War is a dangerous business and regardless of what country you come from, it always hurts to lose fellow service members. It’s even worse when the fallen are victims of accident. When Canada suffered its first casualties of the war on terror 10 years ago today, a 500 lbs bomb was accidentally dropped on Canadian forces killing four Soldiers and wounding eight others.
So, a moment of silence for Canada’s fallen and for that matter all of ours. Canada has been a close ally. Honor them with us.
AmericanSnipers.org has added several new products for April including products released during SHOT Show.
We see lots of fundraising for veteran causes but this one is definitely different.
On January 1, 2012 Army Veteran Jeremy Boeh began a physical quest to do one handstand push up each day and adding another day after day in order to use physical feats to raise awareness, monetary donations and essential materials for our homeless Veterans.
Jeremy’s goal is to raise $15,000 for homeless Vets. These are our brothers and sisters and I often reflect on how events turn for my fellow Vets and have to say to myself, “There but for the grace of God go I.” These aren’t folks who started out looking for a hand out. They stood up and were counted and now that they are counting on us it’s our chance to give them a hand.
I know we can help Jeremy reach his goal. Read more at www.gofundme.com/e3omw and ‘Like’ Handstand Push Ups for Homeless Vets on Facebook.
Last month we mentioned OffHand Gear’s Kickstarter campaign to get going. Now, they’re up and running with several tactical-inspired graphic designs specifically for women.
The first round of ‘Keep Calm and Return Fire’ T-shirts sold out in less than two days. The reorder went in on the first day and they are back in stock with some new colors. Tactical Distributors has informed us that they will go on sale tomorrow at 12 noon eastern.
Look for them at www.tacticaldistributors.com/soldier-systems
Ranger Up! has just released this Liquid Metal version of the Special Forces Distinctive Unit Insignia.
Limited to 100 sculptures, this 22″ x 22″ version is cut with a plasma cutter and then hand polished and finished so that every piece will be completely unique. The sculptures include a variety of unit insignia and skill badges.
(yes, I know a green beret is a hat)
Kryptek is adding some mighty fancy belt buckles to their selection of swag. Check it out. As you can see it incorporates the elements of their logo as well as their motto, “Battlefield to Backcountry.”
As you probably already know, here at SSD we love ARRSE. The British Army Rumour Service (ARRSE) is a favored web destination when one of us wants a bit of a laugh.
In ‘The Official ARRSE Guide to the British Army’ Major Des Astor explores those questions about the British Army that keep you up at night. Some sections are factual while others poke a little irreverent fun at one of the world’s oldest professional armies.
Get yours from Amazon.com or amazon.co.uk.
