Available for pre-order in light and dark models, sizes 5 – 11.
For The Ladies – Combat Flip Flops Bombshell Ready for Pre-Order
July 16th, 2012Grey Ghost Gear Pack Giveaway
July 16th, 2012
Let’s face it, the Lightweight Operator Packs from Grey Ghost Gear look great. My kids wore them to last week’s Warrior Expo Week and they spent most of their visit explaining where they got them. Somehow that turned into a rumor that someone was giving them away. Well now they are.
Grey Ghost Gear has had a lot of success with their PenCott pattern packs but they want to know if they should keep making them, or if they should try out a different camouflage, or better yet, both. Grey Ghost wants to know what you think, but they want to hear your opinion on their Facebook page. They value your opinion so much that they are willing to give away a pack a day for three days running. This means that today, they will give away a Badlands, tomorrow a Sandstorm and on Wednesday a Greenzone pack.
To enter, visit www.facebook.com/pages/Grey-Ghost-Gear and Like them. And then tell them that Soldier Systems Daily sent you and which camo patterns they should make packs in.
They will randomly draw a winner from those posts each evening. You don’t have to reenter each day, once is enough, but you can only win once. Void where prohibited.
Branding In Your Camo?
July 16th, 2012How do you guys feel about this trend of including branding in camouflage patterns? Two immediate military examples come to mind; the EGA (Eagle, Globe, and Anchor) in MARPAT and the ACE (Anchor, Constitution, and Eagle) in the Navy’s NWU (Navy Working Uniform) patterns.
On the commercial side we’ve seen Kryptek embed their helmet logo and the Honor Camo for the upcoming video game title Medal of Honor Warfighter includes a couple of brand embellishments as well.
So, what do you think? Good idea or bad?
How to Read Combloc Ammo Cans
July 16th, 2012I found this video interesting. Perhaps readers can throw their two cents in as well.
Looks Like Invictus Has Been Running TYR Tactical Kit
July 16th, 2012
Checking out the Invictus blog this weekend, we noticed that their latest entry is a photo essay on the TYR Tactical products they have been using.
Stanley McChrystal on Leadership with Bob Schieffer at the Aspen Ideas Festival
July 15th, 2012The Pope aka GEN (R) Stanley McChrystal, USA talks leadership with Bob Schieffer at the Aspen Ideas Festival. The video is well worth your time.
www.aspenideas.org/session/stanley-mcchrystal-leadership
‘Moar’ – The Polar Opposite of Performance?
July 15th, 2012I’ve been pretty open about my preference for performance. I’ve also referred to it as quality. Tactical Yellow Visor recently published an article on the phenomenon he calls ‘moar.’ It’s kind of th opposite end of Performance.
The Author of that story is a bit more in tune with the gun culture than I am, and I find the similarities, and differences fascinating. But the Moar concept goes one step further. The Author says that the market ends up distracting the true user community with crap. And, he may be on to something.
Interestingly, his readership is focused on SureFire lights while mine is currently going apeshit over Arc’teryx, yet the issues are the same regardless of commodity. When I wrote, I was thinking far beyond clothing to all items such as lights, armor, hand wear, eye pro, etc. Yet, interestingly many fixated on a single brand in a single commodity.
It’s funny to me that mil guys don’t complain about SureFire yet they may go on and on about Arc’teryx. Why do ou think that is? Well, I’d hazard a guess that it’s because they’re issued SureFire lights. Everybody gets nice flashlights. Everybody gets pretty nice duds too, but folks love complaining about that which they do not have.
So is there something to this concept of Moar? I think it may be as much a function of business as demand. There are still new businesses entering the market, even as the defense budget shrinks. I think some folks missed the boat. What remains to be seen is if the retail market will pick up the slack.
So, Moar, what do you think?
Emdom-MM 308 Immediate Access Pouch
July 15th, 2012
The 308 IAP is a MOLLE compatible, low profile, truly open-top magazine pouch designed for most .308 rifle magazines. The 308 IAP offers multi-level mounting (high, medium, low) on a belt / MOLLE platform. The 308 IAP fits FN FAL, M14 / M1A, Magpul PMAG 20LR, SCAR 17 (heavy), KAC SR-25 and other similar magazines. Note – It will not fit HK91 magazines.
I think open tops are great, so long as they provide for retention. With the IAP series of pouches, EMDOM offers tripe redundancy.
1) There is a 1.5” wide elastic sewn around the outside of the 308 IAP, providing the main elastic retention.
2) The inner surface of the back panel is lined with Hypalon (rubber coated material) which provides frictional retention between the magazine and the back panel.
3) A thin layer of foam is sandwiched inside the back panel. When the magazine is inserted, the foam is compressed, and pushes back on the magazine, providing additional frictional retention.
Available in Black, Coyote, MultiCam and Sewer Green.
Buy yours from EMDOM.
