Blue Force Gear is excited to announce the winning names for the “Name That Pack!†contest sponsored by Soldier Systems Daily a few weeks ago. There was an overwhelming response from the Soldier Systems Daily readership and it took them nearly a week to sort through all the names and decide on the winners. Blue Force Gear decided to go with the WWII Allied Operations theme that many suggested. The four winners will be notified via e-mail. Even if your name was not selected, Blue Force Gear would like to show their appreciation for your time by offering a one time 15% off purchase of any of their stock items. Please use the same e-mail address with which you submitted your pack name suggestions so that they can track those that participated.
Here are the winning names!
Overlord Pack (02) – Named for the World War II (6 June 1944) Allied cross-Channel invasion of northwest Europe.
Skye Pack (03) – Named for a deception plan carried out by the Allies during WWII, in which fake wireless traffic was created in order to give the appearance of units that threatened an invasion of Norway from Britain.
Vulcan Pack (04) – Named for the World War II (6 May 1943) final Allied offensive to clear Axis forces from Tunisia
Jedburgh Pack (05) – Named for Operation Jedburgh which was a clandestine operation during World War II, in which the British Special Operations Executive and the U.S. Office of Strategic Services joined with the Free French Bureau Central de Renseignements et d’Action (“Intelligence and operations central bureau”), and the Dutch and Belgian Armies to parachute into Nazi-occupied France, Holland, and Belgium to conduct sabotage and guerilla warfare, and to lead the local resistance forces in actions against the Germans.
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