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Hydration Essentials
Staying hydrated while camping or out and about can be a challenge. Water can get heavy and awkward to carry or store at times, luckily the Military has some tried and trusted ways to stay hydrated. The 100oz hydration carrier is light and easy to carry with just enough insulation to help keep your water…
Hydration Essentials
Staying hydrated while camping or out and about can be a challenge. Water can get heavy and awkward to carry or store at times, luckily the Military has some tried and trusted ways to stay hydrated. The 100oz hydration carrier is light and easy to carry with just enough insulation to help keep your water…
Doolittle Raid
USMC Restock!
If you’ve ever wrapped up in a poncho liner blanket and wished it had a zipper, your day is here! These USMC MARPAT woobies have a zipper that turns them into a great warm weather sleeping bag for your upcoming summer trips. We also just restocked USMC Reversible MARPAT tarps, which are great for hunting,…
Ready To Go IFAK Kits!
MRE Restock!
Entering WW1 & Leaving The Civil War
M3 Submachine Gun Mag Pouches
Coyote Friday
Hydrate or Decease
We wanted to say “hydrate or die” but apparently that is trademarked by a certain company named after a humped back pack animal. Cough* Camelbak Cough*. Anyway, we have some sweet military issue hydration gear that you probably should have had last weekend. Its warming up fast and its critical to keep extra water for…
Tactical Lawnmower Hats
Operation Pegasus & Leaving Vietnam
29 MAR 1973 – With the signing of the Paris Peace Accords months before in January, the last American troops leave Vietnam. American involvement in Vietnam began in the years after WW2, aiding the French as they sought to remain in power within the country. It was in 1965 that the first ground troops, 3,500 Marines,…
BDU Bonanza
Multicam! Also Matech Backup Sights
Andrews Raid & USS Hornet
23 MAR 1775 – During the Second Virginia Convention Patrick Henry responds to increasingly oppressive British rule. In his speech he would famously exclaim “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”. After the signing of the Declaration of Independence he would be appointed the…
A Generation Ends & Reporting To Duty
15 MAR 1916 – In response to a perceived lack of preparedness, Congress passed the National Defense Act of 1916. The law was an update of the Militia Act of 1903 and saw the expansion of both the US Army and National Guard. It also created a reserve Officers’ and Enlisted Reserve Corps and the Reserve Officers’…
Super Dreadnought & Eisenhower
7 Mar 1994 – For the first time in the US Navy’s history women are assigned orders aboard a combatant ship, the USS Eisenhower. The historic assignment came as military and civilian leaders reassessed the overall involvement of women in combat after the Gulf War. Later that year in October the Eisenhower would depart for a…
Operation Rolling Thunder & Grants Promotion
29 FEB 1944 – The Office of Price Administration announces that in 1943 the black market made over 1 billion dollars due to war time rationing. Goods and food such as meat, sugar and car tires were all rationed and at times unavailable on the civilian market during the war. As a result, many citizens turned to…
The Great White Fleet & Von Seuben
USAF Colonel (Retired) Walter Watson Jr, the first and only African American SR-71 pilot. Colonel Watson would attend college ROTC to become an Air Force officer and be assigned as an Avionics Maintenance Officer, he quickly would be selected for training as a pilot early in his service. His time as a pilot would be diverse…