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UniBall has an ultra micro Signo 207. Nice.

Simplify, simplify.

“Our life is frittered away by detail…
simplify, simplify.”

– Henry David Thoreau

tacticalstuff:

soldierporn:

Curator’s Choice: The Screaming Eagle who has no words.

andrewwadenunn:

I avoided reblogging this image all day, as part of me felt that it was too “rough”.
I just now had an epiphany: last week I was interviewed on how I felt about this path of thinking, specifically how the Austin Symphony Orchestra felt that cutting Veteran speakers from their 4th of July performance. I admitted to being upset, and honestly I am. I can’t believe that their reasoning was out of a fear that people might have felt put-off or disgusted, or terrified by hearing the stories.
So here is my reblog and this will be the only thing that I leave on my page for the day. This happens every day. Then guys that went through shit like this come home just to fight battles of bureaucracy that make an “L” shaped ambush look like a game of hop-scotch, homelessness, unemployment, loneliness, depression, PTSD, TBI, drug and alcohol dependence, detachment from society, and a general feeling of being unappreciated.
So here it is, America. The yellow ribbon you purchased at the local quicky mart, which was made in China, helped this Warrior in no way.
Look.
Take a good, long look.
Think about it.
I hope it fucks your weekend up.
I hope it makes you cry.
Image by Jerome Starkey - *side note - People who reblog these images need to credit the creators of the image. It’s impolite and disrespectful to do so otherwise. This isn’t just a photograph, it’s a validation of a point in time. Some one left the comfort of their home, and risked their life to go capture this image. Pay a little respect.

[And I will reblog this every time it comes across my dash. Andrew speaks blunt truth and I love every word of it. -R]

Because I am sick of people talking about war without knowing what it it.

soldierporn:

Curator’s Choice: The Screaming Eagle who has no words.

andrewwadenunn:

I avoided reblogging this image all day, as part of me felt that it was too “rough”.

I just now had an epiphany: last week I was interviewed on how I felt about this path of thinking, specifically how the Austin Symphony Orchestra felt that cutting Veteran speakers from their 4th of July performance. I admitted to being upset, and honestly I am. I can’t believe that their reasoning was out of a fear that people might have felt put-off or disgusted, or terrified by hearing the stories.

So here is my reblog and this will be the only thing that I leave on my page for the day. This happens every day. Then guys that went through shit like this come home just to fight battles of bureaucracy that make an “L” shaped ambush look like a game of hop-scotch, homelessness, unemployment, loneliness, depression, PTSD, TBI, drug and alcohol dependence, detachment from society, and a general feeling of being unappreciated.

So here it is, America. The yellow ribbon you purchased at the local quicky mart, which was made in China, helped this Warrior in no way.

Look.

Take a good, long look.

Think about it.

I hope it fucks your weekend up.

I hope it makes you cry.

Image by Jerome Starkey - *side note - People who reblog these images need to credit the creators of the image. It’s impolite and disrespectful to do so otherwise. This isn’t just a photograph, it’s a validation of a point in time. Some one left the comfort of their home, and risked their life to go capture this image. Pay a little respect.

[And I will reblog this every time it comes across my dash. Andrew speaks blunt truth and I love every word of it. -R]

Because I am sick of people talking about war without knowing what it it.

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Over Christmas I lost my Maratac AAA flashlight and I was, well, a little devastated. I’ve been searching for a replacement and found a lot of good lights but, in the end, I love the look and simplicity of the Maratac lights. I loved the fact that the AAA version had three modes, was so small, and SO bright. The only issue that I had was the clip, which I lost probably 3 months after I bought it. Still, a great light.

I love the AA version also. I like that it comes with a diffuser cap, has a reversible clip and is easy to use. What I don’t like about it is the Lunar Mode. For my purposes, the Lunar Mode is too low. I also think that the modes need to be reversed so that the Lunar Mode comes on before the High mode. Since the High mode comes on before the Lunar mode you get blinded, but I am learning to cover the lense when doing this.

Overall, I am happy and I really love the pocket LEDs that I got as well as the ARES SO-LED that I got . It has a clip that rotates 360 degrees.

I know that AAA light will pop up somewhere.

redteams:

Up for a raffle a GORUCK Radio Ruck with the “Plan, Execute & Vanish” Patch.

Money raised will go to help the widow and son of my friend, J, killed in Afghanistan last year. We are aiming to finish paying her medical bills. We are almost there with the raffles that I and the other members of the team put together last month.

Here’s the deal, buy the tickets by sending the amount as gift to paypal at mr.aleph@gmail.com

1 ticket $5 3 tickets $10 5 tickets $20 50 tickets $150 100 tickets $250

I’ll draw the winner when we reached the amount we need. Please spread the word quietly.

Thank so much!

There is also an auction for the patch alone.