Tag: combat

  • Combat Veterans Turn To Art Therapy

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    For soldiers suffering from traumatic brain injury and the psychological effects of war, a Department of Defense art therapy program hopes to provide relief: Making art can help people unlock dark emotions or memories that they can’t yet vocalize, pulling those buried anxieties from their subconscious and placing them onto a canvass or into a…

  • Combat Cigar Humidor

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    A rugged place to keep your camouflage cigars at an optimal humidity level: Made in the USA by disabled Marine Corps. veterans.  The M13 7.62x51mm ammo can interior houses two open top boxes made out of Spanish cedar with holes drilled in the bottom for optimal humidity transfer.  These waterproof combat humidors will hold 18…

  • National Geographic Inside Combat Rescue

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    Something to keep an eye on in 2013: Four teams of Pararescuemen (PJs) and Combat Rescue Officers (CROs) work around the clock to make sure the casualties of war get a second chance. See what it takes to be a PJ and what it means to serve by the motto- “These things we do that others…

  • Confederate X132 Hellcat Combat Motorcycle

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    Confederate motorcycles just got on my radar with their badass new fuel injected V-Twin: Promo video: On August 29, 2012, James Hoegh successfully piloted the first Confederate X132 Hellcat Combat prototype to a top speed of 172.211 mph, making it the world’s fastest big block American V-twin motorcycle ever… I was kind of “over” motorcycles…

  • Rick Owens Leather Military Boot

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    New for Fall/Winter 2012:   A contemporary take on the classic combat boot.  Interesting that he chose to forgo the laces (even though the loops are still present) in exchange for a side zipper and leather belt style straps at the top.  Seeing as these boots likely won’t see any actual combat, i’m sure the less…

  • Tilt-Shift – An Illustrated View Of War From A Combat Photographer

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    A Kickstarter campaign raising money to produce this graphic novel style illustrated 12 issue series: TILT-SHIFT marries police procedural intrigue with hard-hitting modern warfare action in its hyper-real presentation of the work done by Special Operations teams throughout Afghanistan.   More than that, it paints a picture of young Americans rising from their varied upbringings, distinguishing themselves…