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September 27th, 2019Tac Shield Introduces The TQ Med MOLLE Pouch
September 26th, 2019Pinehurst, NC -TAC SHIELD® is introducing the new “TQ Med Molle Pouch”, a small quick access pouch designed to hold a tourniquet, trauma shears, gloves and more.
Made from rugged 1000D Cordura®, this low profile, life-saving equipment pouch is carefully designed to carry critical trauma supplies for emergency situations in the field or on the range. The TQ Med Molle Pouch allows quick access to all emergency tools through both an outside pocket for trauma shears and a quick access pull handle to the inside where a tourniquet, gloves, pharyngeal tubes or other medical supplies can be securely held using a heavy duty elastic strap and pocket. The TQ Med Molle Pouch is designed to keep supplies organized and accessible without the bulkiness of some traditional medical pouches. The front of the pouch is clearly marked with a red cross and TQ, ensuring fellow warfighters can clearly identify the contents of this emergency pouch without opening it for fast life-saving response. Available in black or coyote. Recommended Retail $29.99.
For more information on TAC SHIELD products, check out your leading Sporting Goods, Tactical, or Military Retailer or find them at www.tacshield.com.
New All-In-One Miniature Torque Driver From Fix It Sticks
September 26th, 2019
Chicago, IL- Fix It Sticks, the industry innovator of modular firearms maintenance tools and torque limiters has introduced the All-In-One torque driver. Available in a complete kit or individually, the All-In-One provides six torque values most commonly used by expert and professional shooters into one compact driver.
Using the All-In-One is quick and easy because there are no settings to adjust or hassle with before use. Simply install any ¼” bit or socket as needed and tighten the fastener until the proper torque is achieved. A precise, graduated torque scale is laser etched on the side to indicate the torque value as it is applied. The settings marked on the side are 15in/lb, 25in/lb, 35in/lb, 45in/lb, 55in/lb and 65in/lb. The All-In-One can also be used to apply torque in between the specified settings by watching the in/lb indicator as torque is being applied.
The new All-In-One Torque Driver kit comes with the Fix It Sticks T-handle wrench. This wrench works with any ¼” hex bit and is designed for portability or for using either as a standard T-handle, or bits can be inserted into the opposing T-handle ends for more torque. Included with the kit are a ½” socket and fifteen ¼” hex bits commonly used for scope mounts, actions screws and other firearm accessories. The entire kit is contained in a zippered soft carrying case with a molded bit holder designed to securely organize any bit or accessory with a standard 1/4″ base, including Fix It Sticks Torque Limiters. The All-In-One Torque Driver works with any ¼” hex drive or hex bit.
Perfect for use at the range or in the field, the complete All-In-One Torque Driver kit has an MSRP of $112.00 and the individual All-In-One Torque Driver has an MSRP of $60.00. Both are now available.
For more information visit: store.fixitsticks.com/collections/all-shooting/products/multi-torque-driver-kit
New Tanker Coveralls for Dutch Army
September 26th, 2019
The Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army (Commandant Landstrijdkrachten) recently visited Dutch Armor troops stationed in Bergen-Hohne who developed the new Tanker Coveralls with their German Army counterparts. They feature the new Netherlands Fractal Pattern camouflage.
Army Researchers Look for New Signs of TBIs in Soldiers
September 26th, 2019FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Researchers from the Phelps Health Medical Center in Rolla, Missouri, performed clinical testing on 35 Soldiers in the Urban Mobility Breacher Course at Fort Leonard Wood last week to determine if there are repeatedly present biological signs after traumatic brain injury, or TBI.
Officials said Soldiers in the UMBC were chosen as subjects due to their training, which requires them to endure concussive blasts, using light and heavy explosives to force entrance into otherwise inaccessible structures.
Medical personnel are searching for these signs, named biomarkers, through blood samples, urinalysis, and a new portable, cell-phone sized form of electroencephalogram, or EEG, called “BrainScope.”
Rosanne Naunheim, a Neurologist at Washington University in St. Louis ran BrainScope on Soldiers before and after their participation in the course this week.
“[The device] can diagnose if there’s most likely been previous concussive brain injury,” said Donald James, senior vice president of research and government affairs at Phelps Health.
“Before [Soldiers] have blast exposure with larger blasts, we’re doing EEGs and drawing blood work,” he said. He confirmed the researchers would return after the training to test for biomarker indication of TBI.
According to Naunheim, BrainScope determines likelihood of previous TBI by measuring the speed at which an electrical signal travels from the brain to the electrodes in the device and back to the brain, and then comparing subjects’ results against normal scores for their age range.
“We’re noticing a lot of people start with fairly low scores here (at the fort), because they may have had blast injuries in the past,” Naunheim said.
On a scale of 0 to 100, with 50 being normal, “We’re seeing quite a few people that have scores 0 to 10 even, which is quite low.”
Matthew Doellman, who spent 13 years in the Army, saw combat as a trauma nurse in the Middle East, and worked at General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital, now serves as director of the Phelps Health program leading the research being done on base.
He said based on his experiences, the new EEG device is “without a doubt” critical to preserving the fighting capability of the force.
“When I was deployed to Afghanistan in 2011, we didn’t have a CAT scan machine,” which, he said, can be too large, expensive and slow to provide results in a forward operating environment.
Phelps Health officials agreed on the field application of the new device.
“This can be done in the field,” James said. “This technology could be right there in the medic station at the Forward Operating Base in any battle center.”
“The reason why that’s important is because a lot of times when you’re in Iraq, Afghanistan and other theatres of operation, as a unit commander you’re trying to make these determinations; ‘Do I need to send my medevac pilots out in this bad weather because this Soldier, we think he needs help,'” Doellman added.
Testing for TBI indicators through urinalysis began five years ago, after doctors discovered that multiple types of cancer could be diagnosed through biomarkers present in urine, according to James.
“I think we’re in the infancy of major breakthrough in, one, diagnosis of traumatic brain injury; and two, then coming up with innovative treatments that mitigate permanent (brain) damage,” he said, referring to this research as unprecedented.
Researchers said that if they found repeated presence of TBI biomarkers in the blood and urine, combined with results from the portable EEG, Soldiers and their commanders could see mitigation of permanent brain damage.
“[With] the research we’re doing today, hopefully the Soldier of the future will have less problems with TBI, and then they’ll live longer lives without any kind of detriment because of a blast or some kind of concussive event,” Doellman said.
The research conducted at Fort Leonard Wood is part of an Army Surgeon General-signed cooperative effort among researchers from Phelps Health Medical Center and four universities: Missouri University of Science and Technology, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Missouri at Columbia and University of Missouri at Kansas City.
By Sam Campbell, Leonard Wood
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September 26th, 2019Project Black – Tactical Respirator
September 26th, 2019The Tactical Respirator is designed to protect from respiratory lead exposure in training environments. It will also protect from dust and particulates while breaching or in other dusty environments.
It uses replaceable electrostatic filters which are 98.6% effective and block airborne contaminates down to 0.1 microns. The seal is medical grade silicone.
It can be worn with eyepro and NVGs thanks to downward facing exhaust valves to prevent fogging.
The Tactical Respirator is available from Millbrook Tactical.
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September 26th, 2019KCRF-Greetings from the Pohlforce Rambo 5 Event
Hey SSD!
Dietmar Pohl, founder and CEO of Pohlforce, made his hobby to a profession. Aged 16, he was able to get one of the original movie knives used in Rambo 1. he then became a knifemaker and designer of various knives before starting Pohlforce. Now, 36 years later he designed the knives for Rambo Last Blood. The original knives used at the set were shown at the event. I have had the honor to join it today!
Best regards, JP
