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SHOT on Demand 2021 SIG Product Spotlight: P320 XCARRY LEGION

January 19th, 2021

NEWINGTON, N.H., (January 18, 2021) – For 2021, SIG SAUER is pleased to announce the expansion of the LEGION series of pistols with the introduction of the P320 XCARRY LEGION.

The SIG SAUER P320 XCARRY LEGION is a 9mm striker-fired pistol, with the TXG tungsten infused heavy XCARRY grip module and attached magwell, a Legion Gray PVD Slide, a suppressor ready ½ x 28 standard threaded barrel, and a skeletonized trigger. The pistol comes optic ready and is compatible with a SIG SAUER Electro-Optics ROMEO1Pro Optic or a standard DeltaPoint Pro Optic, features fully
adjustable XRAY3 day/night suppressor sights, and comes with three 17-round magazines with anodized aluminum Henning Group base pads.

The Legion Series pistols are an exclusive product line developed by SIG SAUER based on input from
elite shooting professionals, and designed to exceed the expectations of the serious shooter. The SIG
SAUER Legion is an exclusive members-only access program available to owners of the SIG SAUER
Legion Series of firearms. Upon registration of any Legion Series firearm, members receive a complimentary case, a challenge coin matched to the firearm, exclusive access to Legion gear and
merchandise, and receive exclusive communications from SIG SAUER and the Legion.

The SIG SAUER P320 XCARRY LEGION will officially launch in Spring 2021.

www.sigsauer.com

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TNVC & Night Goggles Inc. vSHOTT 2021 Day 2 Tonight!

January 19th, 2021

January 18, 2021, The Worldwide WebPresented by Tactical Night Vision Company and Night Goggles, Inc. and sponsored by B. E. Meyers & Co., Ops-Core, Optics 1, Lightforce USA, Safariland Group, Weapon Outfitters, CORE Survival, Blue Force Gear, Liberty’s Defense, and Emerson Knives, we are proud to be continuing our virtual Shooting, Hunting, Outdoors, and Tactical Tele-event (vSHOTT) starting today at 8:00PM Eastern, 5:00PM Pacific and will be streaming at tnvc.com/vshott

Registered participants will receive e-mailed promotional pricing, discount codes, and other vSHOTT Specials not available anywhere else, including a Grand Prize on Friday of a TNV/PVS-14 with an Elbit Systems of America Gen. 3 Thin Filmed White Phosphor along with a Nocorium NVG Camo Wrap and TNVC Mohawk MK1 Gen. 2 of choice!* As well as many other great giveaways from our sponsors! YOU MUST BE REGISTERED BELOW TO WIN AND RECEIVE PROMOTIONAL PRICING AND DISCOUNTS:

tnvc.com/vshott

Day 2’s programming will be focused on TNVC and NGI’s night vision systems, as well as informational features on choosing the right night vision products, and a livestreamed new products showcase announcing many of our new products releases for 2021, though there will be new product announcements all week.

Day 2 will top off with an interactive livestreamed discussion about setting up your helmet for night vision with TNVC Training & Education Staff members Bill Peterson, Eric Butler, and Augee Kim, and Night Goggles Director Tom Austin, with special guests Chris Sizelove from Blue Force Gear and Jon Dufresne from Kinetic Consulting who will also be joining us for the first night of the Virtual Circle Bar, an informal, interactive live discussion about night vision, thermal, and the firearms and tactical industry in general.

You can register for vSHOTT at any time (including during the stream), however YOU MUST BE REGISTERED BY 5:00PM ET, 2:00PM PT each day to be entered for that evening’s drawing (only one registration is necessary to be eligible for all giveaways and promotions for the week) and receive that day’s promotional materials (via e-mail, so check your “junk” folders if you don’t receive them).

*open to U.S. citizens residing in the U.S. only subject to verification and ITAR

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Farm to Feet Enters Tactical Market with New Sock Collection

January 19th, 2021

Mt. Airy, North Carolina (For Immediate Release) — Farm to Feet, makers of 100% American socks, has launched a new merino wool sock collection specifically designed for the needs of the tactical and law enforcement market. All Farm to Feet socks are Berry Compliant with all materials used in the socks sourced in the United States, including the merino wool.

The Farm to Feet Tactical Collection includes three extended crew length boot socks made with US Merino Wool; the heavy weight Kodiak, light weight Coronado, and light weight Fayetteville. The Fayetteville also is available in ¼ crew and low-cut heights, ideal for PT. Lastly, the Jericho completes the collection as a technically designed cold weather heavy weight Over-the-Calf sock.

As with all Farm to Feet socks, the names of the socks are derived from U.S. locations tied to the brand or its partners. For its Tactical Collection, Farm to Feet pays homage to the locations of the iconic military bases that support the men and women of the U.S. armed services:

Kodiak, AK – home of the Naval Special Warfare Cold Weather Detachment Kodiak

Coronado, CA – home of the US Navy SEALS school at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado

Fayetteville, NC – home of the US Army Special Operations Command

Jericho, VT – home of the Army Mountain Warfare School

For more information on these products, please contact GOV@farmtofeet.com or visit us at www.farmtofeet.com.

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Microbat Systems – Candy Pouches

January 19th, 2021

Microbat Systems offers their Candy Pouches in three sizes. A straight forward design, they are Velcro backed zippered pouches.

Offered in Multicam Standard, Multicam Black, Multicam Arid, Multicam Tropic, Woodland M81, Ranger Green, Coyote Tan, Wolf Grey, and Black.

microbatsystems.com/collections/soft-goods

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Air Force Establishes Significant Evolution in Foreign Area Officer Career Field

January 19th, 2021

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) —

The Department of the Air Force announced Jan. 15, the opportunity for U.S. Air Force officers to voluntarily transfer into an internationally-focused core career field beginning spring 2021.

Since 2005, the Foreign Area Officer program has organized and trained select Air Force officers to be language-enabled, culturally astute, and operationally relevant regional experts.

More than 800 officers are currently certified as FAOs, filling a critical role in providing essential support to the National Defense Strategy by engaging foreign military leaders and government officials to build partner capability and capacity.

The restructuring of the FAO program is part of the Air Force’s broader reorientation toward great power competition. The recommendation that emerged from an Air Force cross-functional team’s year-long study was to establish the FAO career field as a strategic core career field while retaining operational relevance.

Until now, the Air Force FAO program operated as a secondary career field, alternating assignments between FAO and the officer’s core Air Force specialty code, or AFSC. This presented a key challenge in managing FAOs as strategic assets.

“Focusing FAO development on International Airmen skills and experiences, rather than challenging officers to hit milestones in two career fields, is more important than ever to increase awareness in our current strategic context with both our allies and partners and in the joint community,” said Kelli Seybolt, deputy under secretary of the Air Force, international affairs.

This strategic core career field will now be a Secretary of the Air Force International Affairs-managed AFSC, 16F or 16Z, to better cultivate professional development with a strategic international perspective. Within this new core AFSC, FAOs will be poised for more efficient utilization to meet Air Force strategic needs and will compete for promotion advancement within a single developmental category of professional FAO peers.

Continued operational relevance will be achieved through “FAO-minded” Intervening Operational Tours in each FAO’s original AFSC that sustains the various operational skillsets of each specialty and enhances Air Force strategic international engagement interests within those fields. It presents an increased return on FAO investment to provide deepened regional expertise and requires less in terms of training, sustainment, and manpower to support FAO development. Restructure of the FAO program, and increased primary emphasis in FAO development, will reduce the required inventory for FAOs from other AFSCs by approximately 30%.

“The United States Air Force FAO career field has been improving tremendously over the past decade,” stated Col. Lawrence E. Pravecek, FAO career field manager. “With the changes in the officer promotion system, now is the perfect time to take the next step in managing the development of our international experts. The choice to request transfer into the FAO Core AFSC will be a personal decision. All of us volunteered to serve, and now we ask for volunteers to help build a new AFSC that is tailor-made to provide the internationally-minded officers that our nation needs.”

For those already certified as FAOs or in the FAO training pipeline, applications for transfer to 16F or 16Z as their new core AFSC will begin early 2021. At that time, all eligible personnel will receive a direct email from the Air Force Personnel Center announcing the opening of the application window and providing directions to submit their applications online. FAOs who do not volunteer to transfer will remain in their current AFSC, while maintaining 16F as a secondary AFSC.

Air Force Reserve Component members will be notified by the AF Reserve or Air National Guard regarding ARC-specific processes. For questions/feedback, send email to the FAO Program Workflow Box at SAF.IAPA.IAS.Program.Workflow@us.af.mil.

For FAO resources, visit www.milsuite.mil/book.groups/air-force-ias.

For ARC programs, visit www.milsuite.mil/book/groups/arc-international-affairs-specialist-program.

By Jill Marie Diem, Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs

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NOD’s Nest by AXL Advanced

January 18th, 2021

The NOD’s Nest™ is a helmet and night vision storage solution that provides protection for your night vision optics utilizing the shell of your helmet as protective storage space. This eliminates the need for bulky hard-sided cases when traveling, storing, and utilizing your NV and helmet. The NOD’s Nest™ provides a low profile solution that is small enough to be stored in your back pocket when not in use.

The NOD’s Nest™ will secure around any standard-sized ballistic, bump or carbon helmet, including attached helmet-borne communications and signaling equipment.

The internal placard provides secure retention on any binocular or monocular night vision system.

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Princeton Tec – BYTE Tactical

January 18th, 2021

Princeton Tec’s BYTE Tactical offers 200 Limens in four modes: White Spot high and low along with Red high and low.

It’s powered by 2 AAA alkaline or lithium batteries. Expect up to four hours on high.

Offered in Coyote, Black and MultiCam.

Coming April 2021 from www.princetontec.com.

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New PenCott Camouflage Patterns from Hyde Definition and 0241Tactical

January 18th, 2021

If you follow PenCott Camouflage on social media, then you will have recently seen pictures of two new patterns that were developed with North American environments primarily in mind.

The patterns are DevilDog™ and LeatherNeck™, and are both 4-color variations of the standard PenCott pattern geometry. They were named after popular nicknames for US Marine Corps members, due to the fact that the founder and CEO of 0241Tactical is a USMC veteran.

DevilDog™ is specifically oriented towards high plains, scrub desert, dry bush land, and similar types of terrain with light, sandy soil and sparse vegetation.

LeatherNeck™ on the other hand is designed for more temperate terrain that has a significant amount of brown tones – such as pine forests, mixed woodland with reddish soil, and so on.

Developing new pattern colorways during a period of lockdowns and restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation required some flexibility and creativity in the approach we took – not the least because all the work had to be done virtually between team members in the UK and US.

Our starting point was to analyze existing military patterns that have proven effective in North American environments – such as AOR-Universal, MARPAT-Temperate Woodland, CADPAT-Intermediate, Scorpion W2, etc. – comparatively analyzed within the specific types of environments we wanted to address. With this data in hand, we worked up a palette of potential colors, plugged them into the PenCott geometry, and then worked through numerous color combinations to down-select to a shortlist of pattern variations. Using extensive picture-in-picture analysis we ended up with a pattern colorway for each that seemed to be the best option – and also worthy of the names.

With the colors and names established, artwork was sent to 0241Tactical’s digital printing partner in the US and a small trial run of each pattern was printed on ripstop polyester material. The results can now be seen in the form of anoraks, neck gaiters, and beanie hats being offered through 0241Tactical.

With these garments now going out into the real world for field evaluations, we will be able to validate if the colorways are correct or need tweaking before being released for licensing and/or full production with other partners as well. 0241Tactical will also be able to provide various digitally-printed fabrics, such as 500D Cordura® nylon, in the DevilDog and LeatherNeck patterns to other makers as well.

Beyond these new patterns, look out for an expanded offering of GreenZone® fabrics and partners to come in the first half of 2021. We will also be expanding the MetroPolis® offering with webbing and 500D nylon, as well as additional product partners too. And lastly, Helikon-Tex and Direct Action will continue to expand their WildWood® product offerings this year as well.

www.pencottcamo.com

www.0241tactical.com

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