Category: Reviews
Review: Under Armour Speed Freak Tactical Boots
As a major fan of Under Armour I bought their Speed Freak Tactical Boots with the assumption they would be better than anything I’ve ever worn or been issued. The company has rarely let me down with their work out clothing or the ColdGear I use up north and I never expected to be disappointed. [...]
Learning via Podcasts, iTunes U, & Safety Solutions Academy
As a connoisseur of internet surfage, I am always looking for ideas and knowledge. While Phil may be a book guy, I prefer more modern ways of learning and building a functional knowledge base. By that I mean videos and audio presentations/discussions. Recently I began to discover a wealth of unused information that most of us have [...]
Hands On: Revision Vipertail Sunglasses
Revision is a big name in the military/law enforcement community. Their eye-wear can be found at just about any range across the globe or on troops throughout the world. Their quality is outstanding, their customer service is unbeatable, and their attention to military requirements can’t be beat. However, lets be honest. Most of their frames [...]
USMC Force Recon Trains Up For Opposed Boardings
Public affairs for the III Marine Expeditionary Force was working overtime this week pushing stories and photos of a platoon of Marines from the 5th Force Reconnaissance Company based out of MCB Camp Butler, Okinawa. Known as Force Recon, they are a special operations capable unit that is prepping to deploy with the 31st Marine [...]
AR15 Mags & Maritime Ops
We know most of you run a magazine fed AR-15 style rifle or carbine on the job. One of the most common reasons for their failure is the quality and durability of their magazines. At sea the magazines are subjected to frequent abuse, corrosion by salt water, and long periods compressed with ammunition. In a [...]
Required Kit! SAR Eclipse
- ORDER HERE – If you enter open water without a means of signaling you’re as good as dead even with flotation. Those searching the vast expanses of the world’s oceans for a bobbing head are not often successful. Most boarding parties prepare for open water survival and lost comms by carrying day/night signaling kits [...]
Phoenix Express 2011
Phoenix Express 2011 (PE-11), a three week multi-national training exercise in Crete, has almost wrapped. Divided into in-port and underway phases, the exercise was intended to build regional maritime partnerships among the 14 participating countries in their efforts to deter illicit trafficking at sea. Primarily geared for Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) boarding teams, the main [...]
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