Defense Tech is proud to announce the arrival of a new regular contributor to our blog.
You’ve seen a couple of his posts pimped here, but we’ve just brought on board Eric from Soldier Systems Industry Daily blog to help us get the word out on technical developments in the personal military and tactical equipment arena.
Eric brings 20 years of military experience to the Web — split evenly between the Army and Air Force — and much of that in the special operations world. Soldier Systems is a tapped in crew, pulling gouge from the industry and the services way before the competition.
We’re thrilled to have them join us in a collaborative effort to bring the most relevant and cutting-edge gear innovations to Defense Tech readers — stuff we all hope will help you folks in your worldly endeavors.
Here’s another from our new bros at Soldier Systems Daily:
Manufactured from lightweight Acclimate FR 100% Flame Resistant no melt cotton, the new XGO is the first FR Shemagh ever. The material passed the American Society for Testing and Materials vertical flame resistance test (ASTM 6413–99). What is just as fantastic is that the Shemagh is treated with Ag47 Silver Antimicrobial treatment to fight odor that builds up from using the Shemagh day after day in a hot dusty environment. It exceeds the standard for antimicrobial resistance in accordance with American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists test for determination of antimicrobial effect (AATCC 100).
This isn’t some cheapo shemagh you buy down the souk, these are 100% American made. They have barely hit the market and have already been adopted as part of the BAMS kit.
Currently available in Tan and Coyote versions, XGO is capable of doing custom runs of colors and patterns. For more info, contact XGO on the web.
Again, please welcome Eric from Soldier Systems Daily to our growing list of contributors.
– Christian
Why is his shoulder photoshopped? patch give away?
Is the headgear supposed to blend in better with Middle Eastern enviroment? Also, is it just me or is his American Flag patch backwards? But it is cool that there is a new contributor.
Hibbidyhai, the star field on the flag must always point forwards.
But I don’t get why we have to adopt the arab pattern in the headwrap. Rubbish. Some cammo pattern would have been better. ACU even.
Ane oh teh noes! He’s using a Serpa holster! Run! It’s the debil!!!!!!!!11111eleven
For a moment there, I thought that was Rachel Ray in a Dunkin’ Donuts commercial.
“Also, is it just me or is his American Flag patch backwards?“
Take a look at all US uniforms that sport American flags on the right shoulder. They are all like that. They are facing the direction they would be facing if you were carrying a flag on a pole towards battle, that is, star field forward.
See:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FDF/is_34/ai_n6330471
On the flag, previous replies are correct we wear it facing that way to show forward movement. As far as wearing the shemagh, sometimes it is beneficial to blend in a bit and they are great for keeping some of the dust out of your lungs when operating in arid climates. I have one I wear all the time in a skull and crossbones pattern from T.A.D. Gear.
http://www.tadgear.com/x-treme%20gear/apparel%20main/shemagh_skull_&_crossbones.htm