Ep41 | 22 SAS Operator Mick Hawkes CQB • Spotter Up Skip to content Tue. Jun 24th, 2025 Born into a military family, Mick attended 14 schools over his childhood. His dream of being a professional footballer came to an end after an unsuccessful trial with Lincoln City and he visited the careers office aged…
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“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” —Matthew 11:28 Modern man has fled the silence where Christ waits, trading wisdom for noise and calling it freedom, yet still Christ calls. —D. + + + Who is this modern man? He has abandoned the river of his…
Matt Larsen, a career Army Ranger and Black Belt Hall of Fame member who is best known as a hand-to-hand combat expert and the father of the U.S. Army’s Modern Army Combatives Program, served in the U.S. Marine Corps and the 75th Ranger Regiment during the course of a 22-year career in the military. Since…
“They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator.” —Romans 1:25 Modern man builds a world of wires and glass, but the voice of God still calls him back to the real. —D. + + + Modern man believes himself free, yet he is bound…
Andrew Curtiss Green Beret Author Combat Applications Techniques • Spotter Up Skip to content Sun. Jun 22nd, 2025 Andrew A. Curtiss, was born in Rome, New York in November 1977. He grew up in Upstate New York. He has been involved in the martial arts since the age of 4. Inspired by his father, he…
Lucas Brooks of Green Ops Inc You Need to Know How to Shoot with • Spotter Up Skip to content Sun. Jun 22nd, 2025 I speak with Lucas Brooks of Green Ops Inc. Lucas brings to Green Ops competition experience and hundreds of hours of training that he has received from trainer all across the…
COMBATIVES Ep12 | John Valentine of The Combatives Summit • Spotter Up Skip to content Sat. Jun 21st, 2025 John Valentine is a distinguished expert in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Modern Army Combatives, and firearms training. He holds a coveted black belt under the tutelage of the “Father of Modern Combatives,” Matt Larsen. Additionally, he has completed…
By Michael Kurcina Mike credits his early military training as the one thing that kept him disciplined through the many years. He currently provides his expertise as an adviser for an agency within the DoD. Michael Kurcina subscribes to the Spotter Up way of life. “I will either find a way or I will make…
We do not discuss missions nor operations here. We discuss Justin’s perspective on life.video credit goes to Blue Trace on YT. crgsix.com Justin Sheehan is a Michigan Native of the Whittemore-Prescott Area, and graduated High School in 2003. Following the horrific events of 9/11, he enlisted in the US Navy with ambitions of becoming a…