Stop by U.S. Tactical Supply at SHOT Show in Booth # 40329 to see several new products & Additions to our GSA Contract.
• G9 Barrier Blind & Precision Long Range Hunting Ammunition
If you can’t make it to SHOT and have questions shoot them a quick e-mail sales@ustacticalsupply.com or call them. They still do it the old-fashioned way and answer the phone when you call! 208-457-7320
MATBOCK is going to be at Shot Show 2023 and we can’t wait to be among so many great innovators. We hope you’re able to attend; if you’d like to come by and see us, please reach out to sales@matbock.com or click here to schedule a meeting in our suite.
We are proud to introduce our New for 2023 Basic Bag and Voyager Duffle System at Shot Show in Las Vegas, NV.
THE BASIC NEW for 2023 (MB-BASIC-MC/BK)
Designed off the highly successful HIVE Comms Pack, the Basic gives all the needed functionality of a 1 Day Assault Pack without the extra weight. The pack has one main compartment lined with Loop Velcro and a removable semi-rigid panel with MOLLE attachment on the top and bungee retention on the backside.
Dimensions: 14″ L x 13.5″ W x 3″ D
Weight: 1 lb 7 oz
COLORS: MULTICAM / BLACK
THE VOYAGER DUFFLE SYSTEM NEW 2023 (MB-VOYAGER-OD/MC/BK)
Is it a backpack? Yes. Is it a duffle bag? Is it a pair of saddle bags? Also yes! MATBOCK is pleased to introduce the most modular backpack system designed for the back of small tactical vehicles and designed to keep your kit compartmentalized and organized.
Dimensions: Pack – 16.5″ L x 11.7″ W x 8.5″ H
Duffle – 18″ x 12.5″ W x 10.75″ H
Saddle Bags (Ea) – 12.5″ L x 5″ W x 9″ H
Weight: Total Wt. – 4.17 lb
COLORS: OD GREEN / MULTICAM / BLACK
Spiritus Systems will be exhibiting at SHOT Show on January 17-20 at Booth 30311 on Level 2 of the Venetian Expo Center. Customers will be able to see unreleased products slotted for 2023 and interact with Spiritus Systems products at the booth’s new “Kit Builder” tables.
The Spiritus Systems tactical nylon product line is extremely modular and can be configured (and re-configured) into a wide variety of formats. For the first time, guests will be able to test build loadouts at a “Kit Builder” station with the entire product catalog at their disposal. Oftentimes, static product displays don’t tell the whole story, and getting hands-on time with the system is an effective way to understand what makes Spiritus’ equipment special.
Booth 30311 will also be featuring two special guests: STOIC Condoning and Disco 32. Make sure to ask about STOIC’s training programs and mobile app, as well as Disco 32’s comms equipment solutions.
POPE FIELD, N.C. —
Special Tactics Airmen assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing participated in a mission generation exercise on Jan. 5, 2023, alongside Air Mobility Command aircrews.
The 437th and 315th Airlift Wings launched 24 C-17 Globemaster IIIs from Joint Base Charleston to conduct the exercise and integrate with Air Force, Army, and Marine forces across five operating locations.
Several C-17s landed at Pope Army Airfield after the initial launch to establish a tactical operations center and conduct an airfield seizure with multiple special tactics teams.
“This exercise is about readiness and lethality,” said Maj. Zachary Barry, C-17 pilot and lead planner for the exercise. “We wanted to get as many aircraft as possible off the deck in a 48-hour timespan, to tell pacing threats that we can go anywhere, anytime.”
The airfield seizure took place on Fort Bragg’s Holland Landing Zone. There, Special Tactics teams secured the perimeter, established the airfield, and executed a follow-on clearance of nearby outposts.
Working alongside AMC aircrews allows Special Tactics teams to plan for operations in joint environments to maximize lethality as an air and joint force.
“Exercises like these require detailed planning but pay dividends when complete,” said a 24th Special Operations Wing Special Tactics officer. “Agile combat employment is paramount to our success as an Air Force, and incorporating Special Tactics teams into exercises like this benefits everyone involved.”
Combining these skillsets with mobility air forces like those from the 437th AW demonstrates the need to get ahead of the nation’s pacing challenges. Mission generation takes competencies from across the U.S. Air Force and connects them with capabilities from the joint force to maneuver past tomorrow’s challenges and enhance combat readiness.
By 1st Lt Victor A. Reyes, 24 SOW Public Affairs
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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) —
A multilateral collaboration of U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, British army, Australian army, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members conducted an annual New Year’s Jump exercise at Camp Narashino, Jan. 8.
Roughly 400 paratroopers participated in the event jumping from three U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, one C-130H Hercules and one C-2 Greyhound assigned to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
“The New Year’s Jump is the first big event of the year hosted by JGSDF,” said U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Kevin Mendez, 36th Airlift Squadron pilot. “Doing this event has been a longstanding tradition with our allied partners to welcome the new year in the spirit of continued safe operations.”
This event marks a return to a diverse representation of forces participating since the COVID-19 pandemic began, allowing a renewal in partnerships while celebrating the first jump of the year with allies.
“This New Year’s jump event was an opportunity to learn from each other and improve together with our partner nations,” said U.S. Army Col. Christopher Ward, 11th Airborne Division chief of staff. “The true value of what we did here today in not only conducting a multilateral jump to celebrate the New Year, but to also increase our ability to conduct better airborne operations in a joint environment forward in the Pacific theater. Events like this and others builds readiness.”
Teamwork is a military strength at all levels, from small teams to large scale joint force operations, and the annual NYJ exercise is a commitment to maintaining flexible allied interoperability. This display of strength and capability acts as a deterrent to peer adversaries, and as a promise to the lasting friendship of partner forces.
“Our goal is to fortify our interoperability with our international allies through these jumps,” Mendez said. “Integration events like this help enhance interoperability between the U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Forces in the event of a real-world contingency.”
The New Year’s Jump kicks off a series of bilateral training exercises for Yokota AB, which have long since aimed to increase the combat readiness and friendships between the U.S. and its international partners.
Story by Senior Airman Hannah Bean, 374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Photos by Staff Sergeant Braden Anderson and Airman 1st Class Brooklyn Golightly
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — Units from the U.S. military’s premier all hazards command trained together during a radiological course at the Defense Nuclear Weapons School on Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
Soldiers from the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command’s 1st Area Medical Laboratory and Nuclear Disablement Teams both participated in the Applied Radiological Response Techniques Level 2 course.
The five-day course is designed to apply radiological hazard theories and develop applied radiological problem-solving methods.
“Approximately 20 percent of the course is conducted in detector laboratories while the remaining course time is dedicated to hands-on radiological experiences and the interpretation of survey data,” said Capt. David D. Manzanares, a Nuclear Medical Science Officer from Nuclear Disablement Team 1. Originally from Miami, Manzanares has been in the U.S. Army for 18 years and served overseas in Baumholder, Germany.
NDTs contribute to the nation’s strategic deterrence by staying ready to exploit and disable nuclear and radiological weapons of mass destruction infrastructure and components to deny near-term capability to adversaries and facilitate WMD elimination operations. The U.S. Army has three NDTs — the NDT 1 “Manhattan,” NDT 2 “Iron Maiden” and NDT 3 “Vandals.”
The 1st AML identifies and evaluates health hazards through unique medical laboratory analyses and rapid health hazard assessments of nuclear, biological, chemical, endemic disease, occupational and environmental health threats. The one-of-a-kind medical laboratory is based on Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
Together with the 1st AML and three NDTs, the 20th CBRNE Command is home to 75 percent of the active-duty Army’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) specialists, as well as five Weapons of Mass Destruction Coordination Teams.
Headquartered on Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, the 20th CBRNE Command has units on 19 bases in 16 states that take on the world’s most dangerous hazards in support of joint, interagency and allied operations around the world.
Tracing its roots to the Manhattan Project, the Defense Nuclear Weapons School provides training on radiological and nuclear weapons, incident command and response and CBRNE modeling for the U.S. Department of Defense and other Federal, state and local agencies.
The school is accredited by the American Council on Education, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the State of New Mexico.
Col. Matthew J. Grieser, the commander of the 1st Area Medical Laboratory, and his senior enlisted leader, Command Sgt. Maj. Jackie S. Mims, visited the Soldiers during the course.
Grieser is a native of Mulino, Oregon, who has deployed to Afghanistan four times and Iraq five times. He has also served in Haiti, Panama and New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
“The skills gained from this course will make us even more effective,” said Grieser. “It takes teamwork to tackle the kinds of challenges that we confront and we have many great partners, including the professionals at the Defense Nuclear Weapons School.”
By Walter Ham
Washington – On Dec. 20, 2022, the U.S. Army awarded a task order to Microsoft Corporation to develop the 1.2 variant of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System.
This task order is the latest step in the process that began in March 2021, when the Army awarded Microsoft a firm-fixed-price Other Transaction Authority production agreement to manufacture IVAS. Under that agreement, the Army envisioned improving the system through an iterative process, and this task order will provide improvements based on completed test events.
The IVAS will provide Soldiers with a single device to fight, rehearse and train by integrating next-generation situational awareness tools. To date, the Army has conducted over 30 Soldier test events and more than 100 technical sub-tests, with more than 1,000 Soldiers contributing nearly 100,000 hours of IVAS user feedback. These tests validated the system’s continued progress while identifying areas for focused improvements.
IVAS will begin incremental fielding in September 2023. IVAS 1.0 provides baseline warfighter capability, and the IVAS 1.1 features an improved low-light sensor to aid maneuver and positive target identification. In addition to the IVAS 1.1 improvements, IVAS 1.2 will include a new form factor to address Human Systems Integration, including physiological impacts identified during testing, and a lower profile heads-up display with distributed counterweight for improved user interface and comfort. IVAS 1.2 will also include software improvements for increased reliability and reduced power demand.
Delivery orders for IVAS 1.2 production systems will be placed after qualification and operational testing.
The Army will continue to work with its IVAS industry partner, Microsoft, to execute the IVAS program in a rapid and innovative manner. The iterative and Soldier feedback oriented developmental process for IVAS will result in fielding substantial capability several years ahead of traditional acquisition program timelines. The Army is fully committed to IVAS and the leap-ahead capability it will provide for Soldiers to prevail on the battlefield.
By U.S. Army Public Affairs
