A Digital Camo Rolex Submariner? Philistines! This has gone too far.
Archive for April, 2012
Digital Camo Rolex Submariner
Monday, April 30th, 2012For The Marine Who Has Everything
Monday, April 30th, 2012
ANZAC Day Test Rugby Jersey Controversy
Sunday, April 29th, 2012Camouflaged jerseys are a regular sight here in the US where sports teams seek to honor our military. During the recent ANZAC Day observance in Australia, jerseys like this were worn during a Rugby tournament.
Apparently, there was some controversy over its use. According to an SSD reader, “fans of the sport have come out in protest along with some well known and respected commentators saying ‘they arent soldiers they are cheapening the fine job our lads are doing in Afghanistan’ etc…even though its the DPDU pattern and not the Multicam that Combat troops wear over there.”
-Thanks Craig P.
Tactical Operations Manikin
Sunday, April 29th, 2012
As of late, there as been a lot of push back on live tissue training. The Tactical Operations Manikin (T.O.M. Man) from Innovative Tactical Training Solutions may be just the solution.
T.O.M. Man is a rugged patient care simulator capable of repeatedly surviving tactical trauma training and is designed to move like a human and simulates massive bleeding in a combat environment. Features include remote control allowing the instructor to add surprise elements, talking, breathing, bleeding, breath sounds include sucking chest wounds, respiratory distress, massive bleeding, needle decompression, tourniquet, wound packing, surgical airway. Breathing is controlled by recovery position for Care Under Fire. Several areas of massive and minor bleeding throughout the main arteries and face are managed via a single controller that provides a number of features to support TAC Med and TCCC training with “live responses”.
ITTS is an innovative company run by a former USAF PJ. They teamed up with Techline to develop the T.O.M. Man and one of the best things about this product is that it can be customized for your particular needs. In fact, it weighs between 130-150 lbs which goes a long way to mimicking a human’s size and weight which means T.O.M. Man can support a wide variety of training.
ITTS products are available for unit and agency purchase through www.ADSinc.com.
Australia – Soldier Combat Ensemble (SCE) – Load Carriage Elements
Sunday, April 29th, 2012
We’ve heard a lot of talk about the impending Australian Army’s Soldier Combat Ensemble (SCE). Well, here are the details of the gear. all 640 pages of it.
Australia – Soldier Combat Ensemble (SCE) – Load Carriage Elements
215 Gear Assault Pack, Medium Details
Sunday, April 29th, 2012
This is 215 Gear’s Assault Pack, Medium. The main features of the pack include:
• Front, back and bottom padding for sensitive items.
• Soft wicking materials used under shoulder straps and back panel for all day wear comfort.
• Completely removable beaver tail with internal zippered compartment.
• Completely removable webbing waist strap, compatible with body armor.
• Ergonomically cut shoulder straps.
• Outside MOLLE compatible panel for expansion items.
• Inside MOLLE compatible panel for expansion items.
• Inside zippered compartment for quick access items.
• Internal hydration reservoir compartment with outside access port.
• Reinforced carry handle.
• Silent zipper pulls.
215 Gear will have the pack up on their website for pre-orders starting tomorrow.
Guerrilla USA
Sunday, April 29th, 2012‘Guerrilla USA’ is a short US Army documentary highlighting an early Special Forces Unconventional Warfare training exercise. Over time, these types of exercises were discontinued as being too difficult to hold due to the huge amount of moving parts and maneuver area coordination. However, the basic scenario has remained a part of the Special Forces Qualification Course’s ‘Robin Sage’ exercise.
As a kid, I had a copy of US Army Field Manual 31-21, Guerrilla Warfare and Special Forces Operations dated September, 1961. It had several illustrations that came to mind as I watched this film. This is classic early 60s Special Forces. There’s even a guest appearance by BG Yarborough, at the time commander of the Special Warfare Center.
You’ll get a kick out of the equipment used by the SFOD-A. The equipment might have changed over the years but the mission hasn’t.
POWERFob
Sunday, April 29th, 2012POWERFob was a demonstration held in July 2011 on Cyprus by British and Canadian forces to demonstrate new ways of reducing fuel consumption within a Forward Operating Base.
The results were that they were able to reduce fuel consumption at the FOB by 45%, and allow the generators to be switched off for 8 hours overnight to allow ‘silent running’, without affecting the camp systems.
