Gray Fox Strategic has begun to incorporate Tegris into their designs. They’ve developed a new belt mounting plate that the user can adjust for cant. Additionally, they are using it as a flexible connector between their IWB holster and mag carrier combo.
Gray Fox Strategic products are available for unit and agency orders within Canada from Rampart International.
Sized 9.5″ x 14″ this panel maintains its shape yet is flexible enough to insert into bags. It is PALS compatible and accepts bungees in order to set up your gear for easy access, whether in a bag or mounted on the back of a vehicle seat or on a wall.
Vertx products are available for unit and agency orders within Canada from Rampart International.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Tactical Respirator 2 had just hit the market and was wuickly sold out. Since then, the company has transitioned to Ventus Tactical and the supply chain has been improved.
It offers protection for your respiratory tract from Aerosolized lead, mold and fungus, as well as environmental pollution. Additionally, they now have comms and helmet strap kits as well as replacement filters.
Ventus Tactical products are available for unit and agency orders within Canada from Rampart International.
Colt Canada provides the C20 Intermediate Sniper Weapon (seen below) to the Canadian forces. This 7.62 NATO rifle features a lower receiver based on the Colt 901 platform and an upper featuring Colt Canada’s M-Lok compatible, monolithic design. Now, it’s joined by a Patrol Carbine variant.
As a carbine it features a collapsible stock, 16″ barrel with 1 in 10 twist, and a weight of 8.14 lbs. The overall length is 36.9″ (stock extended) and 33.7″ (stock collapsed).
Colt products are available for unit and agency orders within Canada from Rampart International.
The MSR Distribution Purchasing/Supply Chain Manager is responsible for the sourcing and procurement of firearms, shooting accessories, reloading equipment, archery gear, gun safes, ammunition, and other sporting goods products. The Purchasing/Supply Chain Manager is the category leader as it relates to product assortment, pricing, and stock levels. The Purchasing/Supply Chain Manager balances meeting the needs of our Sales Teams while achieving financial results that further the success of our company overall. This role operates with considerable independence and judgment when completing projects and procurement.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
• Drive sales growth through listening to our Sales leadership, industry peers, and other sources to meet customer demand
• Maintain high in-stock rates, healthy turn rates and strong margins within our company
• Maintain a high level of product knowledge
• Structure & maintain product data in a way that supports a solid understanding of what’s happening to key metrics within the business
• Build strong product assortments with suppliers, negotiating improved programs related to all aspects of our vendor partnerships
• Attend trade shows and network with industry peers to keep ahead of market trends
• Understand and embrace our distribution strategy to realize significant cost savings
• Partner with management to achieve planned sales, margin and inventory turn targets
• Partner with shipping to realize freight savings & efficiency
• Partner with marketing to help drive effective promotions that drive sales
• Partner with management to deploy effective product training
• Partner with operations to gather feedback and take appropriate action
• Partner with finance in maintaining an accurate and efficient billing process
• Partner with eCommerce to ensure proper product assets are in place to support online sales
• Utilize both writing and verbal skills to clearly communicate issues to all levels
• Other responsibilities as called upon
Supervisory Areas of Responsibility (if applicable):
• Ensure future Purchasing Assistant(s) are equipped with appropriate and necessary training resources to further develop a high performing team
• Develop and deploy an effective inventory management plan for their family of business
Skill Set Requirements:
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required
• Education – Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting or equivalent is preferred
• Experience – a minimum of five years relatable experience and/or training
• A strong understanding of applicable terms and metrics including but not limited to: Sales, Margin, Sell Thru Percentage, Turn, Comp Analysis, Defective Rates, Fill Rates, Terms, Dating, etc
• A strong competency in Microsoft Office products, Excel, GP and SalesPad
• A strong competency in understanding and articulating the financial performance of the assigned category
• Candidates must reside within the Las Vegas, NV area or be willing to relocate
• Must possess a valid state motor vehicle operator license
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check and drug screening
Job Position Statistics:
• Financial results as it pertains to sales, margin, and inventory turn
• Attitude and actions aligned with supporting our company goals
• Actions and attitude aligned with our Mission, Values, and Principles
• Teamwork
• Positive and Can-do attitude
Physical Demands:
• Sitting for long periods of time
• Repetitive wrist movements on keyboard
• Close vision for PC work
• Bending, carrying, and pushing
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions
About MSR Distribution:
MSR Distribution, based in Las Vegas, is a specialist wholesale distributor that sells hard-to-find and highly sought-after products to licensed retailers and specific qualified entities.
Every year, countless dealers trust MSR Distribution to help them grow their businesses by providing great products with reliable margins. But to us, this is about more than just businesses. It’s about forging sustainable and mutually beneficial relationships with our customers. Our culture is rooted in mutual respect, honesty, integrity, determination, and diversity.
We cannot serve our diverse customer base unless we reflect it. That’s why MSR Distribution is absolutely committed to promoting diversity in our hiring, incorporating inclusivity in how we treat our customers and staff, and viewing the world from a multicultural perspective … a place where all our employees, vendors and customers are valued without any form of discrimination.
If you are ready to join our team, please contact us at hr@msrdistribution.com
Please include a cover letter and a complete resume with at least three contactable professional references.
Salary:
Solid base, negotiable based on experience + bonus potential and performance incentives
Over the last two months, the world witnessed an unprecedented event within the borders of Afghanistan. The only thing that matched the nature of the loss and destruction has been the positive effort of the veteran community stepping up to aid in evacuations and transit of interpreters, journalists, athletes, and activists.
Although the media seems to have already moved beyond the event, human beings are still trapped within the borders of Afghanistan. Veterans and private citizens are still working to move them to safety. Without support of the United States Government, organizations continue to raise money to assist in the transportation and resettlement of refugees–because the reality is that this freedom isn’t free. It takes money.
Combat Flip Flops enlisted the effort of renowned artists to donate art to auction to assist in these efforts. For a limited time, you can bid on limited edition art to raise money or resettlement efforts.
Launching the initiative is InvaderGirl and Matt Galbraith. For more information on the art available and incoming, please visit the link: www.combatflipflops.com/AAA
Essex Junction, Vermont (September 30, 2021) – Revision Military has been awarded a contract with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to supply Universal Prescription Lens Carriers (UPLC) over the next five years. The contract, issued by DLA Troop Support, has an estimated value of up to $37.5 million, began on September 17, 2021 and is for one three-year base period and two one-year option periods. Revision has been the incumbent supplier of the UPLC to DLA since 2013, when the U.S. Army moved to a single prescription carrier solution for all Rx-capable eyewear on the Authorized Protective Eyewear List (APEL). The customizable UPLC allows for an individual prescription to be filled into the carrier by an optometrist, and the carrier fits securely behind the standard lens of their ballistic eyewear.
Above: Revision Prescription Carrier Solution – Universal Prescription Lens Carrier (UPLC) – provides an easy solution for vision correction in ballistic military eyewear platforms on the U.S. Army Authorized Protective Eyewear List (APEL). Revision was selected for a follow-on 5-year contract to deliver UPLC to Defense Logistics Agency (DLA).
“Over the past 8 years, Revision has delivered thousands of UPLCs to DLA which have been issued widely across the U.S. military branches,” said Revision CEO Amy Coyne. “Revision recognizes the unique challenges for an end-user that requires vision correction and provides a universal vision correction solution that can be used across multiple styles and brands of protective eyewear without compromising end user protection.”
Above: Revision UPLC easily integrates into StingerHawk® Spectacles by clipping into the nosepiece. The UPLC securely offers vision correction while meeting all military ballistic standards.
Above: Revision UPLC is designed to offer vision correction in most of Revision spectacles and goggle systems, as well as most eyewear solutions on the U.S. Army Authorized Protective Eyewear List (APEL).
Revision’s Prescription Rx Carrier accommodates single vision prescriptions up to +/-11 and fits into the Revision Sawfly® and StingerHawk® Spectacles, and Desert Locust®, SnowHawk®, and Bullet Ant® Goggles. Its secure press-fit design ensures that it is properly positioned every time and its rugged and ergonomically designed frame provides wide field-of-view and durability. Revision’s Prescription Rx Carrier meets ANSI Z87.1-2010 and MIL-PRF-32432A ballistic impact requirements and is on the U.S. Army Authorized Protective Eyewear List (APEL).
Team Wendy Engineers Among Research Team Published in Military Medicine
CLEVELAND, OH (Sept. 30, 2021) – Engineers from Cleveland-based Team Wendy®, a leading global provider of exceptional head protection systems, led experiments for a study published earlier this month in Military Medicine that indicates a need to revise combat helmet specifications.
The paper, titled “Head Impact Modeling to Support a Rotational Combat Helmet Drop Test,” provides a scientific basis for combat helmet test requirements to include rotational impact tests in order to account for cellular injury thresholds. The additional data would improve the test’s conception of traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by severe head impacts.
Currently, military combat helmets are evaluated by linear acceleration thresholds, which originated from skull fracture prediction. The study examined predicted brain cell damage in both linear and rotational impact scenarios to assess how much brain tissue stretches, and how quickly, upon collision.
“Real life impacts are rarely limited to translational motion, where the head decelerates in a straight line,” said Ron Szalkowski, one of the paper’s authors and Team Wendy’s director of product development and research collaboration. “Continuing to evaluate linear impact is important, but without also analyzing how the helmet and head respond to rotations, we could be missing a key piece of the puzzle in our ability to accurately predict TBI.”
In its exploration of cellular injury levels, the team found that linear tests do not fully convey the tissue stresses and strains indicated in rotational tests. Using a detailed human head model from Sandia National Laboratories, they discovered over four times the brain strains resulting from a modified rotational test versus the strains produced in the standard linear test.
The findings were published in the military medical journal with credit to researchers from Team Wendy, Sandia National Laboratories, Robert Morris University, Brown University and University of Wisconsin-Madison. Team Wendy Mechanical Engineer Sushant Malave is bylined alongside Szalkowski.
The study was part of phase one of the PANTHER program, a research partnership funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) with the goal of quantifying cellular injury levels for TBI.
“This paper reflects a stepping stone for further understanding the relationship between brain strains and head protection,” Szalkowski said. “Eventually we want to develop equipment that better protects the brain in parallel with understanding actual brain cell damage baselines.”
He noted that there is currently no firm cellular injury threshold established for TBI cause or prediction.
The PANTHER program continues to investigate what brain cells can withstand and further refine testing models to improve protection standards. ONR has approved continued funding for PANTHER through 2024.
