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U.S. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (A) breach a doorway as they prepare to enter and raid the objective during Exercise Flaming Sword in Panevėžsy, Lt., May 20, 2016. Since 2012, Lithuanian SOF has organized Exercise Flaming Sword with NATO SOF and allied Partners. The aim of this exercise is to train […]
In this edition of Rad on Gear, we get a first hand look at what happens when you take your eye off the ball in combat sports. Rad’s giving a demonstration of how effective his BaoFeng radios are during a round of airsoft when he gets got mid-shot. Things don’t always go quite the way […]
A Special Operations Command sniper attached to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), walks along a ridgeline during a special reconnaissance mission, Feb. 17, 2016, while participating in training at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Calif. MCAGCC conducts relevant live-fire combined arms, urban operations and joint coalition level integration training […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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