StrikeForce has released their first flavor of energy bars.
Sold as 4 packs, these Oats and Nuts based bars taste like a candy bar but offer some protein as well as a pick me up.
www.strikeforceenergy.com/products/4ct-energy-bars
StrikeForce Energy Bars
December 2nd, 2019EDC Pocket Tins from Superesse Straps
December 2nd, 2019Superesse Straps took the concept of an Altiods tin often used as a container for survival kits and developed a smaller tin for EDC use. The tins feature a slider top and are 1-1/16″ x 2″ x 7/16″ outside dimensions with a capacity of 0.38oz.
Superesse Straps is selling prefilled and empty tins as well as a kydex sheath that fits the small EDC tins.
Customize a kit at superessestraps.com.
ESSTAC x VerTac Collaboration Swift Action Panel
December 2nd, 2019
VerTac has collaborated with ESSTAC to offer the Swift Action Panel (Version 2).
SAP v2 Features:
-2 M4/AR15 magazine pouchs, includes 2 kydex retention inserts
-1 Elastic rapid tourniquet holder center line, accessible with either hand.
-1 Universal double stack pistol pouch/ accessory pouch
-1 Velcro detachable medical pouch/ IFAK
-PALS rows cut into velcro behind medical kit to accommodate any pouch the user desires
-Back of panel is fully velcro lined
-Includes 2 QASM buckles
Available in Black, Ranger Green, MultiCam and MultiCam Black.
Take 20% off today only, with coupon code sscyber20
www.verrettstactical.com/products/vertac-swift-action-panel-version-2
Sneak Peek – New Gear from Rock Exotica
December 2nd, 2019Coming in 2020 from Rock Exotica.
Omni-Block 1.1″ with SwivaBiner Top
Enforcer Omni 2.0″
Unicender 2.0
BE Meyers & Co Sells Flash Hider Patents to JP Enterprises
December 2nd, 2019December 2, 2019 (Redmond, WA) – B.E. Meyers & Co. is proud to announce that following an agreement of sale, they have transferred the utility patents for their highly successful line of patented, expansion groove model flash hiders (ie. 249F, 249F-EU, 240F, 240F-EU, and 240F-M60) to JP Enterprises, a custom rifle manufacturer in Hugo, Minnesota.
JP Enterprises has agreed to procure all manufacturing rights to the patented flash hider technology and its unmatched signature reduction capabilities. B.E. Meyers & Co. will continue to support DoD and LE flash hider sales through a licensing agreement with JP Enterprises until June of 2020. B.E. Meyers & Co. will continue to support their 2300F .50 Cal Flash Hider, which does not fall under this agreement, for the foreseeable future. Please follow JP Rifles to see where they take this proven flash hider design, and what it evolves into.
“We are very proud of the work and innovation we have put into our flash hider line over the years,” said Matthew Meyers, CEO of B.E. Meyers & Co., “and we are excited to see it continue to live on through JP Enterprises.”
822nd Base Defense Squadron K9 Teams Train Fast-Rope Insertions
December 2nd, 2019
Members of the 822nd Base Defense Squadron fly in a HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 41st Rescue Squadron to conduct fast-rope training with their military working dogs (MWD) Nov. 20, 2019 at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Fast-roping allows the MWD teams to quickly access a rugged location where an aircraft is not able to land and start conducting base defense as soon as they are needed.
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- Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Patty, 822nd Base Defense Squadron military working dog (MWD) handler, lifts MWD Pepper off the ground to test the safety of her harness Nov. 20, 2019 at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The handlers double check that the MWD is securely fastened in its harness and to its handler before approaching the aircraft to conduct fast-rope training. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Faith Brodkorb)
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- Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Patty, 822nd Base Defense Squadron military working dog (MWD) handler, holds MWD Pepper while they wait to board a HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 41st Rescue Squadron during fast-rope training Nov. 20, 2019 at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Each MWD team went one at a time riding the helicopter for a few minutes before fast-roping down. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Faith Brodkorb)
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- Staff Sgt. Ronald Marasco, 822nd Base Defense Squadron military working dog (MWD) handler, and MWD Haston fast-rope out of an HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 41st Rescue Squadron during training at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Nov. 20, 2019. This was the first time the MWDs had fast-roped out of helicopters, but they had practiced on training towers with their handlers. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Faith Brodkorb)
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- Staff Sgt. Jonathan Vega, 822nd Base Defense Squadron military working dog (MWD) handler, and MWD Bbicbic fast-rope down from a HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 41st Rescue Squadron Nov. 20, 2019 at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The helicopter hovered approximately 40 feet from the ground. Fast-roping allows the MWD teams to quickly access a rugged location where an aircraft is not able to land and start conducting base defense as soon as they are needed. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Faith Brodkorb)
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- Staff Sgt. Jonathan Vega, 822nd Base Defense Squadron military working dog (MWD) handler, and MWD Bbicbic move away from the helicopter after fast-roping down during training Nov. 20, 2019 at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Fast-roping allows the MWD teams to quickly access a rugged location where an aircraft is not able to land and start conducting base defense as soon as they are needed. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Faith Brodkorb)
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- Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Patty, 822nd Base Defense Group military working dog (MWD) handler, rewards MWD Pepper with a toy after successful fast-rope training Nov. 20, 2019, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The MWDs were rewarded with a toy and praise from their handlers after each helicopter ride and fast-rope insertion. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Faith Brodkorb)
By 1st Lt. Faith Brodkorb, 93d Air Ground Operations Wing Public Affairs
Army University Press – Large Scale Combat Operations
December 1st, 2019
This new compendium is the first volume in the Art of Tactics series, sponsored by the Department of Army Tactics, US Army Command and General Staff College. This collection examines various aspects of division-level operations, to include Fires, Wet Gap Crossings, and Consolidating Gains, as part of the Army’s effort to refocus the force on large-scale combat against near peer and peer adversaries.
Download your copy here.
SCUBAPRO Sunday – Thanksgiving
December 1st, 2019Thanksgiving is a time when many people take the time to gather with family and friends to feast, give thanks and celebrate from the comfort of their own homes.
But during wartime, however, the Thanksgiving holiday is slightly different. During WW1 AND WW2 on the home front, people were encouraged to cut back on food items such as sugar, meat, fats, and wheat so food could be sent to troops fighting overseas. Many newspapers across the country printed alternative recipe ideas that cut back on food items, especially sugar.
American families were asked to grow their own gardens and use homegrown food in their Thanksgiving meals instead of buying food from the local food market.
The menu at Camp Wadsworth in 1918 included celery, pickles, olives, roast turkey with dressing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, salted wafers with cheese, bread and butter, pumpkin pie, fruit cake, ice cream, and coffee.
My first military Thanksgiving was in 1987 at NTC Great Lakes. A couple of years later, I would be in my second combat zone during the first gulf war, it would eventually be called Operation Desert Storm, but I first got there it didn’t have a name. I was stationed in Saudi Arabia on the border of Kuwait. Our meals normally constated of two MREs a day. But on Thanksgiving, we got our two MREs and a meal of hamburger meat that was made into spaghetti. We were some of the first troops on the ground and had nothing but two MREs a day since the day we arrived in late August. About two days before Thanksgiving, we had a Mess Specialist 1st class (MS1) assigned to our camp, his first role was to go around with our corpsman and make sure all the water we were getting was good for us to drink. We had bottled water until the commandant of the Marine Corps decided he didn’t want his Marines drinking Gucci water. It didn’t matter that we were not Marines because we got our supplies from them. So, we had to get out water from the fire hydrants and store it in water buffalos where it was heavily chlorinated. Once a week we would take turns going to the port of Al Jubail to get supplies and you could sometimes get a hot meal there.
Back to Thanksgiving. It was the first real hot meal we had had in about three months. It was one of the best spaghetti dinners I have ever eaten. I take that back – it’s one of the best meals I have ever had, period. It was a simple spaghetti meal with bread and bug juice (a Kool-Aid like drink), but I genuinely feel that the MS1 put all his heart into it. There was no apple pie, no football, no family — nothing you would think of as Thanksgiving. We were living in tents, abandoned buildings, and also Mil-van’s in about 110F heat. Over my 26 years in the military, Thanksgiving would genuinely get a hell of a lot better. Some of the ones I had while I was in Iraq, had just about anything you could want — from steak, lobster, turkey and ice cream. But still one of my favorite Thanksgivings of all time was in that tent during the first Gulf War/Operation Desert Shield/ Storm. Thanks to all support people who try every day to make places like Iraq, Afghanistan and other holes you might end up in, just a little bit better with food and other contributions that make being far away a little closer to home.
