Radio Contra Episode 34: Generals Flynn and McInerney Interview Remarks, Communications Tradecraft and Phone Data

(Link to Podbean) I discuss the General Flynn and McInerney interview with WVW, discuss questions from a reader regarding social media, photo and phone digital media, and cover how phones are tracked. Brushbeater Training Schedule Brushbeater Amazon Affiliate Page Mission Darkness EMP Bag American Partisan The Marlboro Men Bandcamp page

One Hundred and Fifty Questions to a Guerrilla

General Alberto Bayo’s classic should be considered a must-read by anyone interested in small unit warfare and is the first post in a series on perspectives covering the last century into the present. A basic read on guerrilla warfare, “One Hundred and Fifty Questions To A Guerrilla” is a well thought out and realistic plan …

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A DIY Radio Data Terminal On The Cheap

What if I told you you could build your own radio data terminal for under $100? And what if I told you its actually a lot simpler than you might think at first glance? Crazy? Nah. It’s actually pretty simple.  As the students in the RTO Course learn, breaking information down into one of several …

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Radio Contra is now on Podbean!

A lot of folks have contacted me, left comments, etc. regarding some of the difficulties in listening to my podcast, Radio Contra, on American Partisan. There was two reasons why I posted it there, in house: to prevent censorship and to keep it fresh in y'alls mind where to listen. But...things happen and successful projects …

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Partisan Labs: ADL-1 OTP Generator

I originally wrote this evaluation WAAY back when, and since that time, I've used this device hundreds of times, both operationally with my own extended network and in the Advanced RTO Course where we cover how to use OTP encryption. It's remains the best device of its kind and well worth the money. We have …

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No Encryption, No Problem: Analog Radio Operations For Guerrilla Units

Since I started the Brushbeater blog project back in late 2015, a constant question I’ve got in emails has been about communications security and very often how to use encryption over the radio. Back when I got into the civilian side of operational communications and I no longer had uncle sugar providing my equipment, I …

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NJ Intelligence Collection Course: 31 January – 2 Febrary 2020

Got a new class for you folks in the Northeast at the end of January- Ground Intelligence Collection. It's a three day course that covers open source intelligence collection via data mining programs, the basics of the target-centric intelligence cycle, a day of signals intelligence in support of surveillance on a target and a field …

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NJ Urban Combat Course

A few additional notes on the NJ Urban Combat Course- This is not a course on simply clearing rooms and moving from house to house. We will approach the topic from the perspective of the partisan with little to no outside support, whose operating environment is urban terrain. Additional Details: Weapons will be provided as …

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USMC Testing Scout Sniper & Electronic Warfare Concept

According to Stars and Stripes, The USMC has successfully experimented with pairing Marines from the Radio Recon Team with Scout Sniper Marines in a recent exercise in Norway. The Marine Corps, like the Army, is recognizing the changes on the contemporary battlefield and applying outside-the-box thinking pairing signals intelligence specialists with their Scout Snipers. The …

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