We blew past a milestone again. Over 4500 articles. It’s amazing how quickly this is happening.
I guess we’ll need to do something big for 5000.
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Friday, February 24th, 2012Attempted Infiltration at Natick
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012Yesterday, five men attempted to gain entry to Natick Soldiers System Center using fake ID cards. All five men were in their early 20s and were probably attempting to gain access in order to commit criminal activity. However, due to the sensitive nature of research at Natick officials aren’t taking any chances.
According to a WCVB TV report, “If you don’t have like a security sticker or military ID, your car is searched, and one of the things they didn’t have was the proper ID. They noticed a couple of them were fake,” said Natick Labs spokesman John Harlow.
The perpetrators were arrested after being found with fake IDs, 40 counterfeit credit cards and stolen electronics that included nine laptops, two iPods, a Playstation game and alarm clocks.
The best part is the defense attorney’s assertion that the men weren’t up to anything nefarious. Oh no, they were in the area for a party. Even better was the excuse of one of the accused. He claimed to be a member of the Guard and was trying to gain entry to purchase uniform items. Classic.
12 Days of Tactical Christmas Update
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
It’s easier to contact you all this way than to coordinate an e-mail over a hundred different people from here, Tactical Fanboy and BOLO Report. We’ve finally received addresses from all of the winners and all manufacturers who generously donated prizes have been notified of our 12 Days of Tactical Christmas contest winners. Some have already recieved their prizes but others have not. Don’t worry. We haven’t forgotten about you. Winners will have gone into the order queue, but please give the vendors time to process and then ship your prizes. Some of the manufacturers will notify us (for instance, the 5.11 Tactical MOABs have already gone out, and the Blue Force Gear slings have either shipped already or will ship very shortly) but others will be caught up in their ops tempo. You are going to receive your prizes; thanks for participating in the contest! If you think that was cool, wait ’til you see what we’re all doing THIS year at Christmas.
NavExFor 2012 Is Coming – Don’t Miss The Boat
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Lynn Friant/Released)
Now in its sixth year, NavExFor is one of our favorite tradeshows for a couple of reasons. For one thing, it is the only event focused specifically on Naval Expeditionary Forces. Additionally, Lodestar Group who puts the show on, always makes sure to lay on some great guest speakers. Each year they have a theme and this year’s is “Innovation in Constrained Environments” which can mean a lot of things but I think we’ll see a lot on doing more with what we have both in the form of forces and gear. I know they are also going to be taking a look at power programs.
Finally, we love this show because it’s right here in our backyard and very close to Joint Base Little Creek Ft Story, home of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command.
Make sure you plan to attend NavExFor 2012, March 13-14, 2012 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, Virginia Beach, VA. Register now.
SSD’s Humble Beginnings
Monday, February 13th, 2012Not a lot of people know that SSD finds its roots in a website launched in 1997 called ‘Gear Guru – Equipment Resources for the Armed Professional’. Since then I’ve written a few times for print publications, but beginning in 2008 my main focus has been SSD. I’ve never written for any of the other blogs. Additionally, despite rumors to the contrary, SSD has not been purchased by another website. Those rumors were caused by an unfortunate incident with a badge at SHOT show.
Gear Guru’s landing page contained a few simple tidbits of wisdom I had assembled as well as links to the various content pages. Everything was categorized on individual pages and all of it was created in html and very time consuming. Undoubtedly, everyone’s favorite was the Links page. Thank goodness for WordPress which I use now and makes this easy.
Here’s the full words of wisdom list. I think it’s just as poignant today as when I originally published it almost 15 years ago. Maybe you can use some of it.
-LIFE IS HARD…ITS HARDER WHEN YOU’RE STUPID
-IF ITS STUPID BUT IT WORKS…IT ISN’T STUPID
-NEVER BRING A KNIFE TO A GUN FIGHT (LAW OF GROSS WEIGHT AND HEAVY CALIBER)
-NEVER FIGHT FAIR
-THINK WAR
-DENY EVERYTHING…ADMIT NOTHING…MAKE COUNTER ACCUSATIONS
-EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
-THERE IS NO SECOND PLACE IN A GUN FIGHT-WINNERS KILL, LOSERS GET KILLED, FIGHT TO WIN- TRAIN TO LIVE
-NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON A THREAT
-YOU FIGHT AS YOU TRAIN
-LEARN IT RIGHT AND YOU’LL DO IT RIGHT THE REST OF YOUR LIFE LEARN IT WRONG AND SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE TRYING TO GET IT RIGHT
-A WARRIOR IS HARD FROM THE INSIDE OUT
-FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO WIN THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH TIME TO TRAIN
-AGGRESSIVELY SEEK ANY KNOWLEDGE WHICH WILL ASSURE MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT AND MAKE YOU A SURVIVOR AND A WINNER
-IT TAKES A SHOOTER TO LEAD A SHOOTER
-USE A SIMPLE TEMPLATE WHEN DECIDING THE VALUE OF SOMETHING EVERYTHING EITHER HAS TACTICAL VALUE OR IT DOES NOT
-ACTIVELY SEEK NEW TTPs AND EQUIPMENT THAT COULD MAKE YOUR UNIT MORE CAPABLE IN COMBAT
-EVERY DAY, ASK YOURSELF, “WHAT HAVE I DONE FOR MY UNIT?”
-BE SNEAKY, STEALTHY, AND DO THE UNEXPECTED WITHOUT BEING DETECTED
-FRONT SIGHT….FRONT SIGHT….BY GOD, FRONT SIGHT
-DON’T CONFUSE ENTHUSIASM WITH CAPABILITY
These Words of Wisdom Have Been Gleaned From a Variety of Sources.
Thanks to all of you who have taught me so much over the years.
Looking for a copy of Lobo’s Laws to add to the list. Can anyone help?
Bill – Get Well Soon!
Friday, February 10th, 2012We hear you are doing better and hope to hear you are home soon.
Please Remember
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012Commenting on SSD posts is a privilege. It isn’t a right. I can ban your IP just as easily as I can approve a post. Awhile back we had an issue with industry shills so we changed the way people comment. Now, it’s a maturity problem. I can institute even more changes but I’d prefer not to.
I see your IP and can figure out most rick-tick who you are. So please don’t come in here throwing racial epithets around or creating multiple logins in order to support your narrow minded views on race relations or to share your abnormal sexual fantasies. That will definitely get you some bad attention. I will share your IP with the world.
My suggestion has always been to only post online what you would say to a person’s face. You just never know when you might meet that person, in person.
Idema Dies at 55 in Mexico
Thursday, January 26th, 2012Jonathon Keith Idema was a character. For some of us, he was a nemesis, others an amusement and far fewer still considered him friend. Rare was the person in the tactical industry of the 80s and early 90s who didn’t have a brush with him.
Last year, I had read that he had barricaded himself in his home in Mexico, in a standoff with local law enforcement, his welcome long worn out in his homeland, America. Sounded like classic Keith, as he was known in the old days. After spending some time in federal prison for wire fraud, he reinvented himself as a professional adventurer and went by the monicker “Jack”. This time he ended up in an Afghan prison for running an illegal jail and torture.
He always seemed like the kind of guy who would pop up again somewhere else, with a new name and a new game. Admittedly, I was surprised to hear of his death at only 55 even though it was common knowledge he had AIDS. Only the good die young so I figured Idema would survive to a ripe old age, living off of the proceeds of hair brained schemes and frivolous lawsuits.
Here is a link to a pretty colorful obituary of Idema. Read it and then share your memories in the comments.
