@reubenski dude I have no issue, sure you liked to poke me from time to time but I never took it personally. We’d definitely agree on many things, but there is a bit more to the story people don’t know.
he was actively protected by his buddies in CAG and had an active stealth campaign to protect his turf as he saw it. sure I agree he acted like a system integrator vs a actual instructor. At RO I just worked there, I had no real control over the direction we took and Jacob just refused to play his games, and his personality did not do him any favors. TH was much more personable when you compare the two.
TH not only called the FBI on me, but unleashed a host of attacks behind the scenes to suppress anyone who could contradict him from getting anywhere near you guys. I had a funny conversation with the FBI when I literally told them to fuck off and go tell him to fight his own battles. Only a few years ago I met that agent by accident and he introduced himself as that person. Today we get along fine. His first words to Me were, you were right. I can’t tell you how many times my phone rang with a host of 000-000-0000 telling me to shut up about this stuff. Even SW from PRS fame called me to shut up when he took over. That is how I met him.
the Magpul abortion, they hated it at first and brought me in. I had three full pages on a legal pad of his BS because like most who never, he just threw everything he ever heard at the camera, and the Non-Haley side of Magpul didn’t want it released. The result was Caylen coming in. After the DVD he threatened them legally that they could not teach his system, you know the Stuff he borrowed. As if, that is what really started things down the road to negativity. I don’t like bullies and will fight back with the same.
i was never gonna start up my own training group to chase things and when I left RO they began to fade so it was a non issue for me. I had this Site well before both and it wasn’t really compatible with military contracts.
but that doesn’t mean I don’t know where and how the bodies were buried. In hindsight, I realized inherited the fight more than really having any skin in it. I was seen as the public face because Jacob wanted to appear to be above it. I was loyal to a fault and took up the battle. LaRue approached Jacob on TH behalf to get me fired more than once, even calling when we were on the line and eventually all things come to an end.
but free plane flights, trips to TX, OBRs, scopes, do work as currency with young broke soldiers. Not being exposed to different philosophy because you weren’t allowed to doesn’t make it right. Yes someone would always fill that gap.
even with the addition of AB after the Horus stuff fell apart, Bryan rightly confronted me asking not to be included in the Hatfield vs McCoy situation this all created. You can say he won that fight, but he wasn’t alone. He was protected on high. He even involved the USMC Scout Sniper Association. i am a plank owner of that group, combat life member, 048 is my number, they stood me down too. Free hunts have value. Today there is a much disputed inclusion of both LaRue and TH, that was completely outside the norm. They are corporate additions done to prevent me from escalating the fight back in the day. It was designed to say we were one team. Not.
I‘m a pitbull, and like Denver just reversed, rather than fight one you outlaw them.
my point, it wasn’t organic it was manufactured. Protection takes many forms in our world I see him every Shot show I make sure to get his eye, smile and wave. I get it, we had a good battle, but I don’t affect him and he barely affects me. Live and learn. It made for great stories.
but dude PM any time i love a cup of coffee and if I’m in town will drop by any time as my days are easy. Life is good, I’m having Fun playing Peter Pan at 50+. I’m not changing now, and i do have one thing, an actual title, been there, done that, and walked away with more than the T-shirt.