Night Ops

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Carding A door that swings inward and is only locked by a mere knob is more often than not vulnerable to a simple piece of plastic. As the name implies, carding takes advantage of a mere card, be it for credit, membership, whatever, to open the door. Mind you though that anything with similar dimens...

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Wedging An offshoot of prying, this method requires the use of wedges as the name implies to force a door to separate from it's frame. This is most easily done on a door that swings inward, but can also be used on outward swinging doors in some cases. Expect this method to produce several loud poppi...

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Prying This is the alternative side of the coin from ramming. If the door swings towards you rather than away, prying becomes the optimal brute force opening method. Technically, you can still ram a door open that swings outward, but it's largely inefficient. Instead, we want to try to force the doo...

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Ramming Doors that swing away from you can often be forced from the frame by exerting enough force. This method is often loud and leaves unnecessary evidence even if you do not succeed, but it also requires very little skill and no equipment. Ramming depends on two things: the strength of the frame ...

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I find myself using it primarily for snow myself, if I have to cross a path/road/driveway with it packed on, so that there's not a distinct footprint the owner can look at and think "I didn't put that there, so who did?" They still might notice the mark, but it won't be as easy to identify. Keeps th...

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I think a lot of people simply fold when doing the "ninja" method because they're worried they're going to get caught. When I was still opping in teams, my guys constantly were trying to convince me to just walk back on the road at first, that nobody was going to suspect anything. Maybe they were ri...

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When I made mine, I used a 2 AA body that extended past the palm of the hand. It wasn't compact, and I never planned on taking it with me since I only carry regular picks and wrenches. If I were to redo it? I'd likely use one of those flashlights that have a 3 AAA battery cylinder in the handle so I...

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Lost in a crash: This is a design I created for about $1 using a broken PS2 controller, a cheapskate flashlight, and of course the pick itself which I made from lumber strapping. As the name implies, it's just another way to make a vibrating lock pick. First, you need any game controller with rumble...

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Yeah I hope the vinyl paint helps. It might be worth your time to spray down something useless with it and toss it in the washing machine because I have no idea how it would cope with that sort of thing. By the way... A tip from someone who probably knows much more about nail polish remover than you...

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Unfortunately, I can't think of anything that would remove the substance without ruining the dye in the fabric. Acetone would certainly work, and the best I can offer is that I've wiped things off with rags soaked in it without the color coming out, but by no means is this any hint of what might hap...

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Wow, I'd be infuriated. Is the rule in England that anything confiscated you never get back?

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Guess that explains the warning signs on the ones I've seen. I had found one I was going to hit up but decided not to, maybe I should have after all. Good to know. Conversation fodder or not, I'm looking into the ion idea as we speak. Unfortunately, what I've found will likely scare most people away...

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Eh, share what you've got. Some stories might be fun, I've never been in a serious survival situation I haven't purposely put myself in.

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To be honest, I agree with you that it's not really something that's important in most situations. The light can be worked around and doing so can even draw less attention. I hadn't thought much farther than simply busting the bulb somehow if it needed to be done. NBK2000 from RogueSci had the idea ...

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Good tip, I hadn't even thought of that. Ideally a single strand of the steel wool will glow red hot if there's enough juice. That's a fairly common trick for homemade ignitors. Figures that I wouldn't apply that to survival haha. Which reminds me, thin nichrome wire works as well, as found in toast...

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By rolling the ankle to the inside as you walk, you'll find yourself walking on the absolute outer edge of your footwear. While this will inherently increase the noise you make while walking to a slight degree, it will also minimize the footprints you leave behind. This is extremely important when y...

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Here's a quick guide I wrote on urban survival and some important comments made afterwards. Posted this on Totse, Zoklet, and R26X, thought I posted this here, but apparently not. It's kinda dumb and probably not useful, but like most survival info, it's good to have and not need than to need and no...

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You should have just gotten one of those big pumpkin trash bags people fill with leaves and set yourself up in random locations to scare the shit out of people haha.

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Complacentcy often runs rampant across the human element of security. Even trained militaries fall victim to a comfortable, lazy state of mind brought about by long periods of inactivity. Simply put, people begin to feel safe when there hasn't been a threat in awhile, if at all. They slowly keep a v...

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As the name suggests, these are made from carpet. They are meant to not just fit over the foot, but your footwear completely. They can be used to help silence your steps over noisy terrain such as gravel or across broken glass, and they can also be used to distort or completely hide footprints on ha...

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I know you're not being serious, but I wonder if anyone has actually tried to do that. And I wonder if they even got anywhere near their objective before thinking: "Ok, this isn't such a good idea..."

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I say use every single advantage you humanly can in order to blend in!

Tried the shemagh, and I'm sticking with balaclavas. Not my thing I guess.

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Not that I know of. He's in the Marines and probably wants to keep his nose clean. Wouldn't surprise me if he lurks anonymously on the rare occasion but that's it.

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Might have been a bluff. If they knew for sure where you were at, they could have just walked up to you. But for sure cover your eyes, that's a standard maneuver when you hit the ground be it for spotlights, cars going by, when any sort of light is involved cover up. Aside from blocking eye glare, i...

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It kinda looks like for a lot of these, the guy is basically saying "Try this and hopefully it works!" For example, regarding PIR sensors he says something along the lines of "Try walking directly towards the sensor at a snails pace. You should be able to walk right up to it because PIR is designed ...

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That's precisely the kind I've got. I don't remember what I paid for it, but it wasn't much and the band is still holding strong after 3 years. Came with a small amount of steel shot, as well. Great bang for the buck, so to speak.

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One man's opinion. The perfect infiltration never happens. No scrap of evidence is left at the area of operation indicating a trespasser even entered. Nobody was seen going to or from the general area the infiltration happened, not even an old man going for a walk or a skateboarding kid was seen in ...

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AVOIDING SPOTLIGHTS AT GROUND LEVEL To the operative who has no experience in the subject, nothing is more disheartening than having your first spotlight shine towards you. Your instinct will tell you to run away as fast as possible, but knowing what techniques to utilize can save you a lot of troub...

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Avoid overburdening yourself. Carry only what you know you'll need and possibly a few lighter items you might need. Extra weight and bulk is only going to slow you down and make individual movement techniques unnecessarily difficult. Avoid becoming lazy. Compass the perimeter of new doors and window...

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As far as knives go, I've been recently wanting the CRKT Black Ultima. Their Sawtooth 2000 was one of my favorite knives, I'd take it over my Ka-Bar any time.

http://www.teraasekeskus.com/images/ext ... Ultima.jpg

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I swapped over to the red theme recently and noticed the lack of banner, so I fired up photoshop and shooped this shit up in about 5 minutes to fill the gap, if you want:

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That's a tough one. I'd have to say any time I overcome a security measure, makes me laugh inside at their pitiful attempts to keep people out and boosts my confidence. Something about that feeling, completely embracing your inner darkness and not feeling the slightest bit of remorse, that really co...

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Go to a hardware store and just buy them. You'll probably find better deals on that sort of equipment than you would at a surplus shop, where such things are just "filler" merchandise. Find the youngest looking clerk and have them ring it up as they're the least likely to ask you a question. If they...

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I used to keep a lot of my equipment in plain sight, having a "front" for most of the items, basically as Legend was saying. I'm fortunately enough, for example, to come from a hunting family so almost everything could be passed off as hunting gear. I was also into the outdoors so it could pass for ...

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The guy is a genius. He might not sound as eloquent as Sun Tzu or any of the other big names, but his philosophies are every bit as truthful. I based a lot of my first ops around the "rules" he laid down in his books and it worked out quite well. He's a big influence of mine.

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Traveling to and from a location in a vehicle is an often overlooked method but also potentially dangerous and compromising. This is because your vehicle can be traced back to it's owner and thus, while you can put on a mask and gloves to hide your identity, your vehicle cannot without arousing susp...

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Haven't had time to look into this directly, no concrete methods of defeating this. It would seem an operative-ready "how-to" guide on the subject would be a first on the internet as I can't find any pre-existing write ups on the matter. Heh, what's new, though? I like to think this community has be...

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Having been reading through the Rogue Warrior series again, some quotes from Richard Marcinko, founder of SEAL Team Six: â€œWe all knew there was just one way to improve our odds for survival: train, train, train. Sometimes, if your training is properly intense it will kill you. More often -- much, ...

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A couple weeks ago, I bought a new machete. One of these as it were: http://www.amazon.com/Gerber-22-41576-Gator-Machete-Sheath/dp/B000Q9BBZI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1256984368&sr=8-1 The Gator Machete by Gerber. I've always had good experience with Gerber so with their name emblazoned on the bl...

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Welcome aboard. If there's anything you want to know that's not already written about just ask. We have plenty of knowledgeable members here.

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I'm sure other members know of some good sellers. I personally think the best sets are homemade, and any operative really wanting to get serious should get a grinder and some metal stock, be it saw blades, brick strapping, or street sweeper bristles. You can find templates all over the internet, and...

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I haven't messed with them directly, so I'm not sure. I'll look them up. Trying to surge/short the circuit might not be a solution and could possibly even cause the lock to stay shut until it's repaired. From what little I know, there's three ways to attack the lock: One is simply to acquire a card,...

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Well you picked a good time to ask I guess. Remember when I told you in the other thread that sometimes there will be a resistance check at the control panel? The multimeter is to measure resistance. Digital would be ideal, but analog is all I've got. It's a "just in case" procedure if you've got a ...

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Right, neodymium magnets (unless there's some new and improved material out now) are best simply because they have the most magnetic force per volume of any magnet you can buy on a reasonable budget. You could technically use cheapo magnets from a toy or whatever, but you'd need considerably more to...

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