Gear

Gear in the Wild: An operator and his dog

A dog handler with U.S. Army Special Forces clears a building during a close-quarters battle demonstration for Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa in Baumholder, Germany, March 9, 2015. The use of military dogs is an efficient way to detect hazardous materials and locate individuals within a structure. Image courtesy of the […]

Rad on Gear: Protect your eyes in style with these Hackett Shooting Glasses

Whether you’re riding a motorcycle, popping off rounds at the range, or just spending a day in the great outdoors, it’s absolutely imperative that you protect your eyes. They aren’t just the windows to your soul, they’re the only way you’re going to find your way home (and back here to The Loadout Room). In […]

Gear in the Wild: Green Beret’s participate in a stress shooting competition

A Green Beret assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) engages a target from the window of a building during a stress shoot competition held Oct. 15 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The competition tested the Special Forces Soldier’s ability to navigate terrain and obstacles while engaging targets accurately despite his elevated heart […]

Rad on Gear: Be safe after a breakdown with these Road Marking Lights from the Crate Club

We’ve all been there: an already bad day gets worse when you blow a tire in the rain on your way home. It’s late, it’s dark, you’ve never pulled the spare out this car’s trunk before so it’s going to take you a minute to figure out where all the releases are, and of course, […]

Gear in the wild: Maybe he’s born with it…

A Marine Special Operations School’s Individual Training Course student applies camouflage paint during Field Training Exercise Raider Spirit, May 3, 2017, at Camp Lejeune, N.C. For the first time, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen spent three months in Marine Special Operations Command’s Marine Raider training pipeline, representing efforts to build joint mindsets across special […]

Rad on Gear: Always prepared with the Gerber Paraframe

Here at the Loadout Room, we love a good knife. This time, Rad’s back out in the hills of Utah doing the sort of thing we all do, but rarely talk about from a preparation standpoint: killing time. Whether you’re widdling on a stick or marking trees on the trail, Gerber’s Paraframe knife is light […]

Gear in the Wild: The many uses of a good rope

An Air Force Special Tactics Airman with the 24th Special Operations Wing rappels into the Al-Badia Cave Complex during a personnel rescue mission for Eager Lion on May 13, 2017, in Mafraq Province, Jordan. Special Tactics teams have the ability to conduct personnel recovery missions, from rapid mission planning to technical rescue, treatment and exfiltration. […]

Oakley’s limited edition 75th Anniversary D-Day Fuel Cell Glasses may be the coolest thing you see today

As a part of Oakley’s efforts to honor the sacrifices of those who participated in the historic D-Day invasion of Normandy, France 75 years ago this week, they are about to begin offering an extremely limited run of special edition 75th Anniversary D-Day Fuel Cell glasses that are an absolute must-have for history buffs, Oakley […]

Rad on Gear: Get the job done with the Leatherman Wingman

In this edition of Rad on Gear, Rad’s talking about one of the most useful tools you can carry – the all important multi-tool. Now, it’s true what they say about having the right tool for the job, and for most tasks, there really is a right tool… but what if you’re out and about […]

Gear in the Wild: Foreign weapons familiarization with the Kalashnikov AK-47

U.S. Marines and Airmen fire AK-47 assault rifles (also known as Kalashnikovs) during a foreign-weapons familiarization class at Marine Special Operations School’s Individual Training Course, April 10, 2017, at Camp Lejeune, N.C. For the first time, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen spent three months in Marine Special Operations Command’s Marine Raider training pipeline, representing […]