SSD readers might be interested in a new half hour special from from G4TV. ‘Field Test‘ with Weston Scott will take a look at a variety of equipment and weapons. Scott is ‘Attack of the Show’s’ military corespondent and has covered SHOT Show for G4tv over the past few years.
He spent some time with our friends at Blackheart International and his previous visits to West Virginia have been pretty good.
This half hour special is airing Wednesday, April 11th, at 8PM ET on G4tv.
The long anticipated launch of TAC-TV has finally arrived. Hosted by US Army Special Operations Veteran Larry Vickers, TAC-TV not only provides access to the series of the same name in an extended format, but also includes the Daniel Defense Vickers Tactical training videos. All-in-all, there’s 10 hours of HD content. Additionally, they’re adding Hackathorn content and they’ve planned hours and hours of behind the scenes and other surprises as well as user submitted videos. My cable system hasn’t carried any of LAV’s previous series so it’s great to finally get access to full shows. One other thing I really like about the site is that registration is simple and you can even log in with your Facebook account.
And while access to the video content is pretty cool all on its own, there’s also the TAC-TV giveaway. In honor of the 1911 (One of Larry’s favorites) and its 101 years of service, TAC-TV is doing an unprecedented membership event. In the 101 days from launch they will be giving away a great deal of prizes as members progressively reaches certain levels. Everything from a DDM4 V7 to the ‘moon rock’; the 10,000th member will win a Custom Vickers 1911. TAC-TV they will film the making of the pistol and the winner will be presented the gun on television.
The very first prize is a DDM4 V7 for being the 100th person to sign up for a full year. Any bets as to how long it will take for that prize to be claimed?
After the jump, checkout the full giveaway list. It’s both impressive and extensive.
GQ magazine published a story entitled ‘Nine Things Every Man Should Have in His Pockets‘. As it turns out, two of the nine items are from SureFire. Since the other items aren’t SureFire, we won’t bother mentioning them, but it’s a worthy read nonetheless.
Stay classy, SureFire!
War dogs have been a part of military operations pretty much since canines were first domesticated. Back in February we reported on the book Soldier Dogs by Maria Goodavage (original story). It’s out now, and the author has recently completed a series of radio and television interviews about the book (like this one on Fox and Friends).
“…The garrison were asleep after an orgy, the dogs alone kept watch and the fifty pickets fell on the enemy like lions; all but one were casualties. Sorter, sole survivor, retiring from the conflict, fled to town to give warning and roused the drunken soldiers, who came forth to battle. To him alone were the honors of victory, and the grateful town…erected a monument engraved with his name and those of the forty-nine heroes who fell.” From an account of the Pelopponesian War cited in War Dogs, Michael Lemish
Soldier Dogs is a very good book, covering a number of different aspects of the Military Working Dog program, though if you’re looking for chapters and chapters about Cairo and canines assigned to USSOCOM you’re going to be disappointed. For obvious reasons there isn’t a lot of information about that side of things. Don’t let that stop you though, even if that was the catalyst for your interest in Soldier Dogs. You certainly don’t have to be a puppy pusher to enjoy it. This is a great read, covering dogs and handlers from the acquisition process to Lackland AFB to the Yuma Proving Grounds to paws on the ground downrange. There’s a full review over on Under the Radar, or you can go straight to the book’s official website and just buy one for yourself.
-DR
What happens when you take military grade technology and TTPs and apply them against big game? The new Pursuit Network series, “Survive the Hunt” that’s what. Hosted by Navy SEAL and HMFIC at Reaper Outdoors, Master Chief Ron “Reaper01” Bellan, “Survive the Hunt” takes on big game hunting, outdoor living and survival in a new way; from the perspective of the seasoned combat veteran.
Episode 1 features Operation Winterhorn, a trophy Elk hunt in South Dakota. Reaper01 and the team use sniper weapons and tactics to bag their prey. In particular, watch for the 1000 trophy shot from a PWS MK2 in 7.62 NATO.
“Survive the Hunt” premieres Monday, 26 March, 2012 at 1830. Visit www.reaperoutdoors.com to learn more.
Panteao Productions announced today that US Cavalry is now the exclusive Panteao Dealer for the LE/Military restricted Make Ready DVDs. The first in the series of restricted DVDs is ‘Make Ready with Paul Howe: Intro to Exterior Movement.’
Paul Howe is a high-risk training instructor that served 20 years in the US Army, ten of those in Special Operations. He served as a Tactical Team Leader and Senior Instructor while assigned to Army Special Operations. During his tour in special operations he was involved in several combat actions. One of the most notable was the battle of Mogadishu that was later portrayed in the motion picture Black Hawk Down.
For this video Panteao takes you to the CSAT (Combat Shooting and Tactics) training facility in Nacogdoches, TX where Paul introduces you to Exterior Movement. After a thorough review of equipment, Paul demonstrates single person, two person, and team movement. He reviews clearing corners, the tactical flare, room penetration, CQB medical, the surgical rifle drill and the SUL movement drill.
Dirt Time‘s Christopher Nyerges, speaks with colleagues Dude McLean and Alan Halcon about his role in the National Geographic show “Doomsday Preppers.” I like the show but it’s good to hear about the drama that is injected into the vignettes. The show’s producers sure do a good job of making people look silly.
