There is no such thing as the perfect camouflage pattern for every environment. A camouflage that blends seamlessly into dense summer woodland may become far more noticeable once the vegetation dries out, while a pattern designed for arid terrain can stand out after heavy rainfall darkens the landscape.
There are 10 essentials for prolonged field care success; knowing them can help combat medics make better decisions about what equipment and supplies to carry with them.
24-hour bag and a MASCAL bag are essential bags a Combat Medic should know in detail. The former is meant for treating no more than a few casualties. The latter is meant for treating casualties in mass. This UF PRO blog post describes a variety of ways to fill and organize these bags.
CORDURA is nylon-based fabric ideal for military and law enforcement clothing and gear. Sixteen separate products make up the CORDURA range, which extends from a featherweight material to one heavy enough for use in body armour. Among CORDURA’s most deterministic features is its high “durability per weight” index. CORDURA is typically added to garments at positions most likely to be subjected to intense wear-and-tear, such as knees, instep, belt loops, and pockets. CORDURA has three main competitors: schoeller-keprotec, carbon fibre textiles, and ceramic dots. Thanks to ongoing innovation, CORDURA is likely to continue as a leading favorite of producers of military and LE apparel and gear.
Direct Action Bag. It’s your go-to combat medic bag for direct-action operations where trauma-level casualties are expected. In this post, an ex-SF Combat Medic discusses the concept of the Direct Action Bag and shares his insights to help you properly fill yours with essential gear.
The Individual First-Aid Kit (IFAK) is a compact but vital collection of life-saving items you as an operator carry with you at all times. In this post, an ex-SF combat medic reveals the essential items he keeps in his own IFAK pouch.
Multicam, Scorpion W2 and OCP are used so interchangeably that you can get easily confused and lost in the topic if you are not familiar with it. In this blog post we expand on the differences, the development and answer the most common questions about this topic.
Tactical gear is evolving. However, a hindrance to evolutionary progress has been the need to balance enhanced functionality against the need to keep the wearer protected. If not weighed intelligently, this balance can be missing and the entire garment put at risk of having weak spots. Accordingly, to continue evolving as they should, every part of a BDU, a combat shirt, or other item of tactical clothing must serve the purpose for which it was designed—but, at the same time, every part must also retain the ability to meet the highest of tactical demands. In this post, we discuss the future evolution of tactical clothing.
Good planning is the key to having a hideout that increases your chances of surviving a crisis, disaster, or other major bad event. Your hideout should be situated in a remote spot, yet not too far from home. And it should contain the emergency gear you think you’ll need most to see you through.
You're on the road and there's an emergency. The car breaks down. Or you happen upon an accident ahead. Or you're involved in a collision and now are trapped in your vehicle. Getting out ahead of these kinds of events requires smart planning. True, you can never anticipate every situation, but it is possible to be a prepper who’s ready for the most frequently encountered highway threats to survival. How? By keeping in your car a combat medic bag stocked with essential supplies and versatile, multipurpose gear.
Preppers and survivalists know it’s impossible to plan for every scenario, just as no military plan ever survives contact with the enemy. So, don't fool yourself into thinking you’re prepared for everything. You never will be. It’s impossible for the reason that there are too many variables to consider. Circumstances can work against you—one minute you’re facing a nuclear disaster, the next it’s a biological or chemical threat, or something dealing with the environment, or even just the changing of seasons. And not to mention zombies.
MultiCam is one of the best-known camouflage patterns of the modern era. But is it effective? In this blog post, we talk about its performance in a variety of environments.
It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the many choices that are out there in tactical jackets, especially in regard to functionality, quality, performance characteristics, and value. In this blog post, we offer some guidelines to help you choose the perfect tactical jacket for your particular needs.
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