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By Will Grant The motto of Team 5: In order to be involved, you first need to show up. When you’re talking about eastern Guatemala, there’s nothing easy about showing up. And that’s the essence of what Team 5 does. It finds the empty spots on the map, regions of medical deficiency, and it brings modern medicine and training to those in need. “Our main objective,” says Team 5 co-founder Eric Linder, “is to locate a very remote location that...

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By Will Grant Next week at Comic-Con International, the first in a series of Blackwater illustrated graphic comic books by artist Billy Tucci will be released. The first installment, called Roll Hard, is a depiction of the Blackwater Mamba Team in Baghdad. Through on-the-ground reporting and an eye for detail, Tucci presents one of the most accurate accounts of Blackwater in Iraq. “Like most people, all I had heard or read concerning Private Security Contractors was that they were reckless...

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At Blade Show 2012, we suffered the usual barrage of new products, old collectors, and armchair experts typical to any trade show. But we also found a few things worth relaying. The relatively young knife company Southern Grind is the brainchild of country music singer Zac Brown. To say the least, we were impressed with Brown, his love for innovation, and his knives. We think this is a company worth keeping an eye on. Southern Grind is based in Atlanta...

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Blade Show in Atlanta, Georgia says it’s the largest knife show in the world. While our fact-check department looks into that lofty claim, we thought we’d bring you a preview of what we’ve seen so far, whom we’ve talked to, and how customers are receiving the new line of Blackwater knives. In short, people want our knives. Inventory is fast disappearing from our mobile storage facility (U-Haul trailer). As soon as they wrap their fingers around the handle, they unfailingly...

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By Curt Pederson We all seek optimal performance in our lives. Whether it’s at work, in the gym, or elsewhere, we strive to perform our best. Three ways we can ensure that our bodies and minds are prepared to perform optimally is to eat right, workout right, and take the right nutritional supplements. It’s tough to determine what is right. Primarily, that’s because of so much contradictory information. Hopefully, this article will help you find what’s right for you. In...

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By Will Grant The Army reports that the average winner of the Best Ranger Competition is 26 years old, weighs 165 pounds, stands 5 feet 10 inches tall, and is a “decathlon-caliber soldier-athlete.” What the army doesn’t report is that prior experience in the competition has proven the best preparation. “We think this is going to be a really interesting competition because there aren’t many competitors who have experience in it,” says Elsie Jackson, Fort Benning spokeswoman. “I’ve never seen...

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