Author: Jack Bogart

The LunchTime System from Lightbearers Our friends at MATBOCK gave us a look at something get discovered during the 2026 SOMA Scientific Assembly. I’d simple say it’s a cool med box that slides open, but their description is better. “The LunchTime System is a compact, rapidly deployable point-of-injury (POI) organization platform designed to stage critical medical components in a consistent, repeatable layout while enabling immediate deployment from a protected carry position.” The LunchTime System consists of three integrated components that function together as a unified POI deployment platform: LunchBox – rigid protective enclosure with configurable GripMatrix organizationLunchTray – sliding rapid-deployment…

Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks tend to get all the attention in Montana, but the Big Sky State has plenty of other public lands worth checking out. Its state parks are home to unique geology, fossils, history, waterfalls, and more. If you’re visiting Montana, be sure to add visits to these five state parks that will show you all the beauty that the state has to offer. Makoshika State Park This park is Montana’s version of Badlands National Park, and it may even be better. The 11,500-acre park is home to distinct, striped rock formations made from sandstone. Thousands of…

Halite Overbag Pro During OpEx 911 Supply exhibited the Overbag Pro from Norway’s Halite which will add 14 deg C to any sleep system. Insulated with continuous fiber Climashield APEX insulation with hydrophobic Aquaban DWR treat-ment in combination with a Pertex Quantum shell. https://www.halite.no/products/overbag This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2026 at 16:00 and is filed under Admin, OpEx, Shelter. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. Read the full article here

The family camping trip has long represented an iconic part of American life — but it wasn’t always accessible to all Americans. Many national parks were created by removing Indigenous tribes from their ancestral homes. And for much of the 20th century, Black Americans were either forced to endure segregated campgrounds or were banned from parks entirely. That troubled history is part of why Sally Steele never went camping until her early 20s. She and her husband both grew up in mixed-race families, raised by Black fathers and white mothers. For Sally, camping was simply not part of her childhood. But…

By Will Dabbs, MD Posted in #History Bill was a happy, jovial man. He was a patient of mine for many years. He always came to the clinic in the company of his sweet wife, who clearly adored him. Bill looked like a professional grandfather. He was also my friend. Bill was a gifted woodworker. He loved football, golf, and dancing with his wife. Within 15 minutes of meeting him, you knew where he stood with Jesus. Bill was a man of powerful faith. He loved people, and people loved him. In sum, Bill was as American…

The new CS-PAPR SD can be easily added to fielded air purifying respirators (APRs) and SCBA systems to leverage existing equipment configurations and maximise operational flexibility.15th June 2026, Melksham, UK: Avon Protection introduces a new short duration (SD) breathing apparatus option of their Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) for integration with a Combination Respirator Unit (CRU). CS-PAPR SD provides military special forces and tactical teams with the capability to switch between breathing protection levels dependent on threat levels for safer operation for the wearer. CS-PAPR SD has been designed as a smaller, compact lower-profile system for greater operational flexibility to enable…

Sneak Peek – Raider Green You read that right..Raider Green. At SOF Select we got a sneak peek of two new pack variants from Mystery Ranch which are destined for MARSOC. The 3 Day Assault Pack and Mountain Ruck feature a two-tone color way with Raider Green being paired with Coyote buckles and zippers. Why Raider Green? Back in October, 2024, MARSOC announced it would be ditching MultiCam and reverting to a more traditional Green color scheme. This is the result. This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2026 at 12:00 and is filed under Advertiser, Packs, SOF, SOF…

We don’t talk about LT enough. He and his crew are just plugging away in the shop in Ohio, cranking out workingman’s knives with serious outdoor chops. He has managed to figure out the balance of volume and quality better than about anyone. Related: 5 from the Grinder: LT Wright   Read the full article here

Hyde Definition Ltd. and WidePlus International Showcase New PenCott-GreenZone Camouflage Fabrics at Eurosatory 2026 New range of fabrics in production and ready to order Paris—15 June 2026—Hyde Definition and WidePlus are proud to announce that the new range of mil-spec, nIR-compliant, PenCott-GreenZone® camouflage fabrics at WidePlus’s Eurosatory booth – Hall 5B-A38. First announced at Enforce-Tac 2026, the new range of fabrics is now in production and WidePlus are ready to order from stock. Having been absent from the market for far too long due to global supply chain issues, Eurosatory marks the exciting return of this legendary British-designed camouflage pattern,…

Landing exactly in the middle of the month, the June Buck of the Month is here. It’s a classy, dressy version of the discontinued Buck 532 Bucklock. Sometimes knife names just confuse us, but we have to hand it to Buck when it comes to the Bucklock – they accomplished a fine piece of wordplay here. Because, you see, it is a folding knife with a back lock, and hey, doesn’t “Buck” sound a little bit like “back?” Fantastic. Compared to the omnipresent 110, the Bucklock is smaller, with a 3-inch drop point blade, thinner, and actually a bit more…