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Tarahumara Pack Preview

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

The upcoming Tarahumara pack from Hill People Gear started out as a hydration pack concept for their Kit Bag. Then, it morphed into something more.

It can be docked to Kit Bag for those times when you want some water and a coat in addition to your possibles or used with the integrated runner’s harness with the Kit Bag, or as a stand alone pack.

Additionally, it has a padded back panel and a slot pocket between the back panel and the main compartment. Inside, there is a hang loop for a hydration bladder. The two slightly dimensional side pockets will each take a USGI 1qt canteen. The removable compression straps will cinch the bag down to nothing, but also allow you to put quite a bit under them — like a carbine or pair of snowshoes. Dimensions on the pack are a somewhat contoured 17″x9″x4″. All of this at 1lb without shoulder straps.

www.hillpeoplegear.com

Name Those Tactical Pants

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

Our friends at Tactical Gear News and Magnum are hosting a most excellent contest. It’s simple, they show random photos of various brand pants and you identify them. If you answer correctly, you could win a pair of Magnum‘s RD pants and those are pretty nice.

To enter, visit tacticalgear.com/blog/contest-name-those-tactical-pants.

Stuff We Didn’t Write About

Saturday, August 13th, 2011

This Saturday sees the return of the long demented “Stuff we didn’t write about.” Quite frankly, it was a long week and we’ve barely recovered from OR.

So here are the topics:

Scots student makes breakthrough in ‘invisibility cloak’ theory

Company’s dummies help surgeons hone skills

Hacked toy truck saves soldiers’ lives (This is so 2003)

THE NORTH FACE – PONCHO Camouflage (This is so 1980s)

Crosscore, Inc. Announces Practical Training Tactical Action DVD Release Featuring Rotational Bodyweight Trainingâ„¢ and Kettlebell Training Led by Mark Toomey, Senior RKC Instructor

Haptic Vibrating Belts Guide U.S. Soldiers Through the Darkness

Project Run-a-Way: The Craziest Combat Outfits

HooToo Introduces Two Fashion Designed Cell Phone Signal Jammers

Long Range Services 5 Day Shooting Course

Saturday, August 13th, 2011

Learn to make long range shots from the men featured on Military Channel’s documentary, “Sniper – Inside the Crosshairs.” In a 5-day course held October 10-14, 2011 at US Training Center in Moyock, NC, Long Range Services will instruct students to make consistent, reliable long range shots. Check out the acrobat document for more info.

LRS 5-Day Event

Careers – (RDT&E) Project Manager

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Element Group is a niche RDT&E firm providing strategic consulting services for clients who produce, develop, or deploy products and equipment that improves the operational capabilities of the patriots serving in harms way at the Federal, State, and Local levels. Our team brings over 40 years of combined, high end equipment design and refinement capabilities to assist industry in protecting and enhancing the warfighters, law enforcement agents and quiet professionals who serve to protect our freedoms. We have a unique combination of technical expertise, innovation, and detail orientation that is unmatched in industry. We firmly believe that the “Best Ideas come from the Worst Places,â„¢” and strive to add value to the RDT&E cycle with singular passion and commitment.

Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Department: Special Projects – SATAC (Safety Tactical Equipment)
Salary Range: Depends on experience
Hours: Full Time, Employee

Element Group LLC is looking for creative and talented individual with the drive and enthusiasm to join a fast paced company which designs, engineers, tests and evaluates safety, tactical and technical equipment. Ideal Element Group candidates are intelligent, creative self-starters who enjoy working around entrepreneurs and can thrive in ambiguous environments.

The role of the Project Manager is to plan, execute, and finalize projects according to deadlines and within budget. This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants in order to deliver projects according to plan. The Project Manager will also define the project’s objectives and oversee quality control throughout its life cycle. The Program Manager position is a launching point to an Element Group career; successful candidates will have no shortage of advancement opportunities.

Duties: Provide program management for the production of safety and tactical equipment for military and Law Enforcement personnel, oversee the design and development of tactical nylon equipment, assist in tradeshows and marketing events, cross training in all functions, support the management team with executive level ad-hoc tasks. Some national as well as international travel required.

Required Qualifications:
-Current Security Clearance or ability to obtain a security clearance
-All candidates must have a desire to work in a fast-paced fluid entrepreneurial environment
-Experience with MS/Mac Office and web based email and document sharing applications
-Outgoing personality and excellent communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:
-Prior Military, Federal Service, or Law Enforcement experienced
-PMP certification

SEND RESUME AND COVER LETTER WITH SALARY REQUIREMENTS TO: hr@ElementGC.com

Re-Focus Ring

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Anyone who’s worn a night vision device can tell you that it is a pain to have to refocus your lens when transitioning fro looking at a an object in the distance to something closeup such as a weapon or map. The Re-Focus Ring (RFR) from O’gara is now available exclusively from Tactical Night Vision Company.

Designed as a monocle that flips up and down to instantly transition from infinity to an instant close focus of 18”. Standard baseline focus of NODs is about 15’ out. Anything closer starts to get progressively more blurry. Traditionally, the operator needed to manually refocus the objective and diopter or replace the objective lens cap on the goggle to get a close focus which usually requires two hands and lots of fumbling in the dark. The RFR requires a half second to flip up or down, allowing the operator to refocus on the fly.

The RFR has been in service with special operations units for years and now it’s available to you from www.tnvc.com

OTB Boots Updates Website

Friday, August 12th, 2011

OTB Boots has completely revamped their website. In addition to the new look, you will also see several new styles such as the TAB we mentioned last week as well as the Rappel that we debuted on SSD last Modern Day Marine.

www.otbboots.com

OR – CiloGear, The Coolest Thing at OR

Friday, August 12th, 2011

At OR everyone asked me about the coolest thing I saw. Granted, I’m a bit jaded, being exposed to new stuff all of the time. I’ve always maintained that the coolest stuff at OR can be found on the fringes and CiloGear is no exception. Well, no exception to that rule, because everything they do is exceptional. Well known within the climbing community Cilo caught the eye of a couple of military climbers. The rest is history being written.

These aren’t mainstream packs that a Grunt is going to use. They are way too specialized for that. For example, you aren’t going to see a pack covered in PALS webbing. If it’s there, it’s there for a reason. These are very specialized tools for a specialized community. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, CiloGear was started by climbers, for climbers. They build to order and keep waste to an absolute minimum.

Taking this whole philosophy into account, as you can imagine they use some exotic materials to create their packs. Early on I talked about the advantages of Cuben fabric. They’ve embraced the technology and also run with a couple of forms of Spectra.

Take for example this 75L WorkSack. That is a 75 liter beast but when you consider the weight, you ask yourself, “How?” It weighs in at just over 2 lbs.

If you are the right customer, then CiloGear has the right gear for you.