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Great Employment Opportunity

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

An SSD advertiser has a job opening in the Mid-Atlantic for an experienced territory sales representative. The particulars are:

Title: Regional Sales Director
Territory: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina
Compensation: Draw against commissions (current commission structure yields annual income of $100,000+)
Benefits: Outstanding…matching 401k, qualified retirement pension, excellent health coverage
Expenses: Paid by the Regional with exceptions for company-directed travel, sales meetings, and trade shows
Qualifications: At least 5 years of selling experience in the military apparel, footwear, or tactical gear industry. Must have a proven track record for developing new business, growing sales, and servicing accounts. Prior experience managing a multi-state territory is highly preferred. Successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to work with a variety of re-seller accounts as well as with end users.

This is a long established, well known leader in their category and they seek a high caliber, aggressive individual who is well respected in the industry and capable of growing distribution. Interested parties should send their resumes in confidence to: ripstop99@gmail.com

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Ninja Suit

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

One of the more interesting things we saw at the recent Outdoor Retailer Winter Market was the Ninja Suit. Available in a variety of materials and configurations, Ninja Suits can be had in Merino Wool, which is offered in Black and Charcoal in addition to Red, if you are into the retro look of Red long johns. Considering the inherent FR and anti-microbial properties of Merino and the fact that the Ninja Suit has an integral 7-panel hood, it looks to make a case for a base layer for those who spend a lot of time in cold, wet conditions. Outer layers can be shed and the suit worn by itself to dry out in more secure conditions and you always have full coverage in the event of an emergency. You don’t have to take it off even to relieve yourself as it has a full horizontal zip around the waist along with drawstring as well as a front fly and chest zip. It also features thumb loops at the wrist.

www.myninjasuit.com

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Army Releases Draft RFP for Improved Carbine

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

The Army has taken yet another step toward fielding a new rifle. It has released a pre-solicitation draft Request for Proposals (Solicitation Number: W15QKN-11-R-F003) for a new rifle. Dubbed the Improved Carbine in Army documents, this new shoulder weapon is meant to replace the M16 family of small arms that has served for five decades.

Overall, the Army is looking for a weapon with these generic attributes:

The Individual Carbine will enable the engagement of enemy combatants with a highly reliable weapon system throughout the range of military operations and environments. The IC will also possess the ability to utilize current and future weapon accessories and optics through the use of an integrated rail system.

An important statement in the RFP is, “The Government has determined a need to find the best IC weapon that provides the best value to the Government.” Readers need to understand that the Army is not necessarily looking for the best weapon, but rather the best value. The term “best value” is determined based on a set of factors that have yet to be revealed to us. It may be cost, accuracy, lethality, or a combination of these or other factors. Ultimately, it may turn out that the best value for the Army is to do nothing, if it turns out that none of the candidate weapons presents a significant improvement over currently fielded rifles. Don’t forget, the Army is mitigating risk by pursuing a “dual path strategy” that upgrades currently fielded M4s while it investigates a new IC to ultimately replace them.

As we said awhile back, the solicitation is not caliber or operating system specific so it will be interesting to see what concepts are submitted.

The draft status of this RFP gives potential offerors the opportunity to submit questions to the program office before March 10th. In addition to the heads up, the Army is planning an Industry Day (Pre-proposal Conference) for the IC program on 30 March, 2011 in Crystal City. Once these two events have passed they will no longer respond to questions.

The entire draft RFP (Solicitation Number: W15QKN-11-R-F003) can be read at www.fedbizopps.gov.

Interestingly, while under two separate Program Managers, between the IC and Family of Camo programs, PEO-Soldier looks to have their hands full this year. Since the Family of Camo RFP has been already been delayed let’s hope the IC program stays on its current schedule.

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MultiCam Keens

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

Spotted at the recent Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City is this example of an upcoming Keen shoe. So now you can have MultiCam Keens, but only if you’re a girl.

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Something for the Ladies

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Finally, SureFire has produced a product specifically for the ladies. The new Isis features a chrome plated aluminum body appointed with two rings of Swarovski crystals. It also incorporates SF’s new reactive tailcap which means you just touch the tailcap and it turns on, off, and switches between high ad low beam. Combining an LED lamp and TIR reflector the Isis delivers 10 lumens on low and 100 lumens on high. Plus, it uses SureFire’s new Lithium Ion rechargeable technology providing up to 12 hours on the low setting.

www.surefire.com

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What’s Next from Salomon?

Monday, January 31st, 2011

About two years ago, Salomon introduced the Quest 4D in Grey to a couple of specialized military units. Uber Group, US reps for Salomon took a look at Salomon’s international offerings and came up with the Cosmic in Grey, bringing it right into the US market.

The boots are somewhat similar so the bottom line is; the Quest is sewn construction and the Cosmic is glued. While both integrate running shoe technology, think of the Cosmic as the next step based on construction. In the photo above, you can see the Cosmic in the foreground and the Quest peaking from the back.

Now, this last bit is cool as hell. Rumor has it that the Cosmic is vegan. Now how awesome would it be to know that you are being environmentally and socially conscious while you are hunting down Islamo-fascist terrorists? I mean, you would totally score with the chicks if you let slip “Well sure I terminate with extreme prejudice, but I wear vegan footwear while doing it.”

Available VERY soon from purveyors of fine tactical equipment.

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Wings for Warriors – 2011

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Once again, the Wounded EOD Warrior Foundation is sponsoring all you can eat wings at Lendy’s in Virginia Beach on April 1st, 2001 from 1400-1830. In addition to the good eats, there will be a raffle with prizes awarded all through the afternoon. Additionally, the first 100 paying customers through the door get special prizes. See below for details.

Wings for Warriors – Front

Wings for Warriors – Back

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Some Background on the SD Padres Military Program

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Folks often want to know what or more accurately, who is behind the San Diego Padre’s support of the military. For the last 15 years, that could be answered with a name; Jack Ensch.

Jack Ensch is the real deal. As a Navy Lieutenant he was held as a POW by the North Viet Namese. In fact, he is listed by the POW Network as a bonafide POW which verifies the stories of POWs and outs fakes.

But I digress. In an article by Bill Center of San Diego’s UNION-TRIBUNE, he explains how “Captain Jack” as he is affectionately known is retiring from his position as the Padres’ Director of Military Affairs.

“I’ve always looked at this position as being an ambassador from the Padres to the military and from the military to the Padres,” Ensch said last week. “I’m not sure who I was working for hardest.”

“We were military before military was cool,” Ensch said. “I love it when people on the outside refer to the Padres as ‘the team of the military.’ ”

The new camouflaged Padres jerseys we wrote about last week are the latest in a series first introduced by Ensch in 2000. According to the UNION-TRIBUNE article, “Other Ensch innovations are Military Opening Day and the Sunday home salutes to the military that includes hosting Marines from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot and Camp Pendleton.”

“They make sacrifices for us; we should make sacrifices for them,” he said. “I hope the Padres never view the military just as a revenue stream. Our programs were always designed to honor, respect and support military service with no strings attached.
“Revenue generation should be merely a secondary result of the first.”

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