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OLAES Hemostatic Bandage from Tactical Medical Solutions

April 6th, 2021

The OLAES® Hemostatic Bandage combines the globally recognized OLAES® Modular Bandage with battle-tested HemCon® ChitoGauze®PRO, creating the most comprehensive trauma bandage for multiple injury profiles.

One of few CoTCCC recommended hemostatic dressings, ChitoGauze®PRO is X-Ray detectable and the included gauze is located inside the bandage’s wound pad for rapid access at the point of injury.

Having both a pressure bandage and hemostatic gauze in a single package streamlines your treatment process and saves space in your kit for additional medical items.

Features:

1 Stocked with 3”x12’ of ChitoGauze® PRO hemostatic gauze, ideal for a variety of applications and wound surfaces.

2 TRUE PRESSURE CUP Generates focused pressure on the wound site to assist occluding damaged vessels. It can also serve as a rigid eye shield for ocular injuries per CoTCCC guidelines.

3 WOUND PAD Covers the injury site to assist with sustained bleeding control and keep the wound clear of debris. Its non-adherent compartment keeps gauze tucked neatly inside for rapid access during application.

4 VELCRO® CONTROL STRIPS Built into the elastic wrap to prevent accidental unrolling during application.

5 ELASTIC WRAP Secures the gauze and wound pad to the injury site and assists in maintaining consistent applied pressure.

6 SECURING CLIP Locks the bandage into place to free up the user’s hands to treat other injuries or casualties.

7 EASY-TEAR POINTS Intuitive, rapid access to the sterile bandage is achieved through multiple tear points indicated by red arrows at each package corner.

The OLAES Hemostatic Bandage is available at tacmedsolutions.com/OLAES-Hemostatic-Bandage.

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Pre-Order – TRC Outdoors Cierzo Suit

April 6th, 2021

TRC Outdoors is please to announce Pre-Sales of our new Cierzo Suit.

Originally manufactured as an Urgent Operational Requirement for a UKSF Unit, the Cierzo Suit is now a core product.

Adding to our already popular Cierzo Shirt is a pair of Cierzo Trousers and a matching Dry Bag.

Check out Outdoors Basics and Prepared Pathfinder for reviews.

Cierzo Suits have a nerdily interesting history. Are you sitting comfortably? The first mention of them we have found was as garments made by SAS Troopers from their parachutes after they had dropped into France prior to D-Day.

They were a UKSF, Royal Marine Mountain & Arctic Cadre, and Airborne Forces staple all throughout the BCE (Before Crye Existed) era, falling out of fashion during the GWOT. We resurrected them and bought them up to date with modern fabric, a few design tweaks and modern construction techniques.

The garment is meant to be used as a windproof outer layer or as an intermediate layer. They can even be worn under a damp outer layer while it dries out. Cierzo Suits punch well above their weight in terms of the warmth they offer, especially in windy conditions and mountainous terrain.

Ideal for hasty halts, OPs, as a tent suit, wet/dry drills in the jungle, glassing for game, sitting in tree stands, or as a lightweight and rapidly deployable camo garment in your BOB.

Our Cierzo Suits are manufactured in the UK by the company responsible for procuring silk for parachutes during WW2, which is a rather neat connection we think!

Cierzo Suits come in two fittings; regular and long (for cave trolls over 6’).

Discounted Price Now – Despatched on 3rd May 21.

trcoutdoors.com/product/cierzo-suit

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ACC to Align Fighter Squadron Operations, Maintenance

April 6th, 2021

Editor’s Comment: One day, the Air Force will acknowledge that it’s actually just a big logistics organization and put logisticians in charge. Like it or not, the aircrew are the service’s “delivery drivers” ensuring that the right thing gets to the right place at the right time. That’s just part of the equation. Making sure the means of delivery and the “thing” to be delivered are ready for that in time delivery takes a lot of work and aircrew aren’t involved at all.

Sorties are generated by maintenance. This realignment and renaming of MX happens every few years based in the whims of ever-changing Ops leadership. It’s all been tried before, over and over. It never really changes anything except causing turmoil for MX leaders. Wrenches still get turned and sorties generated.

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. (AFNS) —

Air Combat Command is changing the aircraft maintenance organizational structure to improve synchronization between maintenance and fighter squadrons.

This new structure, called Combat Oriented Maintenance Organization, or COMO, flattens the maintenance organizational structure and transitions aircraft maintenance units into fighter generation squadrons.

The fighter generation squadron is a new squadron comprised of maintainers responsible for airpower health and generation. The fighter generation squadron will be paired with a complementary fighter squadron and the two units will work collaboratively both in garrison and during deployments.

“We’ve already seen success with this new organizational model at Shaw Air Force Base (South Carolina),” said Maj. Gen. Mark Slocum, ACC director of air and space operations. “The benefit of this new organizational construct is it enhances the fighter force’s agility and better prepares them for a future dynamic force employment in a high-end fight.”

Pairing fighter squadrons with a dedicated fighter generation squadron will foster unity of effort between maintenance and operations as well as provide a better view of readiness.

For the last few years, ACC has been on a wing reorganization experimentation journey and allowed commanders to experiment with various types of wing organizational constructs in order to build more agile and cohesive units.

“After gathering what we’ve learned from this season of experimentation, we are now moving forward into a season of standardization,” said Maj. Gen. Tom Miller, ACC director of logistics, engineering and force protection. “The COMO structure allows fighter wings to prepare for rapid deployments and to disaggregate and reaggregate as needed by the CFACC.”

This pairing of the fighter and a fighter generation squadron is just the first phase of a broader force presentation model ACC is building to better organize, train and equip combat air forces. Phase two will focus on evaluation of air base squadrons that can rapidly deploy and provide base operating support. Phase three examines wing command and control capabilities.

The 20 FW at Shaw AFB and 388 FW at Hill AFB, Utah are the first wings to transition to the COMO model, with the remaining ACC fighter wings transitioning by the summer of 2022.

By Headquarters Air Combat Command

Photos by SSgt Destinee Sweeney

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Griffin Armament Announces The GP-N 5.56mm A2 Attachable Suppressor

April 5th, 2021

Griffin’s GP-N™ (General Purpose, Nato) suppressor is a robust, dedicated 5.56mm suppressor which provides secure fitment to common A2 compensator. The A2 compensator is a familiar muzzle device to nearly all AR15 rifle owners. This simple, inexpensive, yet effective compensator has served the military for decades. The Griffin GP-N™ was designed to bring modern suppressor technology to the A2 mountable class of silencers which became commercially popular decades ago with the Gemtech® Halo.

Fully billet machined from 17-4 stainless steel, the GP-N™ offers users with an extremely durable welded general-purpose suppressor. Full H900 heat treatment further increases strength and service life to the product. The mounting collar is QPQ nitrided and the suppressor is spray coated in Cerakote® to provide a smooth, heat resistant, and desirable finish.

Cutting edge materials and composition aren’t the only upgrades to this suppressor. Griffin’s ECO-FLO™ baffles provide substantial blow-back reduction on semi-automatic systems while balancing sound pressure levels at the shooters’ ear and the muzzle to optimize sound performance.

“There are hundreds of thousands of firearms globally that use the A2 compensator. This is a highly fielded, low-cost muzzle device that has served free world military units for decades. This silencer brings modern materials, construction, performance, and durability to this simple, robust attachment system. The objective of this product was to offer a modern suppressor that could provide a direct fitment to those firearms. ”
– Austin Green,
Owner & Lead Engineer

Attachment to the host firearm is simple, quick, and secure. Included wrenches and interfacing geometry ensure rock solid mounting security that you can trust. The GP-N’s premium material composition, ECO-FLO™ baffles, and 16oz mass ensures that full auto fire is well within its performance limitations.

The Griffin GP-N™ is a modern A2 flash hider compatible suppressor, inspired by a legend, and built on years of dedicated research and development.

Key Points:
• $745.00 MSRP
• A2 Collar Mount machined into tube body for ultimate strength and precision
• ½” shim set included
• Wrenches included
• Full 17-4 H900 Heat treated stainless steel
• ECO-FLO™ baffle system provides market leading suppression
• Cerakote Finish resists heat and abrasion
• Fits most 22mm NATO A1/A2 flash hider & Griffin’s Gate-LOK Hammer Comp

Specs:
• 1.5” diameter – 6.5”length
• 16oz weight including mount collar and shims
• Rated for all .22 caliber cartridges
• Full Auto Rated for 5.56mm down to 7.5”

To find out more about Griffin Armament’s entire product line, please visit their website at www.GriffinArmament.com.

Gemtech® is a federally registered trademark of Smith & Wesson Inc. Corporation and is one of many trademarks owned by Smith & Wesson Inc. Corporation. Griffin Armament is an independent manufacturer of parts and accessories and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Gemtech® or Smith & Wesson Inc. Corporation.

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SIG SAUER Academy to Host Mastering the Shotgun Courses with Lena and Jerry Miculek Added to Summer Schedule

April 5th, 2021

NEWINGTON, N.H., (April 2, 2021) – SIG SAUER Academy, the leading provider of the highest quality firearms instruction and tactical training in the world, is pleased to announce the addition of Shotgunning with the Pros with Jerry and Lena Miculek to the 2021 course schedule.

“Back by popular demand, we are excited to announce the addition of two course dates to the summer course schedule for exclusive shotgun classes with the dynamic father/daughter duo, Jerry and Lena Miculek,” said Tom Taylor, Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, Commercial Sales. “Jerry, considered the greatest shooter of all time, and his daughter Team SIG’s Lena Miculek, the top female 3-gun competitor in the world, makes this course a true one-of-a-kind training and shooting experience that you can only find at the SIG SAUER Academy.”

Shotgunning with the Pros with Jerry and Lena Miculek provides students training beginning with shotgun fundamentals, handling skills, and competition shotgun shooting. The two-day course is taught by Jerry and Lena Miculek using the Mossberg 940 JM Pro, a feature-rich and fast-cycling competitive shotgun designed in conjunction with Jerry Miculek.

Two session dates are now available for Shotgunning with the Pros with Jerry and Lena Miculek at the SIG SAUER Academy in Epping, New Hampshire. They are as follows:

Session 1: July 12-13
Session 2: July 15-16

To register and review the course outline, or review the comprehensive course offering for SIG SAUER Academy visit sigsaueracademy.com.

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Beez Combat Systems – CD Pack Buckles

April 5th, 2021

The CD PACK, or can’t decide pack, offers the wearer the choice between a field repair / replaceable buckle setup or a field repair / replaceable G hook setup. The CD PACK offered by Beez Combat Systems is especially useful if the wearer wants to swap between a buckle or G Hook mounting system.

The two field repair / replaceable G hooks allow the wearer the ability to interchange their setups utilizing plate carriers or placards with a non adjustable webbing system.

The Beez Combat Systems CD PACK was designed to work with placards and chest rigs with fixed loop buckle attachment systems. The CD PACK is available in both black and tan color options and is available as a set.