Skillset Magazine BUDS Training Through the Eyes of a US Navy SEAL By Skillset Staff It’s been a hell of a ride thus far. I graduated from BUDS training (Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL training) back... Read more »
Skillset Magazine Robot Servants: Is This The Rise Of The Machines? By Skillset Staff I don’t want to sound like a total dork, but I have seen way too many movies where robot servants... Read more »
Skillset Magazine The True Meaning of the Fourth of July: Celebrate With Skillset! By Skillset Staff There’s a whole lot more meaning to the Fourth of July than just lighting off fireworks and pounding a few beers with... Read more »
Skillset Magazine Tactical Knives The Art and Inspiration Behind Blackbird Mfg. EDC Gear By Skillset Staff Tell us a little bit about Blackbird Mfg. and how you got into making weapons? I got my first real... Read more »
Skillset Magazine Capt. Charlie Plumb’s Fight for Survival as a POW By Skillset Staff Under his code name “Plumber,” fresh-faced and zealous U.S. Navy pilot Charlie Plumb made more than 100 successful carrier landings... Read more »
Skillset Magazine Summer Reading: 8 Tough-Guy Books To Check Out By Skillset Staff Summer is here, and whether you are heading to the beach, mountains or just chilling out by the pool, a... Read more »
Skillset Magazine Exploring 1950s and 1960s Men’s Pulp Magazines By Skillset Staff Picture, if you can, a time before man buns and rompers on the covers of “men’s magazines.” A time before... Read more »
Skillset Magazine Shoot and Scoot: A Day in the Life of a Blackwater Mercenary By Skillset Staff The following is adapted from the book Guns, Girls, and Greed: I was a Blackwater Mercenary in Iraq by Morgan Lerette. We’re headed to a random ministry building so... Read more »
Skillset Magazine 2 Brothers in Tijuana Divided by Chaos By Skillset Staff I am in a poor and forgotten neighborhood in eastern Tijuana. I negotiated my way through a small walkway littered... Read more »
Skillset Magazine I Shouldn’t Be Alive: True Tales of Extreme Survival By Skillset Staff As humans, we all eventually die. Luckily, most of us go our whole lives without ever facing true danger—only to meet... Read more »
