About Matt Bracken

Old frogman, sailor, boat builder, novelist and essayist. Matthew Bracken was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1957, and attended the University of Virginia, where he received a BA in Russian Studies and was commissioned as a naval officer in 1979. Later in that year he graduated from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training, and in 1983 he led a Naval Special Warfare detachment to Beirut, Lebanon. Since then he’s been a welder, boat builder, charter captain, ocean sailor, essayist and novelist. He lives in North Florida. Links to many of Matt’s short stories and essays may be found at EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com, along with excerpts from his five novels: the Enemies Foreign and Domestic series, Castigo Cay and The Cliffs of Zerhoun. His essays and short stories can be found in “The Bracken Collection: Essays and Short Fiction 2010 to 2019”. All of his short stories and essays may be reproduced on the internet, in part or in whole, as long as proper attribution is given, and they are not sold for profit without the permission of the author.

PREPARING FOR THE BOOGALOO: MATT BRACKEN’S REVIEW OF JACK LAWSON’S “CIVIL DEFENSE MANUAL”

Instead of buying yet another expensive box of bullets, I strongly recommend that you invest in Jack Lawson’s Civil Defense Manual, and earn yourself a master’s degree in post-SHTF neighborhood self-defense and community survival. What you learn from the CDM will be worth a thousand times more than another extra hundred rifle cartridges to stack on top of your already existing prepper stockpile.

By |2020-10-15T10:05:34-04:00October 15, 2020|Book Review, Matt Bracken|19 Comments

BRACKEN: WHAT I SAW AT THE COUP

He explained that it was nothing formal, and there was nothing in writing. Nor would there ever be. It was just a concept he had come up with, along with a few other trusted colleagues and advisors. An idea. They had gamed out various scenarios. We could solve our problems with molding public opinion if we removed just a few dozen key right-wing opinion makers. That was the exact word he used, “removed.” That was last spring, and I put it off as a harmless thought experiment. I didn’t hear anything more about it for several months.

By |2020-09-15T06:00:17-04:00September 15, 2020|Fiction, Matt Bracken|14 Comments

ARMED CITIZENS MUST DEFEND THEIR COMMUNITIES FROM RIOTING MOBS IF THE POLITICIZED POLICE WILL NOT

Therefore, it is my carefully considered opinion that black-clad and masked ABR mobs, rampaging and terrorizing innocent citizens under the cover of darkness in the style of the KKK of old, may morally and ethically be taken under preemptive fire by armed citizens at any level necessary to drive them out of their peaceful neighborhoods and away from their businesses, before the terrorists can reach their targets and throw their Molotov cocktails and other explosive and incendiary devices.

By |2020-09-11T09:00:01-04:00September 11, 2020|Matt Bracken, Opinion, Uncategorized|66 Comments

WHY DOES IT COST 4 TIMES MORE TO RENT A U-HAUL TO MOVE FROM NEW YORK TO FLORIDA THAN FLORIDA TO NEW YORK?

Over the past few months of the Covid-19 pandemic panic and Antifa/BLM communist insurrection, we have become aware of a few interesting facts, such as that gun sales are breaking records, and anecdotally, that many thousands of Americans are "voting with their feet" by moving from liberal Democrat-run cities and states to more conservative areas of the country.

By |2020-08-09T17:04:39-04:00August 9, 2020|Matt Bracken, Uncategorized|9 Comments

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