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FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, CA, UNITED STATES U.S. Army Rangers from B Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, fire M4 carbines, Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifles (SCAR) and Mk46 machine guns during a close quarter marksmanship range in Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., Jan. 25, 2014. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Steven Hitchcock/Released) Courtesy of DVIDS
Photo courtesy of Tactical Life You may be aware of the King of 2 Miles competition. You may also be aware that Derek Rodgers hit the 2-mile target (see the video below) using a new ballistic computer: The Garmin Foretrex 701 Ballistic Edition. For many years, the Garmin Foretrex 401 has been a preferred piece of kit […]
Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation 11.27.2017 Today we’re going to see where our fitness level is by using a test using the new Special Operations Upper Body Round Robin (UBRR) Fitness Test. It measures functional fitness for the Special Operators much better than the traditional PT test. Pushups: (1min) 40 minimum +2 points for […]
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, VA, UNITED STATES The Military Enhancement Kit provides versatile capabilities to Marine units trained to engage on breaching missions. The kit builds upon the Mossberg M500A2, but gives Marines a shorter, vented breaching barrel and three interchangeable buttstock attachments pictured here. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Alan Matthews) Courtesy of DVIDS
If Michael Weston, James Bond, Jack Bauer and Jason Bourne got together to design a belt I’m pretty sure they’d come up with this belt. Since they are fictional characters they can’t, but SlideBelts can. The SlideBelts Survival Belt is the first belt I’ve been genuinely excited by. I can appreciate a well-made belt, but SlideBelts […]
CAMP RUDDER, FL, UNITED STATES A U.S. Army Ranger student, assigned to the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade, crosses a river using a single line rope bridge to the other side on Camp Rudder, Eglin Air Force Base, Fl., July 7, 2016. The Florida Phase of Ranger School is the third and final phase that […]
GILA BEND, AZ, UNITED STATES U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Wayne White (right), a member of the tactical air control party with the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, and Senior Airmen Jason Hughes, a pararescue troop from the 306th Rescue Squadronuses look at a map of the range while communicating with a […]
The Lum-Tec M59 GMT watch is a limited edition run of only 200 pieces, which make it an ever cooler timepiece to get your hands on. I’ve been eyeing Lum-Tec for some time now and finally took the step to purchase one. My choice was the M59 GMT. I liked both the looks of the […]
KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, JAPAN A U.S. Air Force combat control Airman from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron fires a 40 mm grenade launcher during a training exercise March 10, 2017, at the Irisuna Jima Training Range, Okinawa, Japan. The Airman joined a joint training exercise with U.S. Marines from the III Marine Expeditionary Force […]
For many of us, Thanksgiving Day is a day of feasting on turkey, all of the sides and lots of good sweets and pies that throw our diets out the window for a few days. And for many more that includes watching copious amounts of football. Families gather around the television, or up here in […]
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