FirstSpear’s launch last week was a big success. Here’s their commercial catalog. There is also a Government catalog for qualified agencies with some items that will not be available for the open market.
Archive for July, 2011
FirstSpear Commercial Catalog
Monday, July 18th, 2011Support Sarah’s Run Across America
Sunday, July 17th, 2011A friend recently told us about a great young lady named Sarah who has decided to run across America in honor of our military heroes. It seems that her dad and my friend had lost a close colleague named Robert L. Shultis (SBPD) years ago while on duty. Having recently graduated from the University of Redlands in California, she felt it was time to honor our fallen.
Here is a link to Sarah’s Remembering our Hero’s blog. Her dad is also traveling with her on this 4 month journey starting July 24th from Southern California, (but he will be in a trailer!)
If any of you would like to add a fallen heroes name and their association to her blog, that is all Sarah is requesting. She can be emailed at sarahmemoto@gmail.com
Please keep Sarah in mind over the next several months as she travels across America for all our brave men and women in uniform fallen and present.
Blood-Type Markers
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
Hazard 4 recently introduced their new blood-type markers after learning about military personnel marking their blood types on their boot heels or lacing dog tags into their bootlaces. Rather, these 3-d injection-molded rubber markers, won’t wear off like markers and won’ become secondary projectiles in an IED event. In addition to the bootlace application you see above, they can also be used for bracelets, or as zipper pulls. Available in Black/Grey, Coyote, OD Green, and Glow-in-Dark.
RB1 Combat Pistol Sights
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
Redback One’s custom designed Combat Pistol Sights are now in production and should be ready in a few weeks. At first they’ll only be available for Glock model handguns but they may add other pistols based upon demand.
According to RB1, they have been working on these sights over several months of T&E to find the perfect match of height, width and depth to produce a pair of combat sights that shoot Point Of Aim/Point Of Impact at all ranges out to 100m. They are being produced by 10-8 Performance who have a great reputation for producing quality sights.
Interested parties should contact RB1 to reserve theirs.
Softec Throw Blanket
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
I was recently in Bed Bath & Beyond buying towels and this cool fleece throw blanket caught my eye. I picked one up and it is comfy and think it would be a good choice for folks heading down range considering the price (14.99) and materials (Polartec® Softecâ„¢). Yes, it’s SO comfy I am writing an article about it. Finally, it’s a generous 50″ W x 70″ L and available in Linen (tan) and Bark (Brown).
Aces High
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
The Aces High pinup from Bawidamann was developed as a collaboration with Mil Spec Monkey. Now, it’s available from Bawidamann as a patch as well as a Sticker.
Check out this and other designs from www.bawidamann.com.
Right! Sergeant Major, marching up and down the square
Saturday, July 16th, 2011By Popular Demand
Feel Free to Sing Along…
SERGEANT MAJOR: Don’t stand there gawping like you’ve never seen the Hand of God before! Now, today, we’re going to do marching up and down the square! That is, unless any of you got anything better to do. Well?! Anyone got anything they’d rather be doing than marching up and down the square?! Yes?! Atkinson. What would you… rather be doing, Atkinson?
ATKINSON: Well, to be quite honest, Sarge, I’d… rather be at home with the wife and kids.
SERGEANT MAJOR: Would you, now?!
ATKINSON: Yes, Sarge.
SERGEANT MAJOR: Right! Off you go! Now, everybody else happy with my little plan… of marching up and down the square a bit?
COLES: Sarge!
SERGEANT MAJOR: Yes?!
COLES: I’ve got a book I’d quite like to read.
SERGEANT MAJOR: Right! You go read your book, then! Now! Everybody else… quite content to join in… with my little scheme of marching up and down the square?!
WYCLIF: Sarge?
SERGEANT MAJOR: Yes, Wyclif?! What is it?!
WYCLIF: Well, I’m, uh, learning the piano.
SERGEANT MAJOR: Learning the piano?!
WYCLIF: Yes, Sarge.
SERGEANT MAJOR: And I suppose you want to go and practice, eh? Marching up and down the square not good enough for you, eh?!
WYCLIF: Well,–
SERGEANT MAJOR: Right! Off you go!
WYCLIF: Oh.
SERGEANT MAJOR: Now! What about the rest of you? Rather be at the pictures, I suppose.
SQUAD: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Ooh, yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Right.
SERGEANT MAJOR: All right! Off you go!
SQUAD: Oh. Ooh. Great. That’s great. What a day. I want to see the Merle Oberon picture. Eh hehheh.
SERGEANT MAJOR: Bloody army! I don’t know what it’s coming to. Right! Sergeant Major, marching up and down the square. Left, right, left. Left…
NARRATOR #1: Democracy and humanitarianism have always been trademarks of the British Army…
SERGEANT MAJOR: Rubbish!
NARRATOR #1: Shh! …And have stamped its triumph throughout history, in the furthest-flung corners of the Empire,…
[mayhem]
…but, no matter where or when there was fighting to be done,…
[patriotic music]
…it has always been the calm leadership of the Officer class that has made the British Army what it is.
SPCS Cummerbund
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
We have finally located a photo of the new cummerbund for the Soldier Plate Carrier System. As you can see, it is not a tradition plate carrier cummerbund but rather an over sized side plate carrier. It’s main weakness is that it is suspended by two side release buckles on either end along with a single, adjustable “T” bar-style adapter that attaches via the diagonal back straps to a D-ring. It looks like this feature was added to help support the weight, but it’s still going to sag.
However, there are a couple of commercial solutions out there that adapt to the SPCS to provide a more traditional cummerbund.
