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Buy a Pair of Magnums, Help a Servicemember

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

For every pair of Magnum boots purchased through select retailers between now and August 15th, Magnum USA will donate a portion of the proceeds to Operation Gratitude. You may well already know about Operation Gratitude which has shipped more than 660,000 personalized care packages to American troops deployed overseas since 1993.

“It’s nearly impossible to be able to truly express our gratitude to our troops for the enormous sacrifices they make on behalf of our country,” said Bob Kaiser, Magnum USA CEO. “We wanted to be able to let our Forces know that we’re thinking about them, and partnering with Operation Gratitude to send out care packages is the perfect way to do so.”

The promotion, which is available only through Quartermaster, MilitaryBoots.com, U.S. Cavalry and DutyBootShop.com, offers Magnum’s Sidewinder HPi, Spider 8.1 HPi, Elite Spider 8.0, Stealth Force 8.0, Cobra 8.0, Cobra 6.0 and Response II 8” Desert Tan boots at a special price of 20% off retail. For every pair of boots sold during the first two weeks of August, $1 will be donated to Operation Gratitude.

www.magnumboots.com

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Service Perks

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

Last week we met the folks from Service Perks and the concept is fantastic; “Giving Back to Those Who Give.” Every day they introduce a new great offer for service members (Mil and First Responders). The idea is simple. It’s a daily group buying concept where each deal is “tipped” before it becomes valid. If too few people sign on, the deal goes away, so those who want the deal have an incentive to get others to buy. They also have to buy that day, because most deals last no longer than 24 hours.

They just launched their new website but they have been very active on Facebook for some time.

serviceperks.com

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Support Sarah’s Run Across America

Sunday, July 17th, 2011

A friend recently told us about a great young lady named Sarah who has decided to run across America in honor of our military heroes. It seems that her dad and my friend had lost a close colleague named Robert L. Shultis (SBPD) years ago while on duty. Having recently graduated from the University of Redlands in California, she felt it was time to honor our fallen.

Here is a link to Sarah’s Remembering our Hero’s blog. Her dad is also traveling with her on this 4 month journey starting July 24th from Southern California, (but he will be in a trailer!)

If any of you would like to add a fallen heroes name and their association to her blog, that is all Sarah is requesting. She can be emailed at sarahmemoto@gmail.com

Please keep Sarah in mind over the next several months as she travels across America for all our brave men and women in uniform fallen and present.

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Blood-Type Markers

Sunday, July 17th, 2011

Hazard 4 recently introduced their new blood-type markers after learning about military personnel marking their blood types on their boot heels or lacing dog tags into their bootlaces. Rather, these 3-d injection-molded rubber markers, won’t wear off like markers and won’ become secondary projectiles in an IED event. In addition to the bootlace application you see above, they can also be used for bracelets, or as zipper pulls. Available in Black/Grey, Coyote, OD Green, and Glow-in-Dark.

www.hazard4.com

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Aces High

Sunday, July 17th, 2011

The Aces High pinup from Bawidamann was developed as a collaboration with Mil Spec Monkey. Now, it’s available from Bawidamann as a patch as well as a Sticker.

Check out this and other designs from www.bawidamann.com.

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Right! Sergeant Major, marching up and down the square

Saturday, July 16th, 2011

By Popular Demand

Feel Free to Sing Along…

SERGEANT MAJOR: Don’t stand there gawping like you’ve never seen the Hand of God before! Now, today, we’re going to do marching up and down the square! That is, unless any of you got anything better to do. Well?! Anyone got anything they’d rather be doing than marching up and down the square?! Yes?! Atkinson. What would you… rather be doing, Atkinson?

ATKINSON: Well, to be quite honest, Sarge, I’d… rather be at home with the wife and kids.

SERGEANT MAJOR: Would you, now?!

ATKINSON: Yes, Sarge.

SERGEANT MAJOR: Right! Off you go! Now, everybody else happy with my little plan… of marching up and down the square a bit?

COLES: Sarge!

SERGEANT MAJOR: Yes?!

COLES: I’ve got a book I’d quite like to read.

SERGEANT MAJOR: Right! You go read your book, then! Now! Everybody else… quite content to join in… with my little scheme of marching up and down the square?!

WYCLIF: Sarge?

SERGEANT MAJOR: Yes, Wyclif?! What is it?!

WYCLIF: Well, I’m, uh, learning the piano.

SERGEANT MAJOR: Learning the piano?!

WYCLIF: Yes, Sarge.

SERGEANT MAJOR: And I suppose you want to go and practice, eh? Marching up and down the square not good enough for you, eh?!

WYCLIF: Well,–

SERGEANT MAJOR: Right! Off you go!

WYCLIF: Oh.

SERGEANT MAJOR: Now! What about the rest of you? Rather be at the pictures, I suppose.

SQUAD: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Ooh, yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Right.

SERGEANT MAJOR: All right! Off you go!

SQUAD: Oh. Ooh. Great. That’s great. What a day. I want to see the Merle Oberon picture. Eh hehheh.

SERGEANT MAJOR: Bloody army! I don’t know what it’s coming to. Right! Sergeant Major, marching up and down the square. Left, right, left. Left…

NARRATOR #1: Democracy and humanitarianism have always been trademarks of the British Army…

SERGEANT MAJOR: Rubbish!

NARRATOR #1: Shh! …And have stamped its triumph throughout history, in the furthest-flung corners of the Empire,…
[mayhem]
…but, no matter where or when there was fighting to be done,…
[patriotic music]
…it has always been the calm leadership of the Officer class that has made the British Army what it is.

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Happy National Day to My French Readers

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

I was at a meeting yesterday when my friend, Pascal from TR Equipement reminded me that today is La Fête Nationale in France. So, Happy National Day from Soldier Systems Daily.


www.tr-equipement.com

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Haley Strategic Partners Giveaway

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Our friends at Haley Strategic Partners are sponsoring a series of awesome giveaways this week. Each day, for 4 days, they will post a new graphic to their Facebook page like the thumbnail we have placed at the beginning of this article. The full-size versions are yours to download. But it gets better. “Tag” yourself on the photo and you have a chance to win a random drawing for a daily prize of a weapon accessory. Today’s giveaway is a BCM Gunfighter Charging Handle. There will be three more this week; one per day. Here is a direct link to the post: www.facebook.com Be sure to “tag” yourself in the comments. This contest ends tomorrow with 3 more to follow.

In the end, everyone is a winner. No matter what, you get a free, cool graphic and one lucky winner per day wins a weapon accessory. Obviously, due to the prize content, restrictions apply so make sure you read the fine print at their www.facebook.com page. We will announce the winners here to echo HSP’s announcement on Facebook.

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