Swedish gear manufacturer Snigel Designs has been around for quite awhile and they shared this example from 1990.
Made from Woodland camouflage parapack, which was the material du jour, this light pack looks to have seen quite a bit of use.
Milipol 25 – Snigel Designs
December 1st, 2025Milipol 15 – Adept Armor
December 1st, 2025Adept Armor offered us a sneak peek at a few new items they’ve been working on. One of the things I appreciate about Adept Armor is that they look at things from a different perspective, trying out new materials and old materials in new ways.
Take for instance the Novasteel Breastplate which is intended as Ballistic Riot Armor. It offers:
- Handgun threats to Level IIIA
- Knives to well beyond Knife-3
- Spikes to well beyond Spike-3
- Blunt impacts to well beyond 100 J
- Ballistic up-armor plate boosts protection to RF1
You can also see the Ballistic Mandible which is fitted to the High-Cut Helmet.
These items are made from Novasteel which is fully VPAM 3 compliant, and is capable of stopping a wide variety of potent special threats, including:
• 7.62x25mm Tokarev at 1650 feet per second.
• 5.7x28mm ball rounds at over 2000 feet per second.
• 9x19mm 80gr. solid copper spun (SCS) rounds at carbine velocities.
Milipol 25 – Weber Rescue Systems COMBI-TOOL
December 1st, 2025
The COMBI-TOOL is a battery-powered multipurpose tool for rapid intervention teams, offering high cutting and spreading forces, interchangeable tips for breaching, cutting, lifting, and pulling, a swivel-folding handle for optimal handling, and compatibility with MILWAUKEE 18V M18 FORGE batteries.
Technical Specifications:
Weight (ready for use): 14,2 kg
Opening width: 285 mm
Spreading force (in work area): 30 – 1305 kN
The COMBI-TOOL will cut a 28mm bar in a single cut.
Milipol 25 – EZRaider HD4
December 1st, 2025The EZRaider HD4 offers off-road travel with a minimum of training. It’s as easy as riding a scooter, an all-terrain scooter.
The largest model in the line, the EZRaider HD4 is a 4-wheeled electric off-road vehicle with a range of 80 km on a single charge. It is capable of carrying a heavy load on sandy and rocky terrain. It also offers a patented “floating” suspension system.
Specifications:
Weight: 130 kg
Height: 135 c m
Height folded: 75 c m
Width: 74 c m
Length: 170 c m
Battery: 60V 3000w/h
Motor: 4X1200w
Max speed: 45 kph
Max Range: 8 0 k m
Max useful payload: 200 kg
Suspension travel: F/R 5 0 c m
It can also be equipped with a trailer which they call a cart.
bretholz.solutions/products/ez-raider
Milipol 25 – EO Spectre Tactical SIGINT System
December 1st, 2025
The EO Spectre Tactical SIGINT System from EO Security packs a lot of capability into this tablet. One of the main points I like about it is that it can be used threat collection as well as OPSEC awareness.
It can collect against Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, PTT, and Cellular as well as other signals of interest.
Technical Specifications:
- Frequency range: 9 kHz up to 18 GHz
- Sweep speed: up to 3,000 GHz/s
- Instantaneous bandwidth: up to 490 MHz
- Advanced analysis: deep insight into Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6 GHz)
- On-device AI: voice detection and transcription including translation
- IMSI-catcher countermeasures: passive detection (GSM, UMTS, LTE, 5G-NSA, 5G-SA) and offensive countermeasures (GSM, UMTS, LTE, 5G-NSA)
eo-security.com/info-protect/eo-spectre-tactical-sigint-solution
Milipol 25 – Savotta Trifold E-Tool Pouch
December 1st, 2025
Finland’s Savotta showed me their e-tool cover. Made from wide webbing, it’s a simple, effective and robust way to carry the entrenching tool.
The war in Ukraine has remedied us of how essential an entrenching tool is to digging a shell scrape or more elaborate fighting positions. PALS compatible, the pouch keeps your e-tool handy. The flap features a tuck under tab which can be backed up with Velcro for times when you need a little extra security.
Offered in Green and Brown (shown).
www.savotta.fi/products/trifold-e-tool-pouch
Onward Research Recce Skin Kit
December 1st, 2025
The Recce Skin Kit from Onward Research is pretty ingenious.
This kit offers the ability to apply non-permanent alpine camouflage to your existing Recce Rig pouches. Additionally, it makes the rig more reliable in cold weather conditions.
The kit comes with:
- 4 QASM Buckles replace unreliable velcro in freezing conditions
- 4 Male Repair Buckles with integrated tabs for enhanced functionality
- Shock cord system (4 x 12? pieces of 1/8? cord) maintains secure connections
US Space Force Establishes Combat Forces Command, Welcomes New FLDCOM Commander
December 1st, 2025
PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) —
In a ceremony held at Peterson Space Force Base, Nov. 3, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzmanofficially redesignated Space Operations Command as United States Space Force Combat Forces Command, marking a significant shift in the command’s focus toward enhanced combat readiness and integrated space defense.
Lt. Gen. Gregory Gagnon assumed command of the newly renamed CFC, succeeding Lt. Gen. David N. Miller, Jr., the SpOC commander.
The redesignation reflects the command’s commitment to aligning with its core purpose of forging combat-ready Space Forces for America and its allies, and with the evolution of the United States Space Force as a warfighting service.
“As we continue to evolve into the warfighting service that the joint force and the nation demands, Combat Forces Command stands ready to generate and present combat-ready units of action, providing combat-credible space solutions to the joint force’s toughest operational problems,” Saltzman said.
The change builds upon the Space Force’s strategic vision for deterring aggression, fighting and winning in the space domain. CFC is responsible for generating and presenting combat-ready intelligence, cyber, space and combat support forces.
During the ceremony, Miller and Chief Master Sgt. Michael Rozneck, CFC senior enlisted leader, furled the former SpOC command flag, symbolizing the inactivation of SpOC and transference of its legacy to CFC. Later in the ceremony, Gagnon and Rozneck unfurled the CFC command flag for the first time.
“Our power is our people. You are our most important weapon system in Combat Forces Command,” said Gagnon in his first address to the Guardians and Airmen of CFC. “You are, in fact, power. Space power.”
CFC will focus on generating and presenting combat-ready units of action, maturing the Space Force generation model, strengthening Mission Deltas, and elevating combat-focused training and qualifications across the force. It will empower leaders at every level and integrate multiple mission sets into cohesive combat squadrons, while treating installations as warfighting platforms.
The command’s vision is for America’s Space Warfighters to be “Always Ready, Always Innovative, Always Above.”
“In this command, we believe in the mission, and we believe in each other,” Miller said. In his parting words, Miller expressed his confidence that Gagnon would take the command to greater heights.
Saltzman and Gagnon both acknowledged the heritage of the organizations that came before CFC. The command has a long history, beginning in its early days as Air Force Space Command and later becoming SpOC in October 2020. CFC comprises approximately 12,000 Guardians, Airmen and civilian personnel across 11 Deltas, 82 squadrons and 25 units of action.
The redesignation comes shortly before the sixth anniversary of the Space Force, which will occur in December 2025.
The ceremony concluded with a pass in review, during which members of CFC’s Deltas marched, demonstrating teamwork and unity.
Gagnon closed his remarks with, “Chapter Two begins like this: although protect and defend is necessary, it is insufficient to win in war. We must protect, defend and attack — Combat Forces Command, let’s roll!”
The mission of CFC is to protect America and its allies in, from, and to space… now and into the future.
By 1st Lt Laura Anderson
U.S. Space Force Combat Forces Command Public Affairs
