WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army is adding 17 new military occupational specialties (MOSs) to its Civilian Acquired Skills Program (ACASP) effective October 1, 2025. The ACASP allows Soldiers with relevant civilian skills to bypass some initial training and start their military careers at an advanced level. This expansion brings the total number of eligible occupations to 60.
“ACASP offers a two-pronged benefit,” said Brig. Gen. Gregory Johnson, Director of Military Personnel Management. “The Army gets skilled specialists into the force faster and at a lower cost, while the Soldier receives a significant head start in their military career.”
Through ACASP, qualified applicants with verified civilian training, certifications, or experience can receive advanced rank, accelerated promotion, or modified training requirements upon enlistment. The latest update authorizes the following 17 new MOSs under ACASP:
While specific requirements vary by career field, all ACASP applicants must meet several general criteria. Candidates need verifiable work experience, training, or certification in a qualifying job and must satisfy all standard Army enlistment requirements, such as age, physical fitness, and background checks. To verify eligibility, applicants must also provide official documentation of their skills, which can include licenses, transcripts, or letters from an employer.
The revised ACASP MOS inventory will be available for applicants entering into the Regular Army, U.S. Army Reserve, and Army National Guard. For more information on the ACASP and the complete list of eligible MOSs, access the Smartbook DA PAM 611-21 here.
By LTC Andrew Yang, U.S. Army Directorate of Military Personnel Management
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Location: Pipersville, PA (Hybrid/Remote options available) Reports To: Vice President Department: Sales & Marketing
About THRIL
Founded in 2017, THRIL is an American firearms accessory company specializing in magazines and firearm accessories. Committed to accessible, high-quality products, THRIL serves OEM, commercial, and military markets, providing solutions that enhance firearm functionality and user experience.
Are you a driven and motived sales professional with experience in the firearms/defense industry?
We are a small but growing company seeking a dedicated and dynamic sales professional ready to take on the challenge of building and expanding our sales in both commercial and military/government markets.
Position Overview
The Sales Manager will develop and execute THRIL’s sales strategy, focusing on commercial and military/law enforcement accounts. This role requires a strategic thinker with deep firearms industry knowledge, exceptional relationship-building skills, and the ability to collaborate closely with marketing to drive revenue growth.
Sales Strategy Development: Create and implement strategies to increase revenue in commercial, military, and law enforcement markets.
Extensive Travel: Up to 100 days per year, including visits to distributors, dealers, supporting rep groups, and industry trade shows.
Account Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with key accounts, including commercial distributors, dealers, major retailers, and government/military clients.
New Business Development: Identify and pursue new business opportunities to expand THRIL’s presence in commercial and military/government markets.
Collaboration with Marketing: Align sales initiatives with branding, promotions, and product launches.
Market Analysis: Conduct market research to identify emerging trends, competitive activity, and opportunities for growth.
Sales Forecasting & Performance Metrics: Provide accurate sales forecasts and track progress against revenue goals and key performance indicators.
Team Leadership & Mentorship: Mentor and guide junior sales staff or supporting reps, fostering a high-performance sales culture.
Customer Feedback & Product Input: Relay customer feedback to engineering to guide future development and product enhancements.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or related field.
Experience: Minimum of 5 in sales, with experience in the firearms or defense industry, including experience with military/government accounts.
Skills: Strong negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Knowledge: Deep understanding of the firearms industry distribution and dealer network, including commercial and military markets.
Compensation
Base Salary (Hybrid)
Benefits: 401(k) retirement plan, competitive insurance plan
Paid Time Off: 3 weeks
Please email your resume, along with a brief cover letter outlining your relevant experience, to KMcManus@Thrilusa.com
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Revelyst’s Project Freedom which includes Blackhawk, CamelBak, Eagle Industries, and Stone Glacier is seeking a Product Designer.
This full-time position at the new headquarters in Chesapeake, Virginia the focus lies on overseeing the creation and implementation of product lines of one or more of these categories: packs, bags, carriers, and accessories. Categories determined by business needs and employee skill set. In this hybrid Designer/Developer position, this individual plays a crucial role in ensuring that products are brought to market in a timely and cost-effective manner, all the while staying true to the product vision. Collaboration with colleagues from various departments is key to achieving these goals successfully.
The Product Designer/Developer position requires a multifaceted approach, involving not only technical expertise but also an understanding of customer demands and end-user preferences. By working closely with cross-functional teams, This Designer/Developer can incorporate diverse perspectives and insights into the product development process, ultimately leading to the creation of innovative and functional products. This collaborative effort is essential for aligning the final products with the company’s values and vision, thus fulfilling the dual purpose of meeting business objectives, and making a positive impact on both customers and the environment.
This position reports to Business Development Director and is based out of our Chesapeake, VA office.
As the Product Designer/Developer, you will have an opportunity to:
Execute a comprehensive product development strategy in alignment with company goals.
Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources effectively to meet launch deadlines.
Create and maintain tech packs through the development process until bulk ready.
Create and maintain Bill of Materials (BOMs) and coordinate prototyping of assigned designs across the multiple business channels.
Lead sourcing, cost negotiation, design, and final approval of all trims utilized in design.
Partner with materials team in materials selection for all rolled goods utilized in design.
Schedule and lead product team meetings with cross-functional teams, to coordinate project actions, mitigate project risks, and communicate challenges and potential solutions.
Manage communication with contract designers by communicating calendar deadlines, organizing and participating in sample review meetings, and providing factory cost/construction feedback. Implement and manage factory development process improvements that increase workflow efficiency.
Facilitate constructive feedback from factory and overseas development teams on construction and materials through regular product reviews.
Maintain regular communication with factory contacts, overseas development team, and suppliers regarding project status, and calendar timing.
Execute thorough factory cost BOM reviews and manage factory cost negotiation for assigned styles.
Partner with factory and design teams to cost engineer assigned styles during factory direct development trips.
You have:
Bachelor’s degree in design or related field of study.
3-5 years experience in design and product development
Extensive experience coordinating activities across multiple departments and stakeholders
Excellent working knowledge of Illustrator, Excel, Word, Outlook
Proven ability to coordinate across functional teams
Past experience in the government and military sector, a plus.
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to easily transition from macro thinking to micro thinking
Good judgment with the ability to drive timely and sound decisions
Commitment to excellence and high standards
Ability to lead a meeting and keep the topics relevant
Excellent problem recognition and collaboration skills for resolution
Ability to escalate issues in a concise and timely manner
Proven ability to handle multiple projects and meet deadlines
Pay Range:
Annual Salary: $65,000.00 – $75,000.00
The actual annual salary offered to a candidate will be based on variables including experience, geographic location, education, and skills/achievements, and will be mutually agreed upon at the time of offer.
We offer a highly competitive salary, comprehensive benefits including: medical and dental, vision, disability and life insurance, 401K, PTO, paid holidays, gear discounts and the ability to add value to an exciting mission!
Our Postings are not intended for distribution to or use in any jurisdiction, country or territory where such distribution or use would violate local law or would subject us to any regulations in another jurisdiction, country or territory. We reserve the right to limit our Postings in any jurisdiction, country or territory.
LIGHT THE WAY FORWARD: DRIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT FOR THOSE WHO DEPEND ON RELIABLE ILLUMINATION
Princeton Tec is Hiring a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to Lead Product Development into the Future.
For 50 years, light has been more than illumination at Princeton Tec—it’s been a promise. A promise to the firefighter entering a smoke-filled building. To the soldier on a moonless patrol. To the cave diver pushing boundaries. Every Princeton Tec product carries this promise: When darkness challenges you, we’ve got your back.
Now, as Princeton Tec celebrates half a century of American manufacturing excellence, they’re lighting the way forward. Multiple groundbreaking products are ready for development—products that will redefine what’s possible in tactical, outdoor, industrial, and dive lighting. Products that will save lives and inspire adventures for the next 50 years.
You’re ready for more than senior-level engineering. You’re ready to lead and develop tomorrow’s talent.
You’ve mastered the product design journey from concept to production. You’ve collaborated across disciplines, turning ambitious ideas into reliable products. Now you want drive innovation that matters, and see your designs manufactured just steps from your desk in their 225,000 sq. ft. facility where CAD becomes reality in real-time—applying your expertise in DFM and advanced engineering along the way. Princeton Tec offers the agility of a family-owned company with the resources of an established manufacturer.
Where your voice shapes strategy. Where “Made in USA” isn’t marketing—it’s your daily reality. Where every product you develop joins a 50-year legacy of keeping people safe when light matters most.
The future of American lighting innovation is being written right now. Will you help lead the way?
FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION, CONTACT US TODAY.
TODD EVANS
Managing Partner, RJ Evans & Associates toddevans@rjevans.com
(216) 577-3180 mobile + text
Nashville, TN
BOB EVANS
President, RJ Evans & Associates bobevans@rjevans.com
(216) 533-3290 mobile + text
Cleveland, OH
BACKGROUND & COMPANY INFORMATION
Princeton Tec stands among America’s true heritage lifestyle brands—companies like L.L.Bean, Red Wing Shoes, Carhartt, and Filson that have earned their place through generations of unwavering commitment to quality and purpose. For 50 years, this family-owned company has embodied the best of American manufacturing: products built to last, craftsmanship that transcends trends, and an authentic story that began in the back of a New Jersey dive shop and evolved into the trusted choice for those whose missions can’t fail. While others chase quarterly profits, Princeton Tec remains focused on their founding promise—creating lighting solutions that enable extraordinary achievements and keep people safe when darkness is the enemy.
A picture is worth a thousand words, and a video enables us to share our heritage and passion. This video celebrates our 40th anniversary—and in the time since, we’ve only gotten better. While we perfect our 50th anniversary story, experience the passion that’s driven us from day one.
Princeton Tec is located in Pennsauken, NJ (across the Delaware River from Philadelphia). For 50 years, Princeton Tec has pushed the limits of possibility with innovative lights that shine bright in every situation.
They create durable, American-made products for those whose missions can’t fail: active service members, first responders, technical professionals, and serious adventurers. Princeton Tec lights don’t just illuminate—they enable critical work and inspire confidence when darkness presents the greatest challenges.
DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING
Princeton Tec proudly molds and assembles all products in New Jersey under one roof—225,000 sq ft where the entire journey from CAD to new concept prototypes to mold to final assembly unfolds before your eyes.
Here, your designs transform into reality with unprecedented speed, manufactured just steps from where they were conceived. With over 200 employees mastering every step of the process, Princeton Tec maintains their family-owned commitment to excellence—balancing five decades of manufacturing expertise with the flexibility to rapidly innovate. This ensures every product upholds the standards that have defined Princeton Tec since 1975 while pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in lighting technology.
THE OPPORTUNITY: SENIOR MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER
Princeton Tec seeks an experienced mechanical engineer ready to lead product development in a company where innovation directly impacts lives. This role offers unique technical leadership—driving multiple breakthrough products from concept through production while mentoring the next generation of engineers.
You’ll join a small, agile product development team wearing many hats and making immediate impact.
Working directly with the Engineering Manager, you’ll shape products that define the next era of tactical, industrial, outdoor, and dive lighting. This isn’t theoretical engineering—it’s hands-on innovation where your designs become reality just steps from your desk.
WHAT YOU BRING:
• BS Mechanical Engineering (MS preferred).
• Proven years of experience in product design with preference for consumer or military products.
• Mastery of SolidWorks, FEA, and DFM/DFA principles.
• Deep knowledge of injection molding and rapid prototyping processed.
• Track record of taking products from concept to market.
• Good communication, organization skills are a must.
• Natural leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Passion for products that matter.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will bring our concepts to life by designing with manufacturability and moldability in mind.
• Actively participate in new product development discussion and execution from conceptualization to release for manufacturing.
• Lead mechanical design initiatives with DFM/DFA excellence.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration from concept to production.
• Mentor junior engineers while advancing technical standards.
• Transform user needs into innovative, manufacturable solutions.
• Manage multiple products through full development lifecycle.
• Ensure designs meet the highest standards of reliability and performance.
• Create and manage detailed engineering documentation, including BOMs, drawings, testing plans, and specifications.
• Identify opportunities to innovate product performance, reduce cost, and streamline engineering workflows.
COMPENSATION:
Competitive base salary with comprehensive benefits including healthcare, 401k, PTO, and other benefits will be offered to the candidate who has the potential for a high level of success … plus the satisfaction of creating products that save lives and enable extraordinary achievements.
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BLOCKHOUSE is seeking a Product Manager to drive the development and launch of hard goods across its tactical and law enforcement portfolio. The role will oversee supplier partnerships, material innovations, and go-to-market execution to ensure products meet the highest standards of performance and reliability.
BLOCKHOUSE owns LE equipment brands such as WARQ, a leader in force-on-force training equipment featuring their revolutionary anti-fog helmet, the Warq Pro, and DEFILADE Protection Systems, a manufacturer of new age protective equipment in the public order space.
Founded in 2022, BLOCKHOUSE has quickly established itself as a provider of equipment for military, Special Forces, and law enforcement end users. The company leverages experience, trusted partnerships, and innovation to build businesses that deliver sustainable growth and results and continues to expand its presence across the defense and law enforcement markets.
The Green Beret Foundation is seeking a visionary leader to serve as our first-ever Chief Development & Marketing Officer (CDMO)—a pivotal role focused on increasing philanthropic support and elevating brand awareness to honor and advance the legacy of the Green Berets.
This national search is being led by Development Guild, a nationally recognized firm specializing in placing top-tier development and marketing professionals in the nonprofit sector.
If you or someone you know is a qualified candidate, we invite you to review the full announcement and search protocols below.
Thank you to Development Guild for their partnership and commitment to the Special Forces community.
We need your help! We’re currently looking to fill an Ops Manager position, onsite at our north Idaho HQ. Competitive pay, unlimited PTO, free product, and an opportunity to play a vital role in helping us shape the next chapter of Überleben.
