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Violent Little Machine Shop – Iceman Top Gun Patch

Thursday, January 23rd, 2014

Violent Little Machine Shop is selling a patch of Val Kilmer as Iceman, mid-volleyball match, from the movie ‘Top Gun’. 3.5″ x 3″ leather with Coyote stitching. “No shirt, no shoes, just jeans, dog tags, and sweaty high fives to raise the tension.”

www.violentlittle.com/products/iceman-top-gun-volleyball-morale-patch

As a separate announcement, VLMS is also offering custom leather morale patch work with no setup fees and no artwork charges. The patches are lasered, making custom shapes and sizes for small runs a simple effort. The offer extends to individual units, platoons, airwings, even civilian companies.

www.violentlittle.com/blogs/news/11534297-custom-leather-morale-patches-now-available

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For The Operator In All Of Us

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014

Available for order until 30 January, the Limited Edition Operator T-shirt from RE Factor, is right on time considering our recent discussion.

www.refactortactical.com/product-p/rftsop

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Operator Overload

Sunday, January 19th, 2014

Over the years, I’ve sat by and watched folks go off on full on rants over use of the term ‘Operator.’ Apparently, I have a high threshold for BS because it never seemed to set me off like it did my friends. I took a ‘whatever’ approach to the issue. But lately it seems like everyone and their brother wants to be an ‘Operator.’ Why, just today I perused a website created by a cabal of ‘tactical operators,’ whatever the hell that is. This isn’t a bash on my brothers in blue but the term has become especially prevalent in the LE community, distastefully so.

On the other hand, I know a whole bunch of real deal ‘Operators” of the SOF kind who earned the title. The funny thing is, they don’t run around using it. In fact, if you ask them if they were an ‘Operator’ they’d probably say refer you to the friendly buck Sergeant depicted in the photo at the top.

Recently, a new trend has started that makes fun of the term ‘Operator.’ How can you not laugh when someone says, “Do you even operate bro?”

So, how about we, as a community, police ourselves up a little bit? It’s gets a little intense sometimes. And seriously, could someone tell me what a ‘tactical operator’ is?

BTW, I’m a former US Army EW/SIGINT Voice Intercept Operator. How’s that for a lolz?

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2014 Crye Precision T-Shirt

Wednesday, January 15th, 2014

Each year Crye Precision creates a T-Shirt that is sold during SHOT Show to raise money for charity. The 2013 T-Shirt from Crye Precision caused quite a stir. Perhaps, one year later, everyone’s point of view is a little different?

www.cryeprecision.com

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Posted in Morale, SHOT Show | 104 Comments »

Some Words of Encouragement from the Tactical Chaplain

Saturday, January 11th, 2014

Men, we’ve come across some archival footage of the Tactical Chaplain encouraging the men during last year’s Thanksgiving. We hope it motivates you as much as it did us.

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High Ground Gear ‘Greater Than’ T-Shirt

Friday, January 10th, 2014

High Ground Gear’s newest t-shirt is perfect for JTACS, ROMADS, RTOs, PJs, FOs, FSOs, 18Es, SOT-As, 19Ds, TLs, PLs, PSGs, COs, 1SGs, and anyone else who gets it.

www.highgroundgear.com/products/high-ground-greater-t-shirt

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Posted in Clothing, Morale | 5 Comments »

Epic Rap Battle: Navy Seal vs. Army Ranger

Sunday, January 5th, 2014

The eternal question of which US Special Operations Force is better – US Navy SEALs or US Army Rangers – represented by a rap battle. I generally don’t go for these things, but this one is downright funny. Be forewarned. Some language is not safe for some workplaces. Consequently, we waited until Saturday night to post this.

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