According to the Monkey himself, “Symbolism wise there are the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and PA Keystone in the middle to represent the Flight 93 crash site. Geronimo was the code name for Bin Laden.” We agree with MSM that this is a classy design and is understated enough that you can wear it with pride and there won’t be any blood and gore in everyone’s face.
To order yours go to milspecmonkey.com.
For quite some time we have had readers asking us if we were ever going to offer T-shirts with our logo. As you’ve probably surmised by now we are more about substance than symbolism. I spent over 20 years in the military and have a whole drawer full of T-shirts and I get to see the SSD logo every time I open the website. For me, a T-shirt is going to have to be unique.
Three years ago, Mil Spec Monkey designed the the SSD logo for us. It symbolizes the individual warrior with a marriage of the traditional Davinci’s Vitruvian Man representing how art and science combine to outfit the Soldier blended with a 1960s futuristic feel in the form of the Olympic Sports Pictogrammes which allude to the athletic facet of the Warrior. While it holds the rugged individual as its core with a nod to the past and a look to the future, it doesn’t represent everything we hold dear at SSD. After much consideration we thought it would be most appropriate to celebrate America and what she stands for. After all, none of this would be possible without American democracy and access to a free and open market. What better way to illustrate our beliefs than to commemorate some of our Nation’s earliest iconography? And with this notion the concept of the American Heritage series was born.
We went to Tactical Distributor to discuss the idea and their excellent creative team helped us turn our vision into reality. The “Join or Die” woodcut is the first in a series of designs. Two more will follow and if these are as successful as we expect, we will continue with the concept. Each shirt comes in a printed cotton bag. The guys at TD came up with this touch and it immediately resonated with us. It’s kind of old school but that’s the point. The future is going to be tough so we have got to rely on our core beliefs to show us the way.
What we like most about this series is the story behind it. It’s something you can get behind and believe in, no matter where you are from.
To get yours, visit www.TacticalDistributors.com.
The owner’s of Wilmingon, North Carolina’s Flaming Amy’s Burrito Barn and Flaming Amy’s Bowl, Jay and Amy Muxworthy recently began sellng shelf-stable versions of their salsas so that they could offer them to troops deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq free of charge.
From their website:
The inspiration for Operation Salsa Drop came through social networking. Flaming Amy’s Facebook page has over 7,000 “fans” from all over the globe. On April 17th 2010, we received a followup comment on a post we had made about our salsas. Army private Justin Young, who was serving at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, jokingly asked if we could ship some salsa to him. We told him that if we could figure out a way to get it there, we would happily ship him enough to feed an Army. And so Operation Salsa Drop began.
OSD has three varieties of salsa to choose from:
“Fire in the Hole!†– Flaming Hot Salsa
“Shock ‘N’ Awesome†– Pineapple Jalapeno Salsa
“TARFU†– Traditional Tomato
All three salsas are packaged in 12oz glass jars and are being sold for $4.50 each. All proceeds from the retail sales go towards production and distribution of these same salsas to the boots on the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq. Our goal is to ship one jar to a soldier for every jar sold!
www.operationsalsadrop.org or on Facebook
GLOCK, Inc will make a $100,000 donation to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation (SOWF) during the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) held in Tampa, FL, this coming week, May 17-19. GLOCK, Inc Vice President Josh Dorsey will make the presentation to SOWF in the GLOCK exhibition booth (#404) on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 3:00 pm.
During the past six years, GLOCK will have donated $600,000 to SOWF, a non-profit organization providing college scholarships to the surviving children of Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps special operations personnel killed in combat or training.
“GLOCK is proud to contribute to organizations such as SOWF, which play such a vital role in providing aide to the families of America’s fallen heroes,†said GLOCK Vice President Josh Dorsey. “GLOCK, Inc. has a long-standing tradition of supporting those that put themselves in harm’s way.â€
Accepting the donation on behalf of SOWF will be Col John T. Carney Jr (USAF, Ret), the founding father of Air Force Special Tactics and current President of SOWF; Edie Rosenthal, Executive Director of SOWF, and former recipient of the SOWF Scholarship, Melinda Petrignani.
“GLOCK’s continued support to SOWF over the past six years demonstrates their commitment to supporting the families of wounded and fallen special operations personnel,†said Col John T. Carney Jr., SOWF President and CEO. “With more than 500 children in our program who have yet to reach college age, this gift helps us assure those widows or widowers that the foundation will be around when that young girl or boy reaches college age.â€
Melinda is one of more than 800 children of fallen special operations personnel to whom SOWF has provided aide. Her father, Army Ranger PFC Michael Ruddess, was killed in a training accident in 1986 when she was only eight months old. Through the financial assistance from SOWF, Melinda graduated from DePaul University in 2008 with a degree in Business Administration. In September 2010, Melinda joined SOWF where she works with families and students as a Financial Aid Counselor.
GLOCK, Inc donates more than $500,000 each year to causes that benefit those who put themselves in harm’s way to defend the freedom that Americans enjoy.
www.specialops.org www.teamglock.com
In honor of our logo patches now being available from Mil Spec Monkey, SSD would like to give away 15 random colorscheme patches to our readers.
The winners will be chosen at random at 1200 GMT on 10 May 2011. To enter just tell us what you’d like to see us cover in the comments section below. You need to enter a vaild email address to win. Void where prohibited.
To purchase SSD patches visit milspecmonkey.com.
Infidel Caps has just made their newest shirt available for pre-sale. The “Bin Laden” shows the perfect cocktail mix for the recently-departed terrorist mastermind on the back, while the term Infidel rides on the front, a view our enemies have of us which has easily become a term of endearment. The shirts are available in both black and grey, and come in sizes ranging from small to 2XL. Plus, bin Laden’s head is a martini olive with an AK for a toothpick. How can you not like that?
You can order this shirt, and other fine Infidel products, at infidelcaps.webs.com
Props to Tacticalfanboy.com for the story.
Unless you’ve been living on Mars, you’ve heard about The Boot Campaign by now. Their motto is simple; “When They Come Back, We Give Backâ€. Founded by five Southern ladies from Texas who call themselves “The Boot Girlsâ€, The Boot Campaign provides a tangible way for Americans to show support of our troops and directly benefit our military through purchases of boots and other merchandise. Bates Footwear has teamed with them to add several footwear styles to the program. Proceeds from purchasing signature boots from The Boot Campaign are donated to their charity partners including the Lone Survivor Foundation, Not Alone, Wounded Wear, and Military Warriors Support Foundation.
Celebrities have taken up the cause and supporters range from country music stars Joe Nichols and Dolly Parton to TV and radio host Glenn Beck. Sports and Political figures such as The Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Cubs and the Governor
of Texas, Rick Perry have been spotted wearing the military fashioned boots to show their support. But they need everyone’s support if they are going to meet their goal of seeing one million Americans in a pair of Boot Campaign
“give back†boots. This isn’t just for uniformed professionals but rather for everyone and there are many styles to choose from.
As Ron Woznick, Vice President & General Manager for Bates, said; “Bates has the honor of providing footwear to thousands of Warfighters each year that selflessly protect our country. Their sacrifices and commitment are simply amazing. We are privileged to begin working more closely with The Boot Campaign, who has done a phenomenal job of drawing attention and supporting our military heroes.â€
To participate, mosey on over to www.bootcampaign.com
