The Loadout Room
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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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Green Beret assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) observes activity at a compound during a training mission held February 20 on Eglin Air Force Base in Northwest Florida. The mission required a team of Special Forces soldiers to assault a mock drug-cartel outpost and document sensitive materials found inside. Photo Credit: Capt. […]
Some sharp eyes over at The Drive recently spotted a modification to the MH-6 Little Bird helicopter in a USASOC-released video. The footage shows the Little Bird configured with external pods designed for ferrying special operations soldiers to their targets, but underneath one can see a rectangular attachment that appears to be an additional fuel […]
Marines dig fighting holes during a combat readiness evaluation at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Nov. 29, 2017. The Marines are assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Prado Watch U.S. Marine infantry train in the video below:
Marines conduct a low-light deck shoot to maintain marksmanship proficiency while underway aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, Nov. 26, 2017. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dusty Kilcrease Get a better look at the amphibious assault ship USS America in the video below:
Four years ago, NEWSREP reported that United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) developed the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS)—a hardened exo-skeleton suit for special operators—and it was really a sham, but promising technologies emerged in the process. From 2015’s “TALOS: Special Operations Powered Armor or Just Another Boondoggle?” Initiated under Admiral William H. McRaven […]
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