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TacJobs – Military and Law Enforcement Programs Sales Manager at Lancer Advanced Weapons and Components

October 4th, 2021

JOB SUMMARY:

Primary role is to act as the Military and Law Enforcement Programs Sales Manager for Lancer Advanced Weapons and Components. This position is responsible for the development and execution of all military, government agency and law enforcement sales programs.

Provides support to senior management in the development and launch of new products, compiles customer feedback, market data and delivers assessment of competitive and market intelligence.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identifies new business opportunities in military and law enforcement markets.

• Assists in the development of new products designed to meet military and law enforcement requirements.

• Maintains and develops relationships with key contacts across all relevant agencies.

• Builds and develops market intelligence on evolving domestic and international defense and law enforcement programs and product requirements.

• Assists in developing and leveraging key U.S. Government relationships and resources to advance and grow military and law enforcement business.

• Possesses and develops experience with individual and crew served weapon systems deployed worldwide. • Researches the market segment, using compiled information to develop a strategic marketing plan.

• Coordinates with internal groups to develop/execute program components in regard to sales and marketing. • Provides support to senior management in negotiations, contract development, due diligence, and other development or alliance development projects.

• Promotes Lancer in industry trade associations, military, law enforcement and other government agencies.

• Develops and maintains contact with customers as part of “after sales” customer care.

• Conducts sales training seminars, live fire demonstrations, and attends various trade related shows and events.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from four-year college

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in business development within the defense industry.

• Familiarity with defense sales and selling to defense markets is essential.

• Prior military experience is desirable.

• Strong technical and interpersonal skills

• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills

• Able and willing to travel up to 70% of the time

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $100k, plus uncapped commission

Benefits include health/vision/dental, 401k, Profit Sharing, paid Life Insurance, paid vacation. Interested candidates can apply by submitting resume to scugini@lancer-systems.com

For more information on Lancer, visit www.lancer-systems.com.

Lancer Systems provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. For more information regarding Lancer Systems, visit our website www.lancer-systems.com.

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Premier Body Armor Announces Multicam Black Backpack Inserts

October 4th, 2021

GASTONIA, N.C. – September 30, 2021– Premier Body Armor, a leader in body armor systems to defend against handgun, shotgun, and high-powered rifle threats, is proud to announce the availability of select Level IIIA Backpack Inserts in Multicam Black™.

“Premier Body Armor’s backpack inserts are custom made for an exacting fit in many backpack designs and offer easy-to-use protection and portable convenience that allows armor to go with you everywhere—no excuses—even onto planes,” said Jason Mammano, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Premier Body Armor. “The ultimate accessory for your MCB Vertx bag is now available from Premier Body Armor in MCB to match and complete the package.”

These armor inserts are ideal for EDC. The Level IIIA inserts are tested against common handgun rounds such as 9mm, .40, .45, and .44 magnum and Special Threat Tested against 12 Gauge buckshot and slugs, Liberty Civil Defense 9mm, and FN 5.7×28. Inserts are also stab and slash resistant.

Premier Body Armor inserts are specifically designed for functionality and dependability. The .22”, lightweight and soft panel will provide years of service and safety. They are tested to meet the NIJ ballistic standards for Level IIIA and are constructed of USA made Kevlar® and feature a 500 Denier CORDURA® outer shell. Color options for most inserts include Black, FDE, Multicam™, and now Multicam Black.

Learn more about Premier Body Armor and their complete line of armor at premierbodyarmor.com.

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A New Era in Combatant Craft Has Arrived

October 4th, 2021

(Washington, D.C.) – The Whiskey Project, an Australian Veteran-owned company known for defense watercraft innovation, is proud to globally reveal a new era in combatant watercraft – the WHISKEY Multi Mission Reconnaissance Craft (WHISKEY MMRC).

WHISKEY MMRC redefines combatant craft, integrating a high-performance hull, a fully modular design for multiple mission configurations, and a technology suite of game-changing, advanced systems and sensors. The purpose-built features provide unprecedented end-user safety, multi- mission adaptability, interoperability, mobility, survivability, and lethality across contemporary maritime environments such as the Indo-Pacific region. “Every detail of the WHISKEY MMRC was purpose built and designed for end-user safety and mission success,” said Darren Schuback, Co-Founder and Managing Director of The Whiskey Project, an Australian high-performance watercraft company. “We are providing end-users with an advanced hull technology that significantly enhances human performance, safety, and the ability to integrate modular features and host advanced systems and sensors, so the warfighter can control the advantage in the operational maritime environment.”

Designed by warfighters for warfighters, WHISKEY MMRC is doctrinally developed to provide maneuver from the sea to support reconnaissance and counter reconnaissance, surveillance, collections, target acquisition, interdiction and battlespace shaping operations. The foundation of the WHISKEY MMRC – its high-performance hull – underpins the watercraft’s ability to undertake these diverse mission sets while reducing slam loading to personnel by up to 40%. The reduction in slam load increases safety and stability during intense maneuvering, while enhancing fuel efficiency, payload, and workable deck space with a significantly increased size to effect ratio.

Coupled with WHISKEY MMRC performance is the WHISKEY HORIZON STRIKETM technology suite, a game-changing low signature Sense First, See First, Strike First solution that combines advanced maritime systems, sensors and effectors with proven in-service tactical networks and situational awareness tools. Developed by Aries Defense in partnership with The Whiskey Project, WHISKEY HORIZON STRIKE is fundamentally integrated into the WHISKEY MMRC design, facilitating enhanced operational awareness, command and control, and coordination of multi-domain effects to provide Commanders with decision dominance.

“The doctrine drove the design”, said Darren Schuback, “and the Whiskey Multi Mission Recon Craft will transform how combatant craft and crew operate, providing an unparalleled level of joint capability, operational agility, affordability and availability.”

“I’ve been in the fight, and this is the combatant craft that we’ve needed,” said Josh Iversen, a U.S. Marine combat veteran, and Business Development Manager at The Whiskey Project. “Our end- users deserve to turn up at the fight fit and ready, not suffering from watercraft-related fatigue and injuries. They need a combatant craft that gives them an immediate advantage, greater survivability, and lethality. WHISKEY MMRC is the only watercraft in the world that is purpose built to meet the operational maritime challenges we face today,” continued Iversen.

Named after the military call sign ‘Whiskey’ for Australian Special Forces water operators, The Whiskey Project is a veteran-owned company whose founders – former Australian Navy Special Operations Clearance Divers – set out to create “the watercraft we wish we’d had.” The Whiskey Project is a subsidiary of The Whiskey Project Group, a trusted supplier to the Australian Defence Force. “We know from experience how critical it is for the operation and the end-user to have the capabilities they need when they need them,” said Schuback. “The Whiskey Project watercraft are designed and built specifically for Warfighter and mission needs.”

www.thewhiskeyproject.com.au/who-are-whiskey

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You Never Know Where They’ll Show Up

October 4th, 2021

Now that folks are getting out and about again we’re starting to receive some new photos.

This one was sent in by my friend Herr Dr JP Weisswange, who says…

KCRF-Greetings from Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany. Former Mauser Werke. The orange building in the background is the „Schwedenbau“.

Horrido! JP

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CRO Medical – Pelvic Binder Gen 2

October 3rd, 2021

CRO Medical announces the launch of the Pelvic Binder Gen 2. Designed to easily reduce and stabilize open-book pelvic fractures using their patented tightening system. The CRO pelvic binder packs flat and is designed to fit 95% of the population using the Standard size.

BOA ratcheting dial has proven reliability and testing to easily achieve at least 33lbs (150N) of circumferential force.

Product Features:
• BOA Fit M4 Ratcheting Dial System
• Velcro retention for Pressure Delivery Device
• Approximately half the size in cubic inches of other binders
• Lightweight 4″ double-back wrap
• Flat pack for optimal storage
• Easy one-hand tightening
• Low-light, no-light features

Standard Size: 30-45″ Hips

The CoTCCC update, released on 31JAN2017 indicates pelvic binding under “Circulation” for bleeding control, due to common high-energy battlefield MOI’s associated with significant morbidity and mortality due to associated vascular injuries. 26% of service members that died in OEF/OIF died with a pelvic fracture.

MSRP: $135

www.cromedicalgear.com/products/pelvicbinder

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SCUBAPRO Sunday – APNEA Snorkel

October 3rd, 2021

There are two schools of thought when it comes to carrying a snorkel when you dive in the civilian world, and I guess in the military world also. It is to carry or not carry a snorkel. You are taught to have one to save air when you are close to the surface for whatever reason so you can use it and not the air in your tank. When I first started diving in the teams, you had to have a snorkel on us. We would get issues a cheap old school “J” type one with the big orange stickers on it you had to peel off and then you would have to cut a couple of inches off of it and keep with you in case you had to work around piers or whatever so you could save O2. Well, I never used it and stopped carrying it as soon as I could. But that doesn’t mean I would have never used it or could have; I choose not to have it.

Like everything else in the world, technology is growing faster and faster. Once a problem is fixed, companies move onto the next one. So, the issues associated with the old “J” snorkel have been fixed; that is not to say that companies still do not make them have them; they are still around. But now there are all kinds of snorkels out there. There are several different types of snorkels Classic (J type), Simi-dry, Dry, and Flexible, to name a few.

So why carry a snorkel? A snorkel helps on the surface when you are in rough water. You can keep your head in the water and not drink as much seawater when you are just floating waiting to be extracted. It is also useful when you are in the water waiting for a helo pick up, and you are under its rotor wash, or when you are doing a K-duck or a swamp duck. It is also helpful to have when you jumped into the water, and you have to undo some of your parachute lines that might be tanged in your fins or whatever. It makes it easier to breath on the surface without lifting your head out of the water if you have to swim to a boat or shore for some reason.

Diving in the military is different than as a civilian as you would never leave your snorkel hanging on your mask during a dive. This is why we would cut it down a little so that we could tuck it away or you would hang it off the bottom of your LAR V with heavy rubber bands. But with today’s technology, most companies have one that you can roll-up. For SCUBAPRO, it is the Apnea Snorkel, it was launched in 2015 for Apnea divers and won the SCUBALAB’s 2015 best buy.

The SCUBAPRO Apnea Snorkel is a foldable/ rollable freediving snorkel design. Made from a soft and flexible non-toxic silicone, SCUBAPRO Apnea Snorkel easily attaches to your mask strap when being used. When not needed, it can be rolled up and stowed away in a pocket. When it’s time to do some more stuff on the surface, it pops right back into shape. The Apnea’s upper barrel can be removed if you prefer to use a shorter pipe. Without question, this is an easy-to-use and very versatile surface breather. Functional yet straightforward traditional “J” Snorkel design. No valves that can leak. It was designed specifically for spearfishing and free diving. The contoured shape of the silicone mouthpiece and the air tube has been ergonomically designed to follow the profile of the spear fisherman’s face to reduce its visibility significantly during the dive. This flexibility is also advantageous when around piers or rocks and rolling it up for storage.

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The Battle of Mogadishu

October 3rd, 2021

Everyday marks an anniversary of a significant event in American military history, but today stands out among them.

On this date in 1993, US service members were engaged in what is now known as the Battle of Mogadishu. A joint organization was formed named ” TF Ranger” to deploy to Mogadishu, Somalia in support of a UN-led humanitarian mission. Already having conducted operations for some time, on 3 October they raided the city’s Olympic Hotel in order to capture key leaders of the Aidid Militia.

Unfortunately, during the exfil portion of the raid, a battle ensued which claimed the lives of 18 Americans and wounded another 73. Additionally, CW3 Michael Durant was captured by the Aideed militia. Fortunately, Durant was later repatriated and went on to retire from the 160th.

Of the men killed that day, two would be awarded the Medal of Honor, Delta Operators Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart, for their selfless efforts to protect Durant after his aircraft, callsign Super 64, was shot down.

Recently, the US Army reevaluated the awards presented to the participants of that battle and amongst the Ranger element, upgraded 60 veteran’s awards including 58 Silver Stars and two Distinguished Flying Crosses. The order of battle included other organizations and their Soldiers will soon receive similar upgrades.

If you are unfamiliar with the events, one of the best accounts of the battle is contained in the book, “Blackhawk Down” by author Mark Bowden. Much of the information was serialized prior to the book’s publication in the Philadelphia Enquirer. Later this was made into a movie bearing the same name.

Please take a moment to remember these men and their sacrifice.

Additionally, the 75th Ranger Regiment was created on this day in 1984, with the stand up of its 3rd Battalion. Almost four decades later, the Ranger Regiment boasts boasts five battalions of some of the most elite warriors on the face of our planet.