MAMMOTH LAKES, CA, UNITED STATES Navy SEALs demonstrate winter warfare capabilities. Courtesy of DVIDS
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Loadout Room photo of the day | 3rd MSOB Marines conduct HAHO training
WENDOVER, UT, UNITED STATES A Marine with 3rd Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, untangles his parachute after conducting a High Altitude, High Opening jump as part of a Double-Bag Static-Line parachute course in Wendover, Utah, April 9 – 21. The course was taught by personnel from the 2d MSOB […]
Multitasker Bloc Spartan – Battleworthy Coasters
Photo credit: Will Stricklin Photography These here ballerific Bloc Spartan Battleworthy Coasters, built by Bastion LLC, are badass. Believe it. How’d ya like that alliteration? These aren’t your typical 1972 panel wall Schult mobile home1 cork-board coasters, mind you. No, these were designed for a proper man cave. They’re solid carbon fiber fascia paired with a solid […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Joint HAHO jumps at Talisman Saber 2017
ROCKHAMPTON, ACT, AUSTRALIA A U.S. Marine Corps 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion jumpmaster puts on his helmet on in preparation for high altitude, high opening (HAHO) jump operations July 11, 2017, over Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland, Australia during Talisman Saber 2017. The training exercise conducted between the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps strengthens joint […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Reconnaissance and surveillance patrol hones Marines’ readiness
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, UNITED STATES Sergeant Wesley Ferguson, assistant team leader, Company C, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, provides security for his team during a simulated casualty evacuation aboard Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash, April 10, 2015. Marines with the company operated in remote locations of the wilderness and provided surveillance of the surrounding area to […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Joint HAHO jumps at Talisman Saber 2017
ROCKHAMPTON, ACT, AUSTRALIA U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron jumpmasters prepare for high altitude, high opening (HAHO) jump operations July 11, 2017, over Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland, Australia during Talisman Saber 2017. The 320th STS combat controllers and U.S. Marine Corps 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion operators infilled two days prior to the exercise’s […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Hit the road this holiday season
ZION NATIONAL PARK, UTAH, UNITED STATES Loadout Room writer Matt Shin traveling across the Southwest. Explore and take in the views at the national parks during the off-season (not summer) to avoid the crowds traveling in from all over the world. Start early enough and you won’t run across another soul. His choice of gear […]
Watch: Jetboil Coffee with Snipers Hide
Watch as Evan from Black Rifle Coffee uses the Jetboil system to make a cup of kick ass Sniper’s Hide blend, while on the range doing man shit. Products used in this video: Sniper’s Hide blend: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/coll… Pick up the Jetboil Coffee Press: http://amzn.to/2rjNNcg Might as well get a Jetboil while you’re at it: http://amzn.to/2pOeGnP […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | MARSOC Multi-Purpose Canine Handlers Train for the Unforseen
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, UNITED STATES A Multi-Purpose Canine handler, with U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, fast-ropes with his canine aboard Stone Bay, Oct. 1, 2014. As MARSOC continues to demonstrate their capabilities and versatilities, MPC handlers with the command are preparing themselves and their canines for new areas of operation they’ll be deploying […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Special Boat Team 22 Demonstration
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, MS, UNITED STATES STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (March 12, 2015) A member of Special Boat Team 22 stands by his weapon during a Special Operations Craft Riverine demonstration at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School. NAVSCIATTS trains and educates foreign security forces and other international students on small craft […]
