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Introducing the 2-zip Fleece from KITANICA

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Strikehold I had a chance to pre-view this, and other new products from KITANICA, at the SHOT Show – and I thought it was pretty cool.  Check it out (click on the image to go to KITANICA’s web site)… This entry was posted in...

US Army / USMC Enhanced Combat Helmet authorized for production

Posted on 15/03/2012 by Strike-Hold The Enhanced Combat Helmet (ECH) is a program to replace the combat helmets of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marines using thermoplastics instead of the ballistic fibers used on the current generation combat helmets.  The ECH’s profile is very similar to the Advanced Combat Helmet...

US Army Camouflage Improvement Initiative – part 2

Posted on 06/03/2012 by Strikehold In other news, Army Times posted a “SitRep” video earlier today that appears to contain the first views we’ve seen of the submissions from Brookwoods Company.  However, if you blinked you might have missed them, so I did a tricky screen-grab to get a still...

The US Army Camouflage Improvement Initiative – curiouser and curiouser…

Posted on 06/03/2012 by Strike-Hold “’Curiouser and curiouser!’ Cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English).”  – ‘Alice in Wonderland’, Lewis Caroll. Trying to follow the twists and turns of the US Army Camouflage Improvement Initiative, and sometimes sporadic...

Tongan Prime Minister visits his troops in Afghanistan

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Strikehold His Excellency Lord Tu’ivakano, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Tonga, met senior US and UK commanders before spending time with troops to learn about the contribution his nation is making to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission. The Tonga Defence...

Multinational forces bury their tracks in the snow-covered ‘Black Forest’

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Strikehold More than 1,000 U.S., Georgian and Bulgarian military service members conducted a mission rehearsal exercise at the  Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany in February 2012. The mission rehearsal exercise is the culminating event for the Republic of Georgia’s 23rd Light Infantry Battalion...

Afghan and British forces seize Taliban anti-tank weapon

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Strikehold A joint Afghan and British team recently launched a pre-dawn raid on a Taliban compound, seizing an anti-tank weapon which had been used to target a British base. Soldiers from the Queen’s Dragoon Guards, known as the Welsh Cavalry, joined forces with their...

5-man assault team CQB competition: Hampshire, UK 31st March – 1st April

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Strikehold Pathfinder Group Military Simulations are holding this event at Sopley Camp, which is an old RAF Base near Bournemouth, Hampshire. The Event is co-sponsored by CQB Target Systems Ltd, Professional Target Solutions. The event is based on Airsoft Military Simulation over 2 days,...

Canadian Paratroopers Jump into Exercise Arctic Ram 12

Posted on 21/02/2012 by Strike-Hold Exercise ARCTIC RAM 12 is the name of 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group’s (1 CMBG) first training exercise which is being conducted in the Northwest Territories from February 14 to 26, 2012. Exercise ARCTIC RAM will allow soldiers to re-familiarize themselves with Northern operations by...