Well it all started with the CQC-15 I bought in February of this year. I wasn't sure I would like it, but I had to give emerson a shot. Well I took it on a training rotation to Germany for the month of march. It held up to everything I needed and more, i quickly became my EDC in garrison too. I let a buddy take it out on a night mission and had to fight with him to get it back. When I came home I bought a black roadhouse and a combat karambit. I just dropped the CC on a CQC-8. Now the hardest decision isn't which one next, its which one to leave home on this up coming deployment. I'm thinking of taking the 15 or 8 and putting the karambit on the kit just in case. I'm also bringing a 4 inch fixed for the IED probe. Thank you Mr. Emerson. AIRBORNE!