2 Weeks Until Rampart Range Day & Expo 2025 RAMPART Corp. Canada’s leading supplier of operational equipment is once again preparing to host Rampart Range Day & Expo—taking place May 27 in Ottawa, Ontario. As the largest event of its kind in Canada, Rampart Range Day & Expobrings together industry leading global brands to connect…
Colby Jenkins, performing the duties of the assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, outlined his priorities for the future of the special warfare community while delivering remarks today during Special Operations Forces Week 2025 in Tampa, Florida. Jenkins cautioned the audience that America’s adversaries are converging across regions and “the thresholds…
Mike Green served over 15 years in Special Forces, including three years as an Assaulter in a sinks In-extremis Force, focused on Direct Action & Counter Terrorism missions. He also served as an instructor for the Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat Course where he taught Advanced Marksmanship and Close Quarters Combat training courses. Michael has…
SOF Week 25 – Defendtex Optical Fiber Drone Guidance Australia’s DefendTex has been keeping a close eye on drone operations in Ukraine and introduced a fiber optic cable guidance kit for their family of Vengeance FPV drones. Here you can see the canister mounted to a Vengeance drone sitting atop their Banshee robot. This entry…
SOF Week 25 – Secumar Secuvac The Secuvac from Secumar is a waterproof protection system for the evacuation of injured persons secured to a stretcher. It prevents contact with water and thus hypothermia. www.secumar.com This entry was posted on Monday, May 12th, 2025 at 20:00 and is filed under International, Maritime, Medical, SOF Week. You…
Upon putting them on and walking in my yard I noticed that the boots have excellent gripping technology. They use a Vibram outsole called the Megagrip. What this means is the outsole is wearable in wet and dry terrain. If you look at the bottom of the boot you will notice the very robust lugs…
SOF Select 25 – LALO Zodiac Infiltrator Coming soon is the Zodiac Infiltrator from LALO. The LALO Infiltrator was designed for amphibious operations, like diving, swimming, beach terrain, slick rocks, riverbeds, reefs, OTB ops, and so on. This knitted upper construction incorporates Trek Dry bamboo moisture-wicking, H20 shedding antimicrobial lining, a Dual zone cushioned EVA…
SOF Week 25 – Radical Defense I often tell people that Radical’s story is a Tale of Two Cities. Many know them for their AR-15 pattern rifles, but those are but one part of a multi-faceted business that has supported SOF customers worldwide with specialized suppression options. Even those who are familiar with Radical Defense…
At one time it was easy for the more tactically minded to blow off a lever-action rifle. The arguments were there: It’s outdated technologically, reach rarely extends beyond 200 yards, the capacity is just too low, the calibers too old, in most cases it’s hard to improve the sights — and on top of all…
SOF Select 25 – MATBOCK Universal Hexagon Skins MATBOCK skins have been out for awhile. They use the MATBOCK Ghost face material which is NIR compliant, hydrophobic and extremely lightweight. Previously they would laser cut for each pattern and object they were putting them on but it was hard to keep up with new products.…