Garmont are some of the most comfortable and popular tactical boots out there and for a short time, the T4 is on sale from Extreme Outfitters with a price that is 30% off retail. Just use code “T430†at checkout.
The Garment T4 is a hiker design with nubuck/fabric uppers lined with Gore-tex. Available in Black or Tan.
In this video provided by Smith Optics Elite Division, Director Rick Elder discusses the new Tactical Boogie Regulator developed initially for SOF. He discusses the various pluses and minuses of the ‘boogie’ skydiving goggle style and what Smith Optics did to mitigate fogging. The tactical regulator system is ambidextrous and the perfect size to balance venting of moisture and protection from wind and debris.
Introducing an additional, moveable vent opened up another issue; how to protect against secondary projectiles caused by lens strikes. Smith engineers introduced the safe fail system that ejects away from the face.
The Ignitor (seen above) is my favorite lens from Smith. It can be used in full or low light conditions and helps with definition. They also offer Clear and Gray lenses. All offer 100% protection from UVA and UVB rays as well as the all important US MIL-DTL-43511D goggle impact protection as well ANSI Z87.1 protection.
There are several strap options including the sweet Ops-Core Accessory Rail Connector compatible mounts.
Not convinced yet? How about this? They’re only $40.
Get yours very soon from elite.smithoptics.com.
Netherlands-based LEAFGEAR.COM is bringing the new Arc’Teryx LEAF collection to the EU market. Since they are especially excited about these new models in the Wolf color, they are giving away a H150 Rigger’s Belt in Black with every pre-ordered Drac Jacket and Pant in Wolf. The Drac Jackets will be shipped starting week 11, the Drac Pant in week 17.
Slovenian company Uni & Forma (makers of the UF PRO garment range) will be exhibiting at the IWA 2012 in Nuernberg, Germany March 9-12. A special highlight of their display will be their Sniper System in Hyde Definition‘s PenCott-GreenZone camouflage. The UF PRO Sniper System is a 3-layer garment system that provides the wearer with visual and near-Infra-Red camouflage, weather protection and thermal protection.
The outer garment on display in the PenCott-GreenZone camouflage pattern is made from Hyde Definition’s vat-printed 50/50 NyCo ripstop fabric featuring U.S. mil-spec nIR performance. See it at stand 112 in hall 7.
NAVEXFOR focuses specifically on Naval Expeditionary Forces and will be held March 13-14, 2012 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, Virginia Beach, VA.
Active Duty Military and Government Personnel register at NO CHARGE through March 2, 2012. Register now to secure your spot! Register Here.
‘Blend Into The Sprawl’ is the Arc’teryx campaign to raise awareness of their new covert tonal shade – Wolf. Designed specifically to melt into the urban landscape, it’s a shade that blends into the shadows and offers a great alternative to the traditional green and brown-based earth tones so common with tactical performance clothing.
Arc’teryx has applied Wolf to their flagship Bravo Jacket as well as three new products; the Naga Hoody and Drac Jacket and Pant.
For those of you heading to IWA next week visit booth #7A-214 to get a first hand look.
Check out all of the products available in the new Wolf shade at leaf.arcteryx.com.
MMI Tactical is soliciting your help in determining which DEPSOC pattern they should make their new Raider tent out of.
Let them know what you think over on Facebook.
The Army’s Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) Product Manager LTC William Geesey will receive the 2012 Federal Computer Week (FCW) Federal 100 Award, which recognizes government individuals for forward-thinking and vision in the federal information technology (IT) community. MC4 integrates, fields, trains and supports IT systems that allow deployable medical staff to document and track patient care, digitally manage medical supplies and conduct health surveillance in the combat zone.
The Army’s Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), Fort Belvoir, VA, oversees the MC4 Product Management Office headquartered at Fort Detrick, MD.
In 2011, Geesey, who has served as MC4’s longest tenured product manager, led efforts to field an innovative technology solution to digitally connect remote Soldiers with mental health specialists in support of the Army’s suicide prevention campaign. This telehealth capability significantly improved Army mental health providers’ ability to conduct private, virtual medical consultations with at-risk Soldiers deployed to remote combat and forward operating bases. The Army surgeon general reported that 70 percent of Soldiers in Afghanistan and 89 percent of Soldiers in Iraq seen through MC4’s telehealth capability would not have received services otherwise. Since, the Army vice chief of staff has directed rapid expansion of the capability in Afghanistan.
“Telehealth is a capability that is enduring and has proven to be a valuable tool health care providers cannot live without on the battlefield,” Geesey said. “We’re going to continue to evolve this capability, using technology to extend the medical forces’ reach to Soldiers in need.”
To date, MC4 has equipped more than 85 garrison battalion aid stations resulting in the electronic capture and transmission of more than 79,000 patient encounters and the abandonment of inefficient paper-based practices, while enabling re-deployed units to continue to “train as you fight” on the MC4 system prior to deployment.
This is the third time MC4 has been honored with the Fed 100 Award, and the second time awarded to MC4’s product manager. Geesey will be one of four recipients featured in the March 30 edition of Federal Computer Week magazine.
For more information on MC4, visit www.mc4.army.mil.
