» SOF bushcraft is about blending into the wilderness until it shelters you, feeds you, and hides you from the enemy. It’s the quiet art of making the land do what the mission demands.
» Special Forces operator exploring a cave network in Cappadocia, Turkey. Being off-grid is less about vanishing and more about controlling who sees what, when, and how.
» Escape and evasion SERE Kit in a Rolex Submariner. Escape is strategy in motion; evasion is outthinking those who think they know your next move.
» Reading group dynamics in the battlefield with Ukraine soldiers. The best readers of people are those who can hear the emotions that words try to disguise.
» Guide to engaging a lone airplane hijacker. A hijacker’s control is an illusion; disrupt it with focus and force, and the illusion collapses.
» Rapid ‘disguise changing’ tactics in public in New York City. Tradecraft in the city isn’t about hiding; it’s about being seen exactly how you want to be remembered – or not at all.
» Covert operative in an abandoned mountain city in China employing environmental awareness, of which, isn’t a task – it’s a mindset that turns observation into action.
» NOC on a skycraper rooftop in Dubai practicing Mind Fear Response conditioning. Fear’s greatest trick is making you believe you can’t, your greatest strength is proving it wrong.
» Behavioral baseline establishment method used on an asset in Washington DC. In tradecraft, the baseline is your anchor, deviations are the waves that reveal the hidden currents.
» CIA personal identity management with passports, IDs and a SIG Sauer pistol. Your identity is a mosaic; every piece matters, and even the smallest shard can be used to complete the wrong picture.
» Covert operative engaging a tank in Eastern Europe. In the chaos of combat, awareness is the calm that turns confusion into opportunity.
» Reputation as a psychological weapon on a yacht in Dubai. A well-crafted reputation does the heavy lifting for you, influencing decisions before you even step into the room.
» Improvised psychological operations (PSYOPS) tactics at The Kremlin, Moscow, Russia. The art of strategic social engineering and manipulation lies in making someone think your idea was theirs all along.
» The urban jungle of Dhaka, Bangladesh. A concrete wilderness is a symphony of chaos; each horn, shout, and footstep adds to its relentless rhythm. Only those who can find the harmony in its disorder can truly master it.
» A former KFG operative walking the streets of Moscow, Russia. The Moscow Rules remind you to always have a way out – and a backup for the way out of that.