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Archive for June, 2011
Shot in the Face
Posted by Gary in Gear, Medic, Warrior Tools, Warriors on 8/Jun/2011 07:01
From: Oakley News
Sergeant Tim Arthur is at the gun turret of an MRAP (an armored anti-mine vehicle), scanning the bleak Iraqi horizon for threats as the fuel delivery convoy rolls on toward its destination. It’s November, and a shroud of fog has settled over the area. It’s a fog so dense, so opaque that Arthur never even sees the sniper who shoots him in the face.
Combat Handguns
New Wilson .45 ACP Perfection
Hybrid 9mm Ruger LC9
Home Defense: Rapid -Access Gun Tactics
Sig P210 Combat 9x19mm
Big Bore Firepower: A-0 1911 .45 ACP, Delta Elite 10mm, BFR .45/.410
NAA Ranger .22 MAG
HK .40 Lonslide
Spherical Situational Awareness System for the F-35
Northrop Grumman has developed the only 360 degree, spherical situational awareness system in the electro-optical distributed aperture system (DAS). The DAS surrounds the F-35 aircraft with a protective sphere of situational awareness. It warns the pilot of incoming aircraft and missile threats as well as providing day/night vision, fire control capability and precision tracking of wingmen/friendly aircraft for tactical maneuvering.
More at http://www.es.northropgrumman.com/solutions/f35targeting/
American Handgunner: 1911 100th Aniversary
1911 History
Custom 1911s
Factory 1911s
.45 Revolvers
Ruger’s New SR40
Baltimore veteran to receive France’s highest honor for WWII service
From: Baltimore Sun
Baltimore veteran to receive France’s highest honor for WWII service
Harold Shapiro fought in Battle of the Bulge, will receive French medal on 67th anniversary of D-Day
June 05, 2011|By Childs Walker, The Baltimore Sun
The American troops had been stalled for a month, waiting for fuel outside Montcourt in northern France. When Harold Shapiro and his division mates finally advanced on the tree line, they had to cross foxholes booby-trapped with German explosives. Artillery rained down on their position.
The morning after the ferocious assault, Shapiro walked to the center of the American line, where his former platoon had been stationed. He saw a private named Clarence sitting all by himself.
“Where are the rest of the guys?” Shapiro asked.
“I’m it,” said Clarence, who had ascended from private to sergeant simply by surviving the night intact. Everyone else had been killed or wounded
CMMG 22 Evolution Mag Configurations
Posted by Gary in Accessories, Magazines, News, Training Tools, Warrior Tools on 5/Jun/2011 15:59
The following clip shows the different magazine configurations possible with the all new patent pending CMMG .22 Evolution Magazine System. In the future, additional magazine skins and accessories will be available.
Soldier from 4 SCOTS killed in Afghanistan
Posted by Gary in News, Threat Watch, Warriors on 4/Jun/2011 15:17
From: MOD
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a soldier from The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS), was killed in Afghanistan, yesterday, Friday 3 June 2011.
Ministry of Defence
The soldier was fatally wounded by insurgent gunfire while on a security patrol in the Lashkar Gah District of Helmand Province.
Spokesman for Task Force Helmand, Lieutenant Colonel Tim Purbrick, said:
“It is with much regret that I have to inform you of the death of a soldier from The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, in the Pupalzay area of the Lashkar Gah District of Helmand Province.
“The soldier was on a partnered patrol with the Afghan National Police to reassure the local population when his unit came under attack by rifle, Rocket Propelled Grenade and indirect fire from insurgents, during which he was fatally wounded. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.”
Next of kin have been informed and have requested a period of grace before further information is released.
Protective Intelligence Lessons from an Ambush in Mexico
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 3/Jun/2011 16:56
Protective Intelligence Lessons from an Ambush in Mexico is republished with permission of STRATFOR.
By Scott Stewart
On the afternoon of May 27, a convoy transporting a large number of heavily armed gunmen was 
ambushed on Mexican Highway 15 near Ruiz, Nayarit state, on Mexico’s Pacific coast. When authorities responded they found 28 dead gunmen and another four wounded, one of whom would later die, bringing the death toll to 29. This is a significant number of dead for one incident, even in Mexico.
According to Nayarit state Attorney General Oscar Herrera Lopez, the gunmen ambushed were members of Los Zetas, a Mexican drug cartel. Herrera noted that most of the victims were from Mexico’s Gulf coast, but there were also some Guatemalans mixed into the group, including one of the wounded survivors. While Los Zetas are predominately based on the Gulf coast, they have been working to provide armed support to allied groups, such as the Cartel Pacifico Sur (CPS), a faction of the former Beltran Leyva Organization that is currently battling the Sinaloa Federation and other cartels for control of the lucrative smuggling routes along the Pacific coast. In much the same way, Sinaloa is working with the Gulf cartel to go after Los Zetas in Mexico’s northeast while protecting and expanding its home turf. If the victims in the Ruiz ambush were Zetas, then the Sinaloa Federation was likely the organization that planned and executed this very successful ambush.
Cyber combat: act of war
Posted by Gary in Comms, Threat Watch on 3/Jun/2011 14:42
From: WSJ via Kurzweil AI
Cyber combat: act of war
June 1, 2011
Source: Wall Street Journal — May 31, 2011
The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war, opening the door for the U.S. to respond using traditional military force.
Pentagon officials believe the most sophisticated computer attacks require the resources of a government. For instance, the weapons used in an assault such as taking down a power grid would likely have been developed with state support.
Defense officials refuse to discuss potential cyber adversaries, although military and intelligence officials say they have identified previous attacks originating in Russia and China.
Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Survival/Defense
American Handgunner: Personal Defense Spring/Summer 2011
Headlines
Home Defense Shotgun
Ladies Guns
Three Guns For Home Defense
S&W Bodyguards
Street Grappling: Real World Groundfighting
Focus: .22 Conversion For The AR-15Airguns For Home Training, Century Int’l Arms CI5A1 Rifle, Lights To Bet Your Life On, Tactical Folders
Counter IED Summit – Tampa Florida
Counter IED Summit – Tampa Florida, July 25-27, 2011
IDGA’s Counter IED 2011 Summit will deliver a comprehensive overview of the latest requirements, emerging policies, programs, and methods involved in defeating and mitigating the IED threat. This year’s critical summit will cover the recent changes in the directions from “Defeating the Device” to “Train the Force”
Gary Sinise – Operation International Children
From: IDGA
Gary Sinise on Winning Hearts and Minds with Operation International Children
Gary Sinise, actor, musician, and co-founder of Operation International Children, discusses the program’s creation and how it was put into action. He also details how OIC has expanded past the original mission in Iraq and into Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa, and even in response to Hurricane Katrina. He talks from firsthand experience in theater delivering supplies to children in schools and how it is building goodwill between U.S. military forces and the local populations. He also gives insight into the future of the program.
Shooting Times: Tactical Shotgun
Mossberg Chainsaw 500 Pump
Scattergun Security
First Look: Beretta TX4 Storm
Tested: Benelli M4
New Airforce Decoy
From Wired.com:
The Miniature Air-Launched Decoy, or “MALD,†is a cross between a cruise missile and an aerial drone, able to distract or confuse enemy air defenses to protect attacking U.S. jets. It was already on its way to becoming one of America’s most important unsung weapons when this happened: MALD-maker Raytheon figured out a way to “deliver hundreds of MALDs during a single combat sortie,†company vice president Harry Schulte announced in a recent statement.
It is good to see the military continue to think about different methods of attack other than stealth and “smart” bombs.
Sunglasses Saves Eye
Posted by Gary in Gear, Medic, Warrior Tools on 1/Jun/2011 16:52
From: Oakley News
The grinding roar of chainsaw motors and the familiar scent of burning gasoline filled the air in Pleasant Grove, AL that Friday morning. Just a week after a mile-wide tornado decimated this quiet Birmingham suburb, sounds and smells like these heralded a new day—resounding signals that the arduous tasks of picking themselves up and returning to normalcy were finally underway.
