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Blue Force Gear Update

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Blue Force Gear has got a lot going on. Recently Stephen Hilliard came on board and brought with him his design expertise in nylon gear. Already available are two unique products; the Tourniquet NOW! Strap and the Ten-Speed Mag Pouch.

Designer Stephen Hilliard designed the Tourniquet NOW! Strap in order to replace the expedient rubber band system used to attach tourniquets to load carrying equipment. The strap is simple and folds the tourniquet at the ready. The Tourniquet NOW! Strap is available in Coyote Brown, Foliage Green, and Camo Green.

BFG developed the Ten-Speed Mag Pouch after owner Ashley Burnsed saw a bicyclist with his water bottle in an elastic carrier. Weighing in at three ounces, and most of that is BFG’s new PALS-compatible attachment system, the pouch’s open topped body is manufactured from elastic and designed to provide positive retention of magazines or other items such as flash bangs. It is truly a specialist item that closes flat when not in use. Current variants are available with a dark olive green body edged in Multicam.

In addition to those tactical nylon accessories, the gang at Blue Force Gear has several other products lined up for release over the next couple of months.

Finally, Blue Force Gear is expanding their relationship with Larry Vickers beyond just slings and introducing a line of 1911 parts called Vickers 1911 gear. Although not yet available for sale on the site, a Hammer, Sear, and Disconnector kit should be up by the end of the week in both standard and slotted styles.

For more information contact Blue Force Gear.

Photos from Blue force Gear.

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Army Announces New Combat Dressing

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT BY THE PENTAGON TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER ON BEHALF OF DA WASHINGTON DC//DASG-HSZ//DAMO-DASG//

THIS ALARACT MESSAGE IS SENT ON BEHALF OF THE SURGEON GENERAL//

SUBJECT: (U) NEW SOLDIER HEMOSTATIC DRESSINGS

REF/A/ALARACT 185/2005/INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER HEMOSTATIC DRESSING/SEP 05//

1. (U) THE COMBAT GAUZE DRESSING (NSN: 6510-01-562-3325) IS THE NEWLY APPROVED INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER HEMOSTATIC DRESSING. IN OCT 08, PEO-S WILL BEGIN REPLACEMENT OF THE CHITOSAN (HEMCON) DRESSINGS WITH ONE COMBAT GAUZE DRESSING IN THE IMPROVED FIRST AID KIT (IFAK) OF DEPLOYING SOLDIERS. SOLDIERS CARRYING COMBAT LIFESAVER (CLS) BAGS WILL CARRY THREE (3) COMBAT GAUZE DRESSINGS PER BAG. COMBAT MEDICS (68W) WILL CARRY THREE (3) COMBAT GAUZE DRESSINGS AND TWO (2) WOUNDSTAT (NSN: 6510-01-563-6628) PER MEDIC BAG. IN THEATER, PRIORITY OF ISSUE FOR COMBAT GAUZE DRESSINGS IS TO THE 68W COMBAT MEDIC, COMBAT LIFESAVER (WITH BAG) AND THEN THE INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER, IN THAT ORDER. ARMY CENTRAL COMMAND IS DEVELOPING DETAILED FIELDING PLANS FOR OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM COMBAT THEATERS.

2. (U) WOUNDSTAT WILL REPLACE QUIKCLOT. USE OF WOUNDSTAT IS AS A BACK-UP TO COMBAT GAUZE, USUALLY IN THE EVENT OF INADEQUATE WOUND HEMOSTASIS WITH COMBAT GAUZE. INTENDED USERS OF WOUNDSTAT ARE MEDICAL CARE PROVIDERS TO INCLUDE 68W COMBAT MEDICS, IF PROPERLY TRAINED. TRAINING IS REQUIRED BECAUSE WOUNDSTAT GRANULES MAY ENTER THE LUMEN OF INJURED BLOOD VESSELS AND POSE A THEORETICAL RISK OF VESSEL THROMBOSIS. PROGRAMS OF INSTRUCTION FOR BOTH COMBAT GAUZE AND WOUNDSTAT ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT CENTER AND SCHOOL AT HTTPS://WWW.CS.AMEDD.ARMY.MIL. IN ANIMAL STUDIES CONDUCTED BY THE INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH, BOTH COMBAT GAUZE AND WOUNDSTAT WERE SHOWN TO BE SUPERIOR TO HEMCON AND QUICKCLOT IN SURVIVAL AND HEMORRHAGE CONTROL.

3. (U) WITHIN THREE TO SIX MONTHS AND BASED ON INDUSTRY SUPPLY, PEO-S WILL PROCURE 277,832 COMBAT GAUZE. AS OF 23 SEP 08, THE FIRST SHIPMENT OF 60,000 COMBAT GAUZE HAS ARRIVED IN THEATER AND IS CURRENTLY PROCESSING THROUGH HOST NATION CUSTOMS TO ENTER THE MEDICAL SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION CHAIN. WOUNDSTAT WILL BE PROCURED BY THEATER VIA USAMMCE. HEMCON DRESSINGS SHOULD BE TURNED IN TO THE MEDICAL SUPPLY SYSTEM ONCE THE UNIT/INDIVIDUAL HAS RECEIVED COMBAT GAUZE AND, FOR WHOM APPROPRIATE, WOUNDSTAT. UNIT SUPPLY PERSONNEL WILL TURN IN HEMCON TO THEIR SUPPORTING MEDICAL SUPPLY SUPPORT ACTIVITY (SSA). THE ARMY MEDICAL SSA WILL REPORT THE EXCESS IAW AR 710-2, AR 40-61, DA PAM 710-2-2, SB-8-75-11 AND THEATER POLICY BY LOT NUMBER, QUANTITY, DOLLAR VALUE AND SERVICEABILITY CODE (A-H) TO DEPARTMENT OF ARMY FOR DISPOSITION INSTRUCTIONS. THIS TRANSITION IS FUNDED BY ARMY GWOT AND SUSTAINMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR COMBAT GAUZE AND WOUNDSTAT WILL BE THEATER FUNDED.

4. (U) POC: COL PAUL R. CORDTS, DIRECTOR HEALTH POLICY AND SERVICES, OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL, COM: 703-681-0104, E-MAIL: PAUL.CORDTS@AMEDD.ARMY.MIL.

5. EXPIRATION DATE CANNOT BE DETERMINED.

For information on Woundstat visit TraumaCure’s website.

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