The basic principles of keeping your head when lost have never changed. Check out this 1946 bulletin from the US Forest Service.
What to Do When Lost in the Woods
Archive for 2012
Don’t Yell, Don’t Run, Don’t Worry, and Above All, Don’t Quit
Friday, July 6th, 2012Check Out PEO Soldier’s New Look
Friday, July 6th, 2012
PEO Soldier’s new website offers a streamlined look with ready access to their latest news.
BE Meyers GLARE Enforcer Approved by FDA – See It At Warrior Expo East
Friday, July 6th, 2012
GLARE Enforcer
It’s official. The BE Meyers GLARE Enforcer is the only non-lethal laser to receive an FDA variance for Law Enforcement use. Obviously, this is a major announcement. Now, domestic law enforcement agencies have a safe, yet effective non-lethal tool to allow land and maritime-based personnel to identify and if needed, deter unsafe vehicles and craft from entering their space from standoff distances of up to 2km. It uses Eye Safe technology which automatically adjusts the output power depending on target distance, delivering its maximum permissible power at all times while maintaining the safety of the intended target and all nearby personnel against accidental eye injury.
See the full line of BE Meyers products at Warrior Expo East, next week in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Warrior Expo EAST
July 12 1030 – 1600 EDT
July 13 1030 – 1500 EDT
Virginia Beach Convention Ctr
Virginia Beach, VA
This is Your Time to Win
Friday, July 6th, 2012
Our last prize in Amron’s 4th of July giveaway is a Suunto Core Military Wristop Computer. This military wristop computer is perfect for any hike, dive, bike or hunting adventure.
Visit www.amronintl.com/celebrate_the_fourth to register. Remember you must register each day for a chance to with that day’s prize.
SmartWool PHD Elite Socks Hit the Market
Friday, July 6th, 2012SmartWool has just released their new PhD Elite line of socks featuring their 4 Degree Elite Fit System and ReliaWool Technology.
I wore the last go around of SmartWool PhD socks for quite awhile. I loved the fit but the heels wore out. Every single pair. Oddly enough, the SmartWool hiking socks I was issued in the service lasted forever so I’m glad to hear that they’re integrating this new ReliaWool technology.
As these were just released to stores I haven’t had a chance to try them out yet, but I’m looking forward to it and I’ll let you know what I think. T-shirts, underwear (unless you go commando) and socks are the closest clothing to your body. Don’t skimp on them, regardless of brand. They are critical to comfort and performance.
HSP Offers Free Download of Targets
Friday, July 6th, 2012Haley Strategic has just bundled their lineup of training targets into a single zip file for free download. These are the same targets we used at the recent Disruptive Industries event and are used by Travis Haley not only to keep his shots tuned up but to train his students. Now you can use them too. You get Twister Drill, Lucky Charms and Shift Gears from HSP as well as The Practical Shooting Academy’s Trigger Stripe. I find them to be very effective training tools and think it’s great that HSP is sharing them.
www.haleystrategic.com/downloads/HaleyStrategic_Target_Pack
Are Digital Pixel Camouflage Patterns Ineffective?
Thursday, July 5th, 2012In a just published essay entitled, “Are Digital Pixel Camouflage Patterns Ineffective?” Guy Cramer, CEO of Hyperstealth Biotechnology Corp takes on the recent meme that imagines all pixelated camo is bad because the US Army’s Universal Camouflage Pattern is anything but.
While Mr Cramer takes a stab at it as well, I’d like to remind our readers that it’s foolish to throw the baby out with the bath water. UCP’s geometry is based on the highly successful Marine Patterns (MARPAT) which is a derivative of the Canadian Pattern (CADPAT). The exact same geometry is also shared with the US Navy’s AOR patterns. It’s about coloration, and in the case of UCP they got it wrong.
Guy Cramer believes in the effectiveness of pixelated patterns so much that the submission he developed with ADS Inc is based on the technology but with some more advanced enhancements. Read Cramer’s Essay here – www.hyperstealth.com/pixel-camo-is-effective
