The Legend of Lieutenant-Colonel Mike Hoare

January 28, 2023 by The Tactical Hermit in Africa, Civilian Operator 101, Cold War Files, Cold War History, Guerilla Warfare, Guerilla Warfare History, Military History, Military History Books Worth A Damn, Small Unit Tactics, South Africa, Strategy, Studies in Warfare, Tactics, Tales from the Battlefield, War Documentaries Worth A Damn, Warfare, Warrior Poet, White Culture, White Genocide, White History, White Identity, White Nationalism and tagged Africa, Cold War Files, Congo Mercenary, Mercenary Stories, Mike Hoare, Military History, South Africa, Warfare

I remember reading Congo Mercenary while deployed many moons back.

This guy was the stuff of legend.

Europe Renaissance

Mercenary ‘Mad Mike’ Hoare (1919-2022) was perhaps the best-known of the European mercenaries who fought in the Congo Crisis (1960-1965). Born to Irish parents in Calcutta he was educated in England. A rarity for mercenaries who spend their lives on the frontlines, Hoare, at 101 years old seemingly benefited from the unstinting devotion of a very special and caring guardian angel. A veteran of numerous conflicts, Mike Hoare earned his spurs as an officer in the London Irish Rifles.

What does an army captain do when World War II becomes history? He becomes a chartered accountant of course. When led by Europeans prosperous and peaceful South Africa was a magnet for many disenchanted Britons. Mike Hoare was no exception. The amiable demobbed Brit set up a charted accountant’s business in South Africa.

As a South African citizen, Mike Hoare combined his sense of adventure and soldierly know-how to organise safaris…

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How To Be Calm Under Pressure: 3 Secrets From A Bomb Disposal Expert

January 22, 2022 by The Tactical Hermit in Armed Citizen Corner, Mentality, Mindset, Warrior Poet, Warrior Tech and tagged How to be Calm Under Pressure, Mentality, Mindset, Negotiating Stress, Warrior Ethos, Warrior Mindset

How To Be Calm Under Pressure: 3 Secrets From A Bomb Disposal Expert

Some practical advice on negotiating high-stress situations.

Remember: “Work the situation, don’t let it work you.”

Also highly recommend the linked article Stoicism Reveals 4 Rituals That Will Make You Mentally Strong

The Dead

January 13, 2019 by The Tactical Hermit in Warrior Poet and tagged James Joyce, The Dead, Warrior Poet

‘Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ireland. It was falling softly upon the Bog of Allen and, further westwards, softly falling into the dark mutinous Shannon waves. It was falling too upon every part of the lonely churchyard where Michael Furey lay buried. It lay thickly drifted on the crooked crosses and headstones, on the spears of the little gate, on the barren thorns. His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.’

The Dead
James Joyce

Why So Many Western Covert Operations Have Failed Since World War II

October 14, 2018 by The Tactical Hermit in Ancient Military History, Brush-Up On Your History, Civilian Operator 101, COIN, Cold War Files, Cold War History, Counter-Insurgency, Counter-Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism 101, Counterintelligence, Current Events, Dark Arts For Good Guys, Deconstructing Terrorism, European History, Examining Terrorist Tactics, Fieldcraft, Guerilla Warfare, Guerilla Warfare History, Historical Study, History Roundup, Iran, ISIS, Learning from Terrorist Tactics, Middle East, Military History, Military History Books Worth A Damn, Obscure WW2 History, Small Unit Tactics, Studies in Warfare, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Tactics, Tradecraft, Urban Skill Sets, Urban Warfare, Warfare, Warrior Poet, World History, World War II History, World War Two Book's Worth A Damn, WW2 Era Weapons and tagged Clandestine Warfare, Covert Operations, Guerilla Warfare, History of SOE, Lawrence of Arabia, Military History Now, OSS, Proxy Wars, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, SOE, WW2 Special Operations

Shots in the Dark – Why So Many Western Covert Operations Have Failed Since WW2

A Great read both from a historical point of view and practical, Civilian Operator POV on the RELEVANCE of Guerilla Warfare in the 21st Century.

You have to Understand the Lessons of History in order not to repeat the mistakes of the past….this is why every Warrior needs to be a Scholar and Historian FIRST!

Read this article twice and look up the links and read about them…this is a study worthy of your time I promise you.

Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!