Night Ops

So how much paracord would be required to get an average person safely up or down a short distance, say roughly 40 or 50 feet? Perhaps a braid of three strands?

I've never had problems with 550 cord, although the most weight i've ever had hanging on it was roughly 200 lbs between me, my gear, and uh... some stuff.

This doesn't work 100% of the time, but depending upon how smart the homeowner/builder was you may have some success. When a sliding glass door is installed, it's essentially lifted up, the top is pushed into the door frame at a slight angle, and then the bottom is set into the track. For this to be...

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Another vote for learning some basic self defense skills. If you choose to carry a weapon, make sure you invest the time into learning how to use it, and then practice enough to stay proficient. Just carrying a knife or a baton isn't enough, because an experienced fighter will likely just disarm you...

It depends, but for us you're guaranteed to get to e5 provided you complete all tasks assigned to you, do all your training stuff, and successfully pass your CDCs. After that, promotions basically become a "who can suck the best cock" contest. Combine that with the fact that most SNCOs aren't just d...

Unfortunately, there's a ton of stuff we need to get done in order to be eligible. We actually have a few dirtbags who've been holding down e-3 spots for close to four years now, believe it or not. Things are strange like that, though. I've been getting e3 pay since i enlisted (2.5 years ago), but t...

In the chat for the next hour or so.

There are a couple methods i'd use before trying to infiltrate a possibly occupied house, depending upon what state you live in that could be a good way to take a load of 00 buckshot to the face. One of the easier methods involves a little social engineering. Take the least threatening member of you...

Lately i've been spending a lot of time on firearms - my AR, while nice, needs a fair bit of work to get it set up the way i ultimately want it. On top of that, i just picked up a few needed accessories for my 700p, so i can continue working on the basics of long range shooting. I guess i'm a little...

Heh, i'm guilty of that one a lot.

I've been wondering what night ops thinks about SHTF scenarios? Is this something you've prepared for with cached food/supplies, or by getting a bug out bag together? Or is it something you don't really care much for? To clarify, i don't mean a zombie apocalypse, just any emergency that would create...

Will these perhaps be making an appearance here at night ops in the near future?

Any tips on using a firebow? That skill has been on my to-do list for a while now.

That makes sense with Announcements and Suggestions. The only reason i would argue against moving gear in with another forum is because it's usually pretty active by itself, and ideally all of the forums in that section will get equal amounts of posting/traffic. I suppose we could just call the "ski...

No idea where to find them, but i might actually have a couple. Edit: i only had two, but take a look at what i found! My google-fu is strong... http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w138/krayzie94/totsemoticon/ Edit again: that must have been taken after the MR HAI incident, when his emoticon got remo...

For some reason, secondhand BDUs are pretty difficult to find around here. It's much easier to get new stuff, and since i don't mind spending the money to upgrade right now that's not really an issue either. I definitely do like BDU style the best though, any suggestions for a camo pattern that woul...

I spend a few months working active duty at my base, then take a few months to fuck around, then go back to work at the base again. Wash, rinse, repeat for the past couple years, with some longer training periods thrown in the mix as well. Hopefully i'll get some college under my belt now that i've ...

What about some sort of "spoiler" type function with a button that could be clicked to reveal completed dare ops? or perhaps a section in the user profile for showcasing them?

Looks excellent. The only thing i think we could improve upon would be the way in which we condense the forums, which is a relatively minor issue. I've been putting a fair amount of thought into it, and i'd like to suggest this as a possible forum layout: Night Ops -------------------- Experiences (...

Nice videos! I liked the Hitchhiker's nod, especially with the towel trick.

I've decided to scrap my old opping wardrobe and start completely fresh with some new stuff. Some of the older clothing i currently have for opping is over 8 years old, and looking pretty beat. i'm going to begin by getting rid of my old "unserviceable" stuff, and hopefully get two or three outfits ...

The point is that anonymous is essentially acting like (surprise!) an angsty 12 year old. This is their emotional outburst, their reaction. It's as much a statement made to try to reinforce their image as it is a statement about the problem. Psychlonic brings up a good point though - we have become ...

I took it as a statement directed at the people, not the government. Obviously, taking a few sites offline for a few hours doesn't hurt those agencies any. But the fact that they had the balls to do it in the first place is something of a statement. something along the lines of "we may not be able t...

I'm going to assume that everyone here has already heard, but for those of you currently living under a rock - http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-01-20/megaupload-arrests-FBI/52697186/1 Long story short - the US decides that megaupload is probably involved with online piracy, seeing as it'...

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I've talked about this with a few members here already, but it seems worth posting here as well. In short, I looked at the failings of our current recruiting plan, made changes, and simplified things down into two basic ideas. Then i formulated a new recruiting plan based on those two parts. The ide...

I've only ever used close friends for opping, and even then obviously not all of them have been suited to it. But trust is paramount, like The Atomic Fishy stated. If you have someone you can trust who happens to have a lot of parallel interests with you, that would be a good place to start. I've fo...

Like any skill of dexterity, once you learn you need to keep practicing every so often or you get rusty and it takes longer to open a lock. Quoted for truth. Lockpicking has always been like a foreign language for me - the more you use it, the better you get, but if you stop using it for a while th...

I have a small monocular that i keep in with all my op gear, but it almost never gets used. My "standard" op loadout is usually only a knife, flashlight, and lockpick kit. There's also a small, handheld hacksaw that i keep in with my op gear, which hasn't been used once. Sort of forgot about it to b...

This was a major factor in my nearly two-year long hiatus from serious opping. I don't think there was ever a point where i thought "if i go out opping, someone is definitely going to find out...", rather i used it as an excuse to postpone getting back into things over and over again. I'm planning o...

I tried opping with a set of throwing knives added to my standard kit for about a year, and i didn't end up using them once. I was thinking that they could be useful as a deterrent for wild animals, but obviously they weren't needed. I was spending quite a bit of time practicing with them (which is ...

Those shoes gave the mall ninja inside me a raging boner. I've always wanted to get a pair of tabi boots, but price wise i'm leaning more towards the marugo sports jika-tabi.

http://store.japan-zone.com/marugo-sports-p-266.html

Nice pick set. I need to pick up a new set for opping, but maybe i'll experiment around with making my own instead.

No, whatever has the highest concentration of naNO works best though. Dude this is low. You sent me PM's bitching at me when I started discussing my bombs on here, then you deleted my posts. What the fuck man? Yeah, because that thermite you made was waaay to dangerous. What you were going to use t...

No, whatever has the highest concentration of naNO works best though.

It's a high-energy powder. Burns sort of similar to thermite if you condense it and then touch an electrical charge to it.

If you're going to carry something that looks like a firearm, you might as well just man up and bring a real one. At least that could actually save you from an attacker or a wild animal. There's a reason elite Operators all carry sidearms, you know. Heck, you can regularly get hi point pistols on gu...

Also currently in chat - i'll hang around for a bit in case you get on.

Thanks for the tips. I never really had you figured for one of the "hard gainers" who had to bust ass and eat incredible amounts just to pack on a few additional pounds of muscle, i'd always thought you were one of those guys who never had problems gaining muscle mass. Having a super fast metabolism...

Heh, something similar happened to me a long time ago when i had to vault a barbed wire fence. had i jumped two inches to the left, i swear i'd be missing a nut. :mrgreen:

Welcome back.

Just for fun: Climb the highest mountain, Punch the face of God! Seize the night... By the throat! The police are here? Sucks to be them! A wild animal bites you. Bite it the fuck back! Dress your wounds... with salt and bleach! Find the line. Cross it. Bring a knife to a gunfight. Stab them while ...

Feel free to post around, share stories, ect. As far as adrenaline goes, i personally think you'll find nothing better.

Welcome, good to see some new members comming in from different corners of the globe that we usually see. I don't remember there being anyone from greece on here, at least no one who openly said so, but who knows, maybe you'll find a partner during your operations. it's been known to happen occasion...

Yes, they are all fictional', every single one.

Seems to me like you'd be better off using dog food laced with sedatives rather than a tranquilizer. The food - you can throw/set/plant where to need it to be and then forget about it. The tranquilizer needs to be retrieved, for obvious reasons, which slows you down as well as creates a wound in the...

One knife wielded by a drunk was enough to give me a scar, and that was when i happened to be carrying my own as well. Nine knives? You're lucky to be alive. That's a story i'd like to hear.

Feel free to send a PM to any of the moderators or admins, although not all of us are active so best to choose wisely.

Dark Kaiser is/was a fairly prominent opper, and he used the traditional ninja gear as well. +1 for style points and comfortability/ease of movement, but -1 for lack of pockets.

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