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Military Morons Skull Patch

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

If you have been following my friend at Military Morons for awhile you will know he has a Skull with Horns designed by Pin Up artist Andrew Bawidamann as an unofficial logo. Recently, he worked with Mil-Spec Monkey to produce the logo as a PVC patch. The result is a really cool morale patch in a Glow-in-the-dark style as well as MultiCam and Desert versions. In addition to being really cool patches, MSM is donating $.50 for every one sold to our favorite charity, the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.

Available from Mil-Spec Monkey or MSM patch dealers.

THULS Giveaway

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

We’ve raved about THULS in the past and for good reason. It isn’t that we are luddites, but if you’ve ever had to develop checklists for your unit you will know what a painful process it is. Then, you have to cover them in acetate ruining the first few while you get the process down and finally, once you finish them, you realize that none of the units to your left and right are using the same TTPs. The team at THULS takes all of the pain out of the process for you. They have experience working with everything from service level organizations to deployed task forces to communities of interest to develop standardized mission planning and execution products. Now, the beauty part. They are rewritable, even underwater.

Our friends at THULS have made a very generous offer. In fact, they have two offers. It is however, important to note that both giveaways are restricted to US/Coalition military due to the information contained in the checklists. While nothing is restricted, it is for official use only and releasable to Coalition.

Giveaway One
THULS is giving away a ISAF Reports and Language Module (THULS IRLM) to 10 individuals who leave a comment with their favorite weapon on this post. You can use any name you like for your comment but leave us a valid email address so we can contact you in case you win. If you win and do not provide a duty address we will need to verify your status.

Giveaway Two

THULS is also going to give one company-sized unit:

THULS Basic Infantry Operations Support (BIOS) Items
540 SPIE Cards (Accountability Cards)
64 LEPL (Leaders Equipment/Personnel List)
54 Individual Range Cards
12 Crew Served Range Cards
20 Team Sector Sketches
54 Map Overlays
16 Warning Orders
24 Fire Plan Sketches
28 MOPTs (Mounted Ops Planning Tool)
200 IT4Cs (Improved Casualty Cards)

You must enter by sending an email with Name, Rank and Unit to SSDfree@THULS.BIZ You cannot enter this giveaway on SSD so DO NOT leave that information here.

*Company 1st Sergeant or CO/XO will be contacted for shipping / receipt of BIOS items for winning unit.

Both giveaways will close on Monday 18 April 2011 at 1600Z (GMT).

Make sure you visit www.THULS.biz for more information.

Void where prohibited

Army Releases Camo Improvement Solicitation – Updated

Friday, April 15th, 2011

The Army has finally released the Camouflage Improvement Effort solicitation. The solicitation closes at 1PM on 31 May 2011. In 45 days potential offerors must submit their design concepts. Following this will be a multi-phase effort to search for a new family of camouflage patterns consisting of woodland, desert, multi-terrain or transitional patterns in addition to a possible fourth pattern for field equipment such as armor and packs. The final decision won’t be made for two years and Soldiers will be stuck in the current ill-suited UCP for that entire time as well as well into a transition period. Based on this course of action, we could see UCP being used for another three to five years despite the availability of more effective patterns.

US Army Camouflage Improvement Effort Solicitation

Notes to industry and those that fancy themselves camouflage barons: The Army is placing a lot of emphasis on technical performance. From the solicitation, “Technical Area is the most important of all the areas; the Technical Area is more important than the Management/Production Readiness Area; the Management/Productin (sic) Readiness Area is significantly more important than the Contract/Cost/Price Area; the Contract/Cost/Price Area is more important than the Past Performance Area; the Past Performance Area is more important than the Small Business Participation Plan. Area I – Technical Factor A is more important than B. Area II – Management Factor A is significantly more important than B, and Factors B and C are of equal importance. To receive consideration for award, a rating of no less than “Acceptable” must be achieved for all areas. Offerors are cautioned that the award may not necessarily be made to the lowest price offered.” You are not going to win this on lowest cost. So make it count.

Camo Design Contest Enters Phase II

Friday, April 15th, 2011

We have now received all of your entries and will be preparing them over the weekend for Phase III which consists of voting. Phase III will begin Monday morning and run through Friday. You will only be able to vote once to preclude voter fraud. The most popular design will win the prize.

Register Soon for ADS Warrior Expo West ADS

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Held 4 & 5 May in San Diego, CA, ADS Warrior Expo West is one of the best opportunities to see the latest and greatest equipment this year. but time is running out to reserve your spot. Online registration closes at 1159 pm (est), Wednesday, April 27, 2011! Looking forward to seeing you there.

www.adsinc.com/warriorexpo

Today is the Day

Friday, April 15th, 2011

We know that the Secretary of the Army signed off on the Army Camouflage Improvement Effort earlier this week and at yesterday’s media roundtable hosted by PEO Soldier BG (P) Peter Fuller, he stated that it would be released today. So, the question is, what time and how will the delays affect the timeline? In the big scheme of things these few weeks are really pretty minor. Rather, industry’s concern is if they will still have as long as was originally mentioned to complete their submissions.

On another camouflage note, look for the phrase, “befowled globe” to rear its head soon.

Operation Instant Jolt

Friday, April 15th, 2011

G4TV, the video game network is sponsoring Operation Instant Jolt. The idea is to send some decent coffee to our troops deployed overseas, and apparently the concept was inspired by the video Combat Coffee 101 featured here on SSD a few weeks ago. Ahhh, the power of the internet. They are asking for the public to send instant coffee to:

Operation Instant Jolt c/o G4TV
5850 W. 3rd St. #155
Los Angeles, CA 90036

They are accepting instant coffee until May 1st, 2011 so get those packages in ASAP!

To learn more visit www.G4TV.com/coffee.

Corps Strength – Get Your Head Straight

Friday, April 15th, 2011

In his latest installment, MGySgt Paul Roarke USMC, (Ret) discusses the proper mental attitude to help set the stage for success.

I get emails all the time from people asking me if my PT system (www.corpsstrength.com) will help them get in shape and lose weight? The simple answer is yes, and that isn’t just a sales pitch, but a fact that’s been proven by hundreds of people over many years. However before you tie on your sneakers, or do one pushup you have get one thing right or I guarantee you won’t reach your goals; your thinking. Now this might seem like a simple thing, I mean who doesn’t want to get in shape, lose weight, be healthy and look good? Everybody right? Well the sad fact is that when it comes to fitness, there is a big gap between what people want and what they end up with. I am convinced that this problem is caused by one thing above all others, the wrong thought process. It’s the reason that I devote an entire chapter in my book to planning. In my experience the success or failure of any fitness routine is 90% thinking, not sets and reps. You need to know how to set realistic goals, remove excuses and set up a workout routine that will support you, your goals and YOUR life, not the other way around. This isn’t rocket science but it does take some thought and common sense and I don’t believe in short term fixes, but long term solutions. That in itself is hard for many people to understand. As we say in the military “Tactics win Battles, but Logistics wins wars”.

Get your Logistics squared away and your Tactics will have a much better chance to be successful. I guarantee it, worked for me for over 30 years.