SO Tech’s original ESP (expanding SERE pack) was originally released back around 2001. Things have changed though, notice the slots for the ALICE clips!
They’ve been messing around with some designs and different fabrics and tell us they almost have it locked in.
Legion Operator Training Group has announced that Joe Teti, co-host of the Discovery Channel hit TV series “Dual Survival”, will be a guest instructor at the Legion Weekend Warrior Survival Course in May.
Rite Rescue was founded by three New City Firefighters and offers the coolest litter system I’ve seen in years. In fact, calling it a litter system would be under describing what it does. This modular system integrates two systems in one. The harness can be swapped between a hard plastic sled-type stretcher (Tactical) or a soft stretcher (Assault).
Additionally, the RAP (Remove and Protect) can instantly be hoisted thanks to the harness system as integrates an inflation system that immobilizes the patent’s head, neck and spine. These stretchers are currently the only ones on the market that are UL tested to the NFPA 1983 standards.
You may have run across the name SOLKOA, a company which specializes in SERE training and products. The thing about SOLKOA is that they concentrate on Government clients. But a few years ago they launched FastFire to transition their kit to the commercial customer. I’m a huge fan of everything they do, but the SUMA container is top notch. In this case, the contents of the kit are packed in the SUMA container.
The FastFire SUMA Pro Survival Kit is a professional grade survival kit previously only available to government clients through SOLKOA but now offered through the commercial side, FastFire. The kit comes in an outer box containing a packed SUMA Container, Emergency Blanket, and two individually packaged FastFire cubes.
The packed SUMA Container includes the following:
– (1) Compact multitool wrapped in a section of inner-tube to suppress noise from rattling
– (1) 3.5″ Carbon steel hack saw blade
– (1) LED Coin type light with lanyard
– (1) P-38 Can opener
– (1) Ferro rod
– (1) Signalling whistle
– (1) Signalling mirror with reflective tape
– (1) Magnifying lens
– (1) Compass, oil filled coin type
– (1) Baggie, zip type
– (1) Pill bottle, amber
– (1) Wire, 24″ length
– (10) Matches, NATO type with striker (individually wrapped)
– (4) Tinder, Cotton wool type (individually wrapped)
– (2) Safety pins, Small
– (2) Safety pins, Medium
– (6) Water purification tablets
– (1) Roll of high strength braided line
– (1) fishing kit, assorted weights, hooks, and float
– (1) Tape, Duct type 2″x24″ tan
– (1) Needle, sewing type with cover
– (1) Pad, clean medical type appr. 2″x2″ (individually packaged)
– (1) Triple antibiotic ointment, 0.5g packet
– (1) Pencil with attached eraser
– (5) Weather resistant paper
S – Size Up the Situation
U – Use All Your Senses, Undue Haste Makes Waste
R – Remember Where You Are
V – Vanquish Fear and Panic
I – Improvise
V – Value Living
A – Act Like the Natives
L – Live by Your Wits, But for Now, Learn Basic Skills
US Army Field Manual 21-76, “Survival”
Founded by a couple of retired USAF SERE Instructors, Mountain Shepherd Wilderness Survival School regularly offers these really cool survival tips on their Facebook page. ‘Like’ them and collect them all.
In case you missed our coverage last month of the Air Force selection of the HDT Storm Search and Rescue Tactical Vehicles (SRTV) as the Guardian Angel Air-Deployable Rescue Vehicle (GAARV), we present HDT Global’s press release. The GAARV is an airdroppable, all terrain vehicle designed to transport Guardian Angel Weapon System members which consists of the Combat Rescue Officer (CRO), Pararescue (PJ), and SERE careerfields and their patients/survivors in rescue and recovery scenarios.
Jan. 21, 2013 – HDT Global (HDT), a leading provider of highly-engineered mobile military and emergency response solutions, announced today that the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) has awarded the company’s Expeditionary Systems Group the Guardian Angel Air-Deployable Rescue Vehicle (GAARV) contract to produce the HDT Storm Search and Rescue Tactical Vehicles (SRTV).
The HDT Storm is an ultra-lightweight, air-deployable tactical vehicle that offers Guardian Angel rescue teams the necessary equipment to search for and recover personnel and equipment in austere geographic locations. The unique vehicle platform provides unparalleled speed, payload, range and durability.
“We are thrilled to support the Guardian Angel organization through GAARV. The HDT Storm expands our product offerings consistent with our mission at HDT Global to provide innovative solutions for the U.S. Military and Allied Forces,” said Jason Chamberlain, President and CEO, HDT Global.
“The HDT Storm gives the Guardian Angel Teams the capability to perform their mission, particularly when facing terrain impassable using other vehicles,” added Robin Stefanovich, Business Development for Vehicles and Robotics, HDT Expeditionary Systems Group. “Although extremely lightweight, this vehicle has the necessary power and performance to deliver personnel and equipment to their desired destination, away from an area of high threat to a defendable location.”
Developed through expertise founded in off-road racing and years of real-life customer-centric engineering, the HDT Storm is a fielded solution ready for full-rate production. The Storm SRTV ensures mission range, provides multi-role configurations and can be transported internally by M/HC-139P/N/J, C-130/C-130J, KC-130J and C-17 fixed-wing aircraft, as well as the CH-47 and CH-53 helicopters. To further enhance mission capability, the vehicle can drive on and drive off these aircraft without shoring and can be deployed through low velocity aerial delivery or Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) methods.
For more information about the HDT Storm SRTV and HDT Global, visit www.hdtglobal.com.
