Gear

Gear in the Wild:

U.S. Navy Diver 1st Class James Mostek, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Company ONE-SIX, embarked aboard USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52), waits on a diving stage during a two-hour decompression stop after diving to 240 feet off the coast of Madang, Papua New Guinea, Dec. 7, 2018. The sailor is completing a Defense POW/MIA Accounting […]

Rad on Gear: What’s on your survival bracelet?

In this edition of Rad on Gear, we join Rad while he checks out a survival bracelet being worn by one of the many Namsoft participants that took part in the event this year with Utah Airsoft. This survival bracelet comes with a few handy surprises – make sure to check it out! Get this […]

Gear in the Wild: There aren’t many problems I can’t solve with an angle grinder

Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Joshua Sanders, from Pinebluff., Ark., performs routine maintenance aboard the Harpers Ferry-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) in the Pacific Ocean, May 13, 2019. Sailors and Marines of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are embarked on Harpers Ferry for […]

Gear in the Wild: You never know when you might need a good light source

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 3rd Class Marcus Crone, assigned Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, conducts tactical maneuvering techniques during a routine training evolution in Santa Rita, Guam, May 15, 2019. EODMU-5 is assigned to Commander, Navy Expeditionary Forces Command Pacific, the primary expeditionary task force responsible for the planning and execution of coastal […]

Gear in the Wild: Nothing like camping with your buddies (or working all night in an exercise)

U.S. Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team conduct a night live-fire iteration of a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise during Exercise Decisive Strike 2019 at the Training Support Centre, Krivolak, North Macedonia, June 11, 2019. Combined training enables allies and partners to respond more effectively to regional crises […]

Rad on Gear: Need fire? Keep it simple

In this edition of Rad on Gear, he’s taken us all the way to the incredible Bonneville Salt Flats to talk about a simple solution for what people always turn into a complex problem: fire. There are lots of fire starter kits out there on the market (and lots of them are great) but the […]

Gear in the Wild: Every party needs a smoke machine

U.S. Marines with 3rd Platoon, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, run during a simulated chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear attack for the Command Sponsored Corporals Course (CSCC), at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 19, 2019. The CSCC was hosted by 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, to provide students with basic knowledge […]

Rad on Gear: One Card to Rule them all — The Crate Club Axe Survival Card

In this edition of Rad on Gear, he’s showing off the Crate Club Axe Survival Card. Our partners over at the Crate Club pulled out all the stops with this little piece of kit: cramming more than 20 different functions into a card you can stick right in your wallet. After all, it doesn’t matter […]

Happy Birthday to the greatest nation on Earth

An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 25th Fighter Squadron sits on display during the 4th of July Liberty Festival at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 4, 2018. More than 4,500 service members and their families attended the festival to enjoy food, entertainment and a fireworks show hosted by the 51st Force Support Squadron […]

Gear in the Wild: The Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle is one mean piece of kit

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, rehearse firing a Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle during the blank iteration of a combined arms live fire excercise in support of Swift Response 19 in Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, June 24, 2019. Swift Response 19 is a U.S. Army Europe multinational […]