I ran across this great article form the May-June, 1972, issue of Infantry Magazine by Lieutenant Colonel Larry S. Mickel. It concerns the history of the canteen cup, which was near and dear to many a Soldier’s heart from the ...

BFG Monday – The Battlefield Evolves. Your Gear Should Too. Outdated gear costs more than weight—it costs performance. Helium Whisper® revolutionized load carriage—cutting weight by up to 50% while exceeding legacy materials in durability and abrasion resistance.Less weight.More mobility.Greater survivability.This ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. — The U.S. Army Sniper Course at Fort Benning is working to improve sniper survivability and lethality in large-scale combat operations by evaluating and integrating advanced signature management technology into training. “What we’ve seen in the last ...

A supervisory engineer at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division spent years building a jammer designed to defeat America’s own radars. The harder his team made it for friendly pilots to see through the jamming, the better they were doing ...

You hear a bump in the night. Your thoughts are racing and you are groggy. What’s going on? Is it a family member? An intruder? Where is your gun and did you forget to lock the door? Are you prepared to fight? ...

U.S. special forces rescued a downed airman in Iran in a complex operation that averted a potential crisis for President Donald Trump, as the war entered its sixth week with little sign of progress in diplomatic efforts for a resolution. ...

CHAD – When April Fool’s Day Jokes Backfire In our industry, perhaps the most classic backfired April Fool’s Day joke was the 5.11 Tactical Kilt which they ended up making for several years after public outcry. On the other hand, ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army has conditionally selected two companies to enter into exclusive negotiations to build and operate commercial hyperscaled data centers on two Army installations. The initiative demonstrates a model for industry relationships under the Army’s Enhanced Use ...

AYA Shotgun Serialization (Aguirre y Aranzabal) – From 1945 to 1994 AYA had manufactured over 1970 9559 600,000 shotguns of all models and grades with all serial numbers assigned in chronological order. For 1927-1944 year of manufacture date codes, see ...

In 1975 Browning began using the two (2) letter code system (located in the middle of the serial number) for determining the year of manufacture. For example “PN” would be “89” indicating 1989. Read and print out original Browning antique ...