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Last Resort Blades
By J.E. McCollough You can buy a nice knife anywhere. Any mall has a knife shop where you can get anything from Swiss Army knives to Conan the Barbarian swords....
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10 Tired Expressions of the Modern Military
By Pablo James Every now and then some military leader sums up an idea in a clear and eloquent way that makes the concept clear and easily understandable to all. The...
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Steven Pressfield’s The Lion’s Gate: On the Frontlines of the Six Day War
By Greg “RU Twisted” Drobny Steven Pressfield is no stranger to most members of the US Military, especially in the combat arms. I saw so many copies of Gates of...
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9 Really Bad Military Stock Photos
By RU Rob Over the last couple of years, finding photos for our stories has become increasingly hard. We started using an image service to provide us with all of...
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Are you Strong Enough? An interview with Mark Rippetoe
By Nick Barringer Mark Rippetoe is highly sought after strength coach and author. His books Starting Strength, Strong Enough?, and Practical Programming are great resources for anyone looking to become...
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Herding Cats: Why Loyalty Counts
By Lana Duffy This article is about cats. Don’t worry, I’ll get to the relevant bits in due time. I have two cats in my NYC apartment. Go ahead and...
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Media Coverage of the “Militarization of the American Police”
By RU Pablo The events in Ferguson, Missouri have captured the attention of the American public in recent weeks. One of the many topics in the public forum has been...
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Rooting For Evil
By Kelly Crigger “I can’t watch this anymore,” I say to my wife. “Why?” “These are bad dudes. They rape, kill, and foment biker stereotypes. Why should I want them...
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Seven Nightingales
By J.E. McCollough Sometimes the truth is intentionally covered up. Sometimes, though, the truth just slips through the cracks, obscured by the fog of war and then overtaken by surrounding...
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Eleven Years And We Still Haven’t Learned From Our Mistakes
By J.E. McCollough We’d all like to forget our mistakes. Even the ones we learn from usually involve events we’d prefer not to think about or be reminded of on...
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I’m In Love With A Hog
By RU Rob I am in love. It started in the sixth grade when my father was stationed at Ft. Riley, Kansas and I attended Custer Hill Elementary School. My...
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Enlisted Goes Drinking
The cast of FOX’s Enlisted decided that they weren’t about to be out done by the boys of Ranger Up who played the Enlisted Drinking Game during last weeks premiere. This...
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Ranger Up’s ENLISTED Drinking Game
By RU Rob FOX debuts a new sitcom tonight called Enlisted. Before you read any further I am going to say that from a military stand-point, the premiere will drive...
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The Rhino Den in 2013
By RU Rob The Rhino Den has survived another year, mostly unscathed, except for a few new scars and some new stories to tell the grandkids (which are coming sooner...
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Hollywood Rights A Wrong! Wait…What?!?
By RU Rob We have chronicled our disdain for Hollywood on many occasions here on Ye Olde Rhino Den and it isn’t often that I get a chance to report...