BimmerFreak

If you want to find a local shop to purchase and inventory TGO hats, I would be happy to get them set up

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Yeah, that one rocks... But I also like this one.... great for all the Glock guys

I think a cool option would be to add your username to the back of the hat. I did this option for all the guys in my unit a few years ago (call signs or names, not usernames) and it was about 3 bucks extra. **Its time consuming to set up each hat for an individual run, so thats where the added cost comes in.

Welcome. Tell us about yourself.

Many of the guys in my unit work for Triple Canopy and they have an official "unofficial" policy to get an operator out of country the moment they are involved in a shooting. This is to prevent the operator from being wrongfully charged or used to make a political statement by Iraqi officials.

Welcome fellow Army dude

Here are a few pictures my 10 year old daughter took... Some ugly guy shooting his AR Wes trying to figure out where all the bullets are going Mr. and Mrs. Hero-Gear

Good times were had by all. Thanks to Eddie for bringing the cool refreshing drinks

Make sure you dont use the crappy shirts that most embroidery shops carry. My suggestion would be 5.11

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How did you guys spend 9/11? As 9/11/07 passes, I would to think of this day not as an anniversary or memorial, but as a day for myself, and those like me to reaffirm our commitment to the safety and well being of our countrymen. For me, today was special. I am currently attending the Army's SFAUC Course or Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat Course. Over 2 weeks of advanced firearms training and engagements, room clearing, force of force training, super-duper black bag ninja stuff, etc. What better way to remember 9/11 than to spend it with your brothers in arms on the range for 10 hours! As I took to the range today, I remembered back 6 years ago when shortly after 9/11/01 I found myself leading a group of 39 men to the Middle East in the opening days of our War on Terror. In the time since I first stepped onto that bird, over 3000 U.S. Service members have given their lives to insure that those attacks are never repeated. Another 50,000+ Service members have been wounded, their lives changed forever, in that same effort. With those thoughts and figures in my head, it made each and every engagement seem a bit more important to me. Regardless of what events, and what leadership successes or failures led or contributed to the attacks that day, America changed forever that day. Today, I reaffirmed my plead to this nation, and to my brothers to the right and left of me on that firing line. I am committed to defending this nation, and if called to do so, am prepared to lay my life on the line for the safety of those in my unit, and those across America. /babble. **Authors note: Im sorry if this seems like a incoherent rant. I am smoked for 4 days of intense training, but wanted to record my thoughts and feelings of the day.

Your wife has good taste Dont worry about the black one....I was wanting one of the less common receiver colors (like green )

Yeah, it will look nice sitting next to my Browning A5 Light Twelve

ANY training (*yes, even bad training) is good if you allow yourself to view each event as an opportunity to learn from what went right, and what went wrong. Repeat want made sense and went well. Make sure you dont repeat what went wrong. Im not telling someone to take every stitch of training as gospel and apply it word for word. If you are being instructed in something that is completely contrary to what you have taught in the past, thats not such a bad thing. There may be some good stuff in there. Its YOUR responsibility to decide if any or all what is being presented to you makes sense, and has a place in your personal collection of TTPs. (Training Tactics and Procedures for you non-Army types) **off topic a bit, but it drives my point home (at least to me) I learned more about leadership from my worst squadleader than I ever learned at PLDC (and BNCOC, ANCOC, ISG Course) I had this squadleader named SSG Doug Smith. I hated this man with all my heart. He represented the worse type of leader: selfish, zero integrity, led from the rear, do as I say- not as I do, lied, cheated, im sure stole...you get the point. As a young private through corporal, I loathed this man. But funny thing; I allowed myself to learn from this man. What did I learn? exactly how NOT to be a leader. I spent the first 2 years of my Army career storing all of this "how not to be a douche bag" away in my head. I have literally spent every day of my career trying to not be like Doug. When I was faced with a character or moral decision, I would think about how Doug would have handled the situation. I then did the exact opposite. I have factored every decision I have made while in the Army on "what would Doug do?" So yes, you CAN learn from bad training and leadership.

+1 Allowing ourselves or this board to be sucked into the TR/JY controversy only brings us down. Suggestion: If James comes on here and spouts off like in the past, lets deal with him directly. If not, then we should let sleeping dogs lie. There are plenty of anti-JY websites and postings out there. I dont think we need to waste our time with him. If we stop talking about him, perhaps the TR/JY fanboys will stop feeling the need to rush to his defense and clutter this board.

That gun sucks Mark. Total P O S !!!! Which is why I am willing to take it off your hands.

joe@hero-gear.com I just saw the 3 you posted....I want it. I wish it was the vent rib model with gold detailing...but such is life

What? I dont see anything....show me!

FOR SURE! I can see it now....Mars and Rabbi sitting here all alone. Mars trying to get Rabbi to see the glory of all things Glock.... Rabbi trying to convince Mars that if it were designed and or introduced after 1908, it isnt worth having.

Im sorry to see you leave Captain. You need to realize that someone that puts them self out there like James does, is going to draw fire and support from both sides. If you want to pout and run off all butt hurt because some(most) members here dont subscribe to Yeager-worship, thats your choice. It sounds like taking the low road. Here are the facts: James is controversial. James has both haters and defenders. James came on THIS VERY SITE and conducted himself like a complete ego-maniac and pissed a bunch of people off. Regarding your recent FOF training: Any and all training you receive is good. The reason you continue to train is to experience new situations and scenarios that hopefully will cause you to make mistakes and force you to think about, rethink, and perhaps make changes to your TACSOP. Regardless of how I (or anyone else) feels about the MAN, if his training allowed you to make changes to, or add to your personal fighting SOP, then the money was well spent. I dont suggest taking ANY trainer's work or MOI as gospel. Go. listen. Learn. Apply what makes sense for YOU, and trash the rest. Hope to see you stick around, but if not; thanks for your service in the Army and best wishes. /Out

RCTA offers a broad and solid list of courses. I have attended several, and highly recommend them to anyone that has the credentials to attend their training. I am the senior NCO assigned to 20th Special Forces Group. If someone is interested in joining, PM me and I can talk to you about getting an interview.