping to get into F-Class Target Rifle (F-TR) of Precision Rifle shooting, there is obviously some confusion floating around concerning rifles and calibers. One individual, who … Continue reading
Posted in .223 Remington, .308 Winchester, F-TR, Firearms, Leupold, Long Range Shooting, McMillan Stocks, Precision Shooting, PRS, Sniper
Tagged Accuracy, AR, F-TR, Firearms, FTR, Leupold, Mark 4, McMillan, PRS, Shooting, Sniper
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Federal Gold Medal Berger 185 grain Juggernauts
By Mark V. Lonsdale – STTU For shooters who do not have the time or inclination to hand load, Federal’s Match Grade ammunition has long been the staple diet for many of those shooters. Back in the 1980’s, when Federal … Continue reading
Posted in .308 Winchester, Ammunition, Berger, F-TR, Federal Match, Firearms, Leupold, Long Range Shooting, McMillan Stocks, Precision Shooting, PRS, Sniper, Uncategorized
Tagged Accuracy, Firearms, Mark 4, PRS, Shooting, Sniper, Tactical Training
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The Importance of Indexing Your Scope Mounts
By Mark V. Lonsdale, STTU Training Director While running the return to zero evaluations in the previous article, we decided to try moving the mount further up the rail to see if it made a difference. We were using an … Continue reading
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American Defense Scope Mount Tests
By Mark V. Lonsdale, Training Director STTU The goal for today’s testing was to evaluate whether AD scope mounts returned to zero after being removed and replaced. For the testing we used a Leupold VX-1 2-7X, 1″ tube, in the … Continue reading
Posted in Sniper, Weapons Evaluations
Tagged Accuracy, AR, Assault Rifle, Federal ammo, Leupold, Mark 4, Shooting, Sniper, T&E, Tactical Training, UIC
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Afghanistan OEF 2001-2008
A few images from Northern Afghanistan with General Dostum A few from Kandahar and Spin Boldak on the border with Pakistan
Posted in Afghanistan
Tagged Afghanistan, CJSOTF, CMATT, FOB, FOB Scorpion, IED, KAF, Kandahar, OEF, Spin Boldak
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Iraq OIF 2004
A few images from Iraq during the Fallujah uprising Clockwise: Bomb damage assessment from an incoming rocket; with Oscar PSD team; with General Paul Eaton, Combined Military Assistance Training Team (CMATT); morning briefing at Taji Military Camp, just north of … Continue reading
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Tagged Contractor, CR, Gen Paul Eaton, Iraq, Mark Lonsdale, OIF, PSD, Saddam, Taji
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