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During an ASOG mission in February 1991 during the Gulf War, it was inadvertently found that Desert Night Camouflage parkas worn by some of the men on the mission had an effect on the djinn that caused them to avoid the operators.

This eventually led to DNC being tested in follow on missions and was found that when dealing with lower level type spiritual entities in an incorporeal form such as djinn, wraiths, lower level demons, etc.

It has not gotten repeatable results against those that are in a corporeal form, such as the Romanian Strigoi/Vampires, those under possession, occultists, or cryptids, but it continues to be tested not only by ASOG but by DARPA, the DOE, and other organizations associated with this type of mission.

Since the 1991 event, ASOG operators have either worn DNC parkas/ponchos/jackets on their body, or have had it quickly accessible on their kit, usually rolled up and bungeed to the back when they suspect there may be some sort of incorporeal entity that they will encounter in their mission.

We do not pray to change God's plan; rather, we pray in order to procure what God has planned to be fulfilled through the prayers of the saints (ST 2-2.83.2).

-Thomas Aquinas

Today is St. Thomas Aquinas day

Newest episode is live. I would really appreciate as many people share this as possible.

The guest for this episodes is Tony from Appalachian Rebuild Project, a charity that is rebuilding homes for residents of impact areas following the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Tony discusses his group's immediate response to the emergency situation, including rescue and resupply operations as well as security, performed as civilians alongside public services and military personnel deployed in response to the emergency. Tony also discusses his plan of how ARP will assist residents perpetually in the future, as well as training concepts to prepare civilians for this possibility.
Please consider donating your resources or time at https://www.appalachianrebuildproject.org.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6D4Lee3xYO8NycH1hQ3TO8?si=lXLaJjmmSf-3EVblLZKHZA

The reason the Church fought so hard against "salvation by faith alone" is that this is an incredibly reductionist view of faith.

The reductionist view of "Faith Alone" uses the same words as Paul the Apostle in Romans, Ephesians, and Galatians, but the Protestant term conveys a different meaning than Paul's. In those passages, Paul says we are not saved by "works", but he does not share the same understanding of that term as Protestantism. Paul's "works" are very obviously works of the Old Covenant - circumcision, ritual washing, and dietary restrictions. He says this quite explicitly in Romans, and you should enter into all readings of "works" that he writes with this understanding. But this is not what Protestantism holds as "works". "Works" under Protestantism is an incredibly vague term, and can even include repentance and prayer depending on who you ask. Paul would have considered this outrageous, as repentance is absolutely necessary for faith to be had to begin with. One comes to knowledge of God, understands they are broken and need His grace, and confess their sins to Him and put their trust in Him - this is the "act" of repentance, possible by the grace of God, and the FIRST step to increasing in faith. Using the false paradigm of Protestantism, this would seem to indicate that the order of events go: Grace > Work (repentance) > Faith

In reality, "works" and "faith" are wrapped up together, both necessitating each other. These separable terms are ONLY around due to Protestantism making the false separation. The Church would otherwise call these things like prayer and repentance "acts of faith", not "works", but unfortunately too much credit was given to the Reformers in their false semantic debates.

So how does Protestantism have a reductionist view of faith?
Protestantism holds that faith is basically a magical, amorphous substance. Protestantism cuts off faith as an end product of repentance and prayer (because that would insinuate "works" cause "faith"), and therefore they are left with this view that God's grace creates this mystical, undefinable stuff in you that causes you to believe in God by no decision of your own. And the thing is that it's incredibly easy to disprove. All you have to do is this: when they say "salvation by faith alone", you say "how much faith?"

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ASOG operator holding security after clearing out necromancer occultists from a rural farmhouse.

The yearly debate rages on, and my stance remains the same. Do what makes sense

When we look at things like low scrub or underbrush, the army doctrine says to wear regular pants and overwhite top. The underbrush conceals your lower body and your upper body matches the contrast. Generally I try to avoid walking in absolutely open areas because that’s what makes sense.

The USMC doctrine is simple and says “do what makes sense.” It’s not difficult to look at who is more concealed between someone with OW top only or OW bottom only, or if both/neither is required.

Consider drones too. From above, are they going to see your lower legs matching the ground or your upper body contrasting the ground? Drones weren’t used as heavily when a lot of the older army pubs were written (during UCP times) so it wasn’t as heavy of a consideration.

When we look at drones, and the fact that when you’re most reliant on concealment and stationary you’ll either be kneeling or prone, it only makes sense to just throw on a top when necessary.

Keep taking your perfectly lined up open field pictures though 😂

The same people consistently share articles that turn out to be fake once the actual documents release.

This is what not having basic pattern recognition looks like.

After the second or third time, wouldn’t you start to see that the mainstream media hates the church? In addition, so many of these people claim that mainstream media only lies to support their narrative, but then they believe everything that the msm says about the church.

These people cannot think for themselves and cannot be helped

𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚

What is “training” exactly? Is it camping with kit and guns? Is it shooting? Is it doing a patrol? How long should the patrol be? What is your unit of measure to determine when one is “trained”

We see a lot of people mention “training” or “get out and train” but nobody really specifies doing what. Can competition shooting be considered training? Sure. Can sitting in a hole for a weekend and enduring the elements be considered training? Sure. Can a walk in the woods in a semi organized fashion be considered training? Why not. Can food and water procurement and storage with security be training? Definitely.

But what’s the endgoal?

What are you training for exactly? You see people debate “CQB vs SUT” ad nauseum like MOUT and close quarters battle are not a category of small unit tactics. What’s the context you’re putting your training in? What’s the most likely event to occur to necessitate you putting your individual or group training to use? Is that most likely event trained for? What are the second and third order effects of your reactions to said event? What is your metric or analysis whether the training was beneficial or worked out?

I think that people look at both shooting skills as well as the sustainment skills individually but not necessarily in a full context. What good are battle drills if you cannot fire accurately or have the energy due to dehydration and hunger? What good is shooting if you are unable to even get to the point where you’re in a fight?

Isolating certain skills is fine, but how often do you put them all together with a definitive way to pass/fail? Is this called “full context training” or just simply training? Where’s the line between training for a purpose and training for fun?

An example of full context training in my mind is to move from point A to point B with an objective when you’re there, determining a shoot vs no shoot scenario, having a resuppply, and proper casualty treatment and extraction, all while battling the elements. Plan it for a day with bad weather.

ASOG operator assigned to the North American detachment during a training event

New ASOG lore releasing soon

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2025

Resolutions for a new year are a common occurrence, and recently at church our priest had a homily regarding these and he said that for resolutions there should be 3 main qualities:

- attainable
- few in number
- goal in mind

This is a good guideline for creating resolutions, and I’ll add that they should focus on the three main categories of physical, mental, and spiritual.

They should be attainable meaning that you don’t set impossible tasks. Pretty self explanatory.

They should be few in number meaning set 2-4 good resolutions. Not 50. When you set too many at once, you will end up doing none of them as they fall apart when you’re unable to keep up with them.

When setting resolutions with a goal in mind, you have an idea of what “success” looks like. If you want to simply become better at X, but you don’t set what that metric looks like, it’s easy to not improve and grasp at straws saying you met your goal, or you get discouraged and don’t improve because you don’t know what to improve.

Still counts if it’s on the line

Multicam black is still the coolest

Some chest rig setups

First one is a Wet Wrx Pathfinder 5 cell with a Ferro Concepts SEAR pouch, Spiritus Systems CCS and spud. The pathfinder is nice because it’s slim on its own and each elastic cell has two columns of molle vs one which is common with other brands.

Second is a Ferro DOPE on a chesty with strange times supply expander wings, ferro GP, and Crye 7.62 pouch.

Third is a Spiritus MK4 on a thing 1

Last pic are some accessories that can be added to beef up rigs. Knives, expander wings, chest panels, danglers, etc.

All in all the main things I try to achieve are:
- be able to be used over a slick rig comfortably
- be able to work with a belt
- carry 5 mags and comms at a minimum
- Carry notebooks, maps, land nav gear, etc.

Accessories like danglers or the ferro chesty ATAK allow you to bring your storage up and down vs out.

Roll 1 is the only IFAK I own anymore. Works on a belt or chest rig without issue. Chest rig on the front is nice if you’re carrying a ruck with an internal frame.

Merry Christmas!

December 12th ~ OUR LADY of GUADALUPE
Empress of the Americas

A Brief History of
OUR LADY of GUADALUPE - 4
Being an account of the many layers of miracles associated with her miraculous appearance in 1531.

More Miracles ~ Our Lady’s Eyes
• In the image, Mary's eyes refract as would normal human eyes.
• When examined at 2,500 times magnification, thirteen individuals appear within her eyes at different proportions, just as a human eye would reflect an image; there is a different scene in each eye.
• It appears that her eyes reflect the very moment when Juan Diego unfurled the tilma before Bishop Zumárraga.
• Small veins have been detected on both of the eyelids of the image.
• When Our Lady’s eyes are exposed to light, the pupils contract; when the light is withdrawn, they return to a dilated state.
• One source mentioned, that in the 1970s a Japanese optician who was examining the eyes fainted and upon recovering stated that the eyes were alive and looking at him.

To be continued.

The final boss of “if you don’t have X you’re going to die” is unrestricted close air support

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙑𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙚𝙨 1/4: 𝙋𝙧𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚

Prudence is called the “mother of all virtues” and is the ability to discern the right course of action in any situation while considering potential consequences.

Prudence isn’t just understanding what things are but knowing how to act. It also isn’t just the general understanding of proper procedure.

We can apply prudence to small-scale matters like gear selection or family decisions, as well as larger concepts in warfare like proportionality or just war.

Prudence is used in material decisions, like purchasing or making tools, and in spiritual decisions regarding morality and ethics.

While prudence is in us naturally to some degree, it can be honed through experience and understanding others’ experiences. Studying warfare and the lives of saints hones this virtue and helps one understand the second- and third-order effects of decisions.

People always act like going prone with double stacked mags up front is impossible or difficult but it really isn’t.

“You’ll want to get as low to the ground as possible”

Yeah I also want what I need most (mags and job specific gear) to be easily accessible.

Belt kits suck too.

While I don’t like putting too much up front on my stomach area and I especially don’t like mounting a phone there, any placard that’s the thickness of a double stack mag pouch will be fine. Even now I use a Ferro wide GP on their kangaroo pocket. I can go prone without issue and a rifle is going to make my head stick up higher than a double mag pouch on my front will

“The household of God which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of truth,” - 1 Timothy 3:15

ASOG Edmund Fitzgerald story has been posted publicly for anyone to see

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Happy 249th birthday Marines!

Don't settle for McBedrooms for yourself, but especially for your children. Your children don't need Paw Patrol and Marvel posters. They don't need a fast food childhood. They don't need "Live Laugh Love" cutesy decor on their otherwise bland home walls. Their little hearts yearn for an environment that cultivates higher culture and interests and adventure. They want to dream of sea voyage, of fighting dragons, mapping uncharted lands, discovering fossils and crystals, and peering at the stars. The reason you are fine with McBedrooms is probably because you aren't super interesting or adventurous yourself, and perhaps you're even lazy and have no desire to fill a child's book shelf, let alone help them pursue adventure and learning. This is something you need to work on. Ipad babies are the logical conclusion of the McBedroom. Your home is your kingdom. Don't let your idleness and disinterest result in a poor and sloppy kingdom.

𝘼𝙎𝙊𝙂 𝙂𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝘽𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙄𝙄

Part 2 posted on X. Full story still on patreon

https://x.com/longhouseprep/status/1853796388632490119?s=46

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7a50zb2nl6UKlYG0mrcVBF?si=o2AeSZxvTvCYw4D6VINK1g

New episode posted with Keystone Dynamic Solutions, Monke Meals, and Overbore Systems regarding their recent assistance down in North Carolina

Patches are almost sold out

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Patches and new T shirt up on the site

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ASOG North America Detachment patches going live Monday, currently are live for Patreon members

Instagram banned me again. I can only assume some faggot keeps reporting me.

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Go follow the Twitter I suppose

𝙍𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢

150kg is 330 pounds…

ASOG - North America Detachment Operational Patches will be up in the beginning of November.

YOU DONT TRAIN, YOU WILL BE HELPLESS WHEN THAT ACORN DROPS ‼️ MEANWHILE IM SQUEEZING MY BUDDIES ASSCHEEKS FOR THE LOW AND SLOW ROOM ENTRY, YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOUR TEAM AND TRAIN WITH YOUR TEAM INSIDE AND OUT AND EXPLORE EACH OTHERS BODIES OR YOU WILL NOT MAKE IT OUT OF THE HYDRA MOUNT CHINESE SWEATSHOP ALIVE ‼️
-DJ "HARD-R" SHIPLEY
Sent from TOYOTA Rooftop Tent

I generally prefer to have an overt and covert carrier setup. Overt is an FCPC and for covert I snagged one of the new Tracer Tactical TAC carriers.

This PC is a modernized LV MBAV, ideal for travel, low-visibility, and when low capacity is required. It’s built with better materials than the LV MBAV, offers better color options, Velcro for ID, and better PTT attachment.

The TAC/TOW cummerbund is great and could also work well for overt use. Its front cell holds tools, TQs, mags, det cord, and places mags in an optimal position half a cell back vs a full cell back. The rear cell is 1/4 width which is perfect for chemlights or markers, useful for night ID or marking areas.

The PC includes internal wings in front and back with laser-cut MOLLE for extra pouches, adding versatility. With additions like the Axl Advanced AVP (pending fit), it could be even more adaptable. Perfect for wearing under a ruck, jacket, or in vehicles without needing a full overt setup.

A METT-TC example is rucking with or without armor.

• Mission: setting up an OP to monitor enemy activity.
• Enemy: assume there is an enemy to observe.

This implies “there’s an enemy, let’s use armor.” Since it’s a 24-hour+ mission with 30° nights, pack for overnight. This becomes an armored ruck movement. To avoid detection, you might park 6-10 miles away, making it an offset infil with rucks and armor.

Assess terrain to weigh risks of injury or heat casualties without armor. If lacking troops or needing specialized gear, skipping armor to reduce load may be viable.

Time matters too: if breaks are possible, a slower pace with armor increases survivability if compromised. Generally, armor is preferable; plan around safety, time, and conditioning for success.

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Reminder that St. Thomas Aquinas was great

Bogatyr (Богатырь), the Russian equivalent to ASOG, was founded in the 1960s under the GRU. Their mission was to investigate anomalous phenomena, supernatural events, and unexplained occurrences across the USSR and Eastern Europe. Posing as scientific expeditions, they covertly collaborated with the KGB and GRU, focusing on Western research into similar phenomena, particularly targeting ASOG’s operations.

Though they occasionally collaborate, Bogatyr and ASOG maintain separate, nationalistic agendas, with Bogatyr continuing to handle Russia’s most classified paranormal threats.

Sorry fags but you can keep your gay varastuleka bs‼️‼️

This setup allows me to go between mil and civ side stuff pretty easily since there’s overlap but a lot of differences. One example is that I’m not issued a handgun but I’m issued an M320 grenade launcher.

JSTA lets me carry admin or GP without wasted space (currently has some chem lights, cana water filtration kit, and a 6x rangefinder). Can store 40mm grenades inside of it or 2x throwables

Crye mag pouch lets me carry 2x 5.56 mags/water bottle/throwable/radio

Haley SAW pouch lets me carry the world. Honestly, it sits flat when not in use and I can add mags, throwables, maps, bug spray, land nav gear, nods, you name it. Open top is better than a zipper for this purpose imo

The true north MHA has a QLS fork so I can add an M320 GL on it or remove it completely since it’s on a bladetech teklok thing. I generally remove this for mil unless I’m going to be drawing the M320

TQ for obvious reasons. Takes up dead space and sits flat.

Backside stays clear for vehicle stuff, but I can add my ferro concepts roll 1 if I’m not using my carrier or using a chest rig.

This setup overall is not obtrusive with a ruck or with other kit, lets me sit in vehicles comfortably, and is pretty scalable

𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙂𝙪𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙩

- aws gear SMU belt
- shaw concepts pistol pouch
- spiritus systems JSTA with unobtainium gear insert
- cryeofficial 7.62/MBITR pouch
- haley strategic SAW pouch
- Midwest tactical solutions Enforcer II on true north concepts MHA
- TQ on ciguera gear mag sleeve. They also make the glove hook and leg strap

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St Michael the Archangel tee is up

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Gear up for Iran with the ASOG Skivvy Shirt

Currently unreleased