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Last Minute Shopping Ideas for Christmas

The start of the Christmas season here is marked by bringing out the decorations just after Thanksgiving. Which was last week, correct? Ok, so maybe not but there’s still time to get online, get some shopping done, and get your gifts before Christmas.  But as they say, “The clock is ticking” so if anyone is […]

Battle Chest Rigs, from then to now.

  The Chest Rig is a easily recognizable piece of kit.  What your mission, purpose and use will determine which chest rig is best for you. I personally use multiple brands and own variations ranging from the 1980s Soviet Chest rigs to the modern issued TAPs System and Blue Force  gear slick chest rigs. Here […]

Pic of The Day, Shooting the M1 Garand

Shooting different types of guns is a common occurrence in Today’s Army, especially if you’re in a Sniper Unit.  It’s not every day though you get to shoot an iconic rifle from a bygone era but that’s what happened recently when a member of the SOFREP family was out on FTX and a special visitor […]

A Look Back At The SIG P226

SIG Sauer has been making headlines for a while now, especially after they were selected as the winners of the US military’s XM17 modular handgun competition. But something new is on the way… well kind of. During the SIG Next event that was held from June 24-26th 2024 they announced that they are bringing back, […]

The NovaSteel Helmet. This isn’t your Grandfather’s Steel Helmet, It’s Better

Does anyone remember the old M1 “Steel Pot” helmets from WWII/Korea/Vietnam?  They were a visual representation of the American fighting man, as seen on marketing and recruiting materials the world over and even in the comic strip Beetle Bailey.  They were the best and only protection for your head until a Kevlar version became the […]

Pic of the Day, It’s Graduation Time

It’s not everyday that someone in the family graduates, and then it’s an even more rare occasion that someone graduates the Army Sniper Course held at Ft Moore, Columbus GA. Recently I was privileged to attend a graduation held there and came away with some impressions about the course and the people conducting it. The […]

Russian T-62 tank transported by train. (Source: Glenn J. Mason from London, Britain, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

Russian T-62 Tanks: Blessing or a Curse?

Beginning in the late 1930s with the T-34, the Soviet Union produced a string of outstanding tank models. Their most recent was the T-62 Main Battle Tank (MBT). The introduction of the T-62 Main Battle Tank marked the central turning point for the heavy tank class around the globe. The medium tank has become the […]

Praesidus A-11 Commemorative Watches: Recreating WWII History

When watchmaker Praesidus reached out to us about their watches I had to admit I was intrigued.  They didn’t just have a watch they wanted us to see, they wanted to tell us a story about the watch and the paratroopers who inspired Praesidus to make them. Tom Rice was an accomplished athlete at San […]

Three of the Most Feared Weapons of the Ancient Times

Tanks and rifles sure are scary and lethal, and so is mustard or chlorine gas. When it comes to creating weapons to annihilate adversaries, we sure can count on how the ancient people effectively forged some of the most formidable and fearsome weapons they had used. Some of them even became the foundation of how […]

Russia Once Used Schoolchildren To Bug The US Embassy In Moscow

It was August 4, 1945. World War II had just been won on the European fronts in what was one of the proudest moments the United States would share with the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. This friendship between the Kremlin and the United States is one that is rarely seen today, but yes—it […]

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