Multi-Faction 40k Champion × Force Recon Marine

Tested in life.
Brought to the table.

More than a channel — a competitive 40k tribe.

40K Dirtbags is Derek Apsche and Mike Keevil. Derek's taken three armies to #1 in three straight years and is the current #1 US Ork player. Mike's a Force Recon Marine — combat, skydiving, jiu-jitsu, and competition shooting, across five continents. Same discipline, brought to the table.

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#1 Grey Knights '23 #1 CSM '24 #1 Death Guard '25 #1 US Orks · Current ★ Golden Ticket wins

Derek Apsche and Mike Keevil — 40K Dirtbags

Principles as behaviors · tested in life, brought to the table

01Clarity

02Decisiveness

03Simplicity

04Tempo

You're not paying for early videos. You're paying for the room — the tribe where a multi-faction #1 and a Force Recon Marine bring principles tested in life to the table.

— The Dirtbag Doctrine

From the diamond to the range to the table — 40K Dirtbags

Three layers · No competitor has all three

Why the work pays off

Most competitive 40k channels have one edge. We've got the proof, the depth, and the work ethic — and the name explains the rest.

The Proof

Three Factions, Three #1s

Three armies to #1 in three straight years — and the range to win with any of them.

#1 Grey Knights (2023)
#1 Chaos Space Marines (2024)
#1 Death Guard (2025)
Now #1 US Orks · Top-5 StatCheck40k ELO

The Depth

Force Recon Marine

One discipline — clear decisions under pressure — proven across radically different domains. Now the tabletop.

Force Recon Platoon Sergeant, USMCR (Ret.)
4 deployments, 2 in combat · five continents
USPSA shooting · Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
HALO & Combat Diver qualified

The Work Ethic

The Dirtbag Name

It's personal: "Dirtbags" is what Derek's childhood baseball team called itself — the gritty, hard-working players who play in the dirt and get it done.

Straight off Derek's boyhood ball team
Scrappy. No-flash. Earned, not bought.
The work ethic the brand runs on

Coming mid-July 2026 · TGL Analytics

The First Competitive 40K Strategy Book

Warhammer, Decision Making & the Skill Loop of Mastery

A decision-making framework forged in combat and refined through competition. On the surface it's a Warhammer 40,000 strategy book. Underneath it's about ego, clarity, decisiveness, and tempo — thinking straight when the dice, the chaos, and your own pride are all working against you. The framework outlives the rulebook.

By Michael Keevil — Force Recon Platoon Sergeant, USMCR (Ret.)

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