AUSA 2024 – GORE-Tex Defense Fabric WINDSTOPPER Fabric GORE-TEX WINDSTOPPER Fabric has been around for decades but with the recent move away from PFAS based Durable Water Repellent treated fabric, the argument for WINDSTOPPER use has seen a resurgence. In the past, many customers looked to GORE-TEX fabrics for hardshell protection but now that DWRs…
The Only Way Out of This Mess by Donavon L Riley The world has spent far too long staring at its own reflection, like Narcissus by the pool, hoping to fix its fractured image with cheap glue—new leaders, new promises, new structures. It’s the same tired dream playing out over and over, each solution like…
This is an XM250 in 6.8x51mm. Essentially, it’s the same Automatic Rifle the Army adopted under the Next Generation Squad Weapons program with one exception, it has a quick change barrel. That feature, makes it quite suitable to fulfill the role as a sustained fire, belt-fed machine gun. This isn’t a new characteristic. It was…
2024 Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting Last week I attended the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting in Washington, DC. I chose to delay my coverage until this week because the show was so overwhelming, with lots to see and multiple meetings per day. I also wanted to take some…
The Big Tex Podcast hit a major milestone with its 100th episode, welcoming back Kerry Davis of Dark Angel Medical – the very first guest from episode one. This full-circle moment highlighted how far the podcast has come since its humble beginnings with “beige walls, GoPro camera recording it on a GoPro, my cell phone…