Special-ops Folders?

I would like to point out a few misconceptions ive noticed.

Firstly is the thought that a SOCOM operator would consider anything on them as a ‘throw away’. There is no space for something to be thrown away. While there are a lot of guys out there trading their gear for local ‘trinketry’, it is almost never the guy who will be doing the fighting. Op-tempo doesn’t work that way any longer. That thought is a hold over from back when you would have a ton of local ‘down time’, which doesn’t come into play much any longer.

So then…
Things to think about; despite what you may have heard, if it was YOU on your way to the flight line, would you rather have your ‘good knife’ or the one that your not worried about losing? Of course you would use the ‘good knife’ because the only thing your worried about losing is your damn life!

Much like a mechanic counts on his tools (you would never see one with two tool boxes, one with the Snap-on, the other with the knucklebreakers for use when no ones looking). These are tools of the trade, not glamour gadgets.

Marketing is marketing; we all know that Coke is not the real thing. We all know that smoking the cool brand won’t make you an American Cowboy. See the marketing for what it is, buy a product based on quality.

Hope your all doing well.

Mick
 
Oh, I hope I didn't imply that I suspect our special forces of packing along extra equipment just for the shear joy of recklessly throwing it away like a parade float taking on a load of beads. That was not my intent at all.

But, for these soldiers, the mission is more important than any minor bit of equipment. They know that they must be able to use, destroy, and, if necessary, abandon it.

In the movies, this is the classic tension between 007 and Q best illustrated in Goldfinger when Q shows Bond his new car, "And this feature I'm particularly proud of... see this little red button? Whatever you do, don't ever press it. If you do, you'll disengage this section of the roof and then arm and fire the passenger ejection seat." Q is particularly proud of this feature, but he doesn't want 007 to ever actually use it because that would mess up the car that he's put so much effort into. But Bond thinks nothing of driving this car to its limits, firing the ejection seat, and finally crashing the car head-on into a brick wall. For him, the mission is more important than the equipment.

And this is the classic tension we feel when we see some armchair seal lovingly polishing his official seal knife. We all know that he hasn't, never will, and in fact couldn't bring himself to actually press the red button. He's a lot more Q than 007.
 
Cool analogy…

Bond does it cause chicks dig it!

You STILL look like my pal Dan. (Miss you pal)

There is no doubt, life comes before gear!

Talk to you guys soon

m
 
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