From the video of D.E.A F.A.S.T team together with the U.S Navy Sailors in Afghanistan doing their drug busting to cut down the Terrorists financial founds, I found some thing familiar in the video which is the ” Dump Pouch” on most of the operators belt. First look I was pretty sure it was made by the tactical brand C.S.M but I had a little doubt cause of its color it is dark tan, it is quite dark compare to the dump pouch before. There are 3 photos I crop down from the video during the extraction of the NSW operator with the C.S.M Dump pouch.
Until I saw these photos and video I did not know the difference between the military issue and the civilian model of the dump pouch and for a good chance of luck I was able to find the “military version CSM dump pouch”, now lets take a look and see.
MIL VERSION
FRONT
BACK
SEAL OPERATOR WITH THE EARLY VERSION OF THE DUMP POUCH IN 3-DESERT COLOR
The dump pouch at the left is the early version and comes with the black tag beside the tag color different you can see I put the arrow to point out the difference between the early version and the current version that the S.O.F are using.
A) The nylon cord with the washer and lock button was original place at the front side of the dump pouch but the latest version they have change it to the back for fast tighten up the pouch to ensure that what ever is important in that pouch wont be lost or drop during the operation also it was replace at the back side for safety reason, it is harder to break when it is more near the body.
B) The latest mil version also comes with the velcro and the foldable function so that when the pouch is empty or not used the operator cant fold it up and when they need to use it just simple pull the velcro strap down and the dump pouch will also be ready in action.
Finally lets take a look at the tag of this dump pouch it has the “NSN” number compare to the commercial version.
These patches was used during mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s special-ops Foreign Advisory and Support Team in Afghanistan. This was a capture/kill mission that took place on 9/11 to take out a taliban kingpin who was a large drug facilitator in Kandahar province. The raid turned up heroin, opium, precursor chemicals and bomb-making materials. The explosion toward the end of the piece is those items going up in smoke.
It has been quite a while that the SEALs and DEA has work together for drug bust after those snakes in Panama. For stopping the terrorist the most important and vital is to attack them from their money supply, many people may not know that how those terrorist get their funds is from selling pirated CD and drugs also the guns in the black market. To be able to stop them and their activities, the operators has to go down where it begins.
The patch from the left was used by the D.E.A agent and the one from the right was used by the N.S.W Operators,
Navy SEAL in Iraq who has been charged with abusing a captured and accused Iraqi terrorist, the man alleged to have masterminded the ambush killing of four U.S. military contractors working for the security firm “Blackwater” (now known as “XE Services’) claims he is innocent of the charges the U.S. military is now bringing against him. The charges brought by the military are dereliction of preformance or duty for willfully failing to safeguard a detainee. making a false official statement, and assault.
The charges stem from an alleged incident after McCabe and other Navy SEALS conducted a special operation to capture an Iraqi named Ahmed Hasim Abed who was the allegeded mastermind of the 2004 ambush and killing of four American military contractors in Fallajuh. McCabe’s attorney Neal Pucket told Fox News, who broke the story, that his client is being charged essentially for a “punch to the gut”.
The killings were worldwide news at the time, as two of the American’s where hung from a bridge and mutilated publicly. The images were broadcast around the world , One of the men killed in 2004, Scott Helvenston, was a former Navy SEAL. The case is expected to have its first hearing next week in Virginia.
Now, one of our frog brother is in the processing of the hearing of the court, lets all pray that everything will turn clear and good against him to give his freedom and name back
From the previous review on the Invisio M3 model, This is the another version of the invisio, The M4 series is the advance model of the M3.
This headset is custom made for each person’s ear shape to fit exactly on the person’s ear only, the reason for doing that is to decreased the stress when you wear this headset on your ear for very long time during the operation. This headset has been order by the US NAVY SEALs for more then 2000 set at the year of 2009.
Front View of M4s, which has the laser marking of ” R” right ear and the brand ” INVISIO”
Now when I first saw the headset I was wonder how the headset was made and can be done? After the meeting with INVISIO, I get to know how the headset is made to fit each other person’s different ear shapes, when you purchased the M4 series, first thing you need to do is made your ear molding and send the molding to the local dealer and it will be 3d scan and cut out the shape with very accurate precision laser and it will be exactly fit to your ear.
The Inner view of the Invisio M4s, as you can see there is a small whole on the ear piece and that is for receiving the sound. and the small black part is sensor for the bone vibration it can capture the vibration and convert it to sound, it is really amazing that you can put that black part anywhere your body and it can transmit the vibration into sound. I really got surprise how accurate the sound is and you can even whisper very lightly and it still clear as crystal.
FEATURES OF THE INVISIO M4S
Custom made by polymer ear molds that can fit extreme environments
Vibration sensing bone conduction for clear speach total elimination of Ambient noises
High performance balanced speaker with low distortion
Ultra light weight and small form factor
Kevlar reinforce cable with Teflon insulation and a pull strength of over 20KG
Submersible under 20 meters
Unique whisper function
Compatible with helmets, gas masks
TECHNICAL SPECS
Many people have seen this headset on the photos and personally when I first saw it on the photo, I just had this doubt in my mind that is this ” Tinny Thing” really good? and as normal people has this mind set that ” HUGE is GOOD” but in the world of electronic devices that will be the opposite the smaller you are the price is higher and besides this headset is ” STRONG, SMALL, COMFORTABLE that is the ultimate reason the true operators chooses to fit there mission
After few years of development Silent Professional has officially become Silent Professional. Inc. We have come to develop our first headset product,
It is called the ” N.S.W headset” so called N.S.W is from “Naval Special Warriors” headset, this headset is develop for the warriors in who usually operates IN and OUT the water with a tough build headset and push to talk box and most important is that it comes with the interchangeable quick release radio jack and connector, it helps the operator when using different radios for their extreme environment operating area.
This headset was conducted by 3 major parts such as the headset itself, the push to talk BOX, the quick release radio jack and connector.
Now lets take a look into the first part the “Headset”
This headset may look just similar as other normal headset out there in the market but with our quality standard we are insist to give the customer the best quality with the affordable price, so we choose the headset that is the mil spec submersible headset and was well tested by the ” Republic of Korea SEAL/UDT” unit.
This headset can be submersible into the water and fully functional with clear sound receiver and clear sound mic.
2nd part will be the “P.T.T“
From the the 1rst photo below you can see there is a blue arrow indicate that the push to talk button. Just simply push and hold the button “Forward or Backward” to send out the transmission.
Lets take a look at another important part of the NSW headset, that will be the “Quick released radio connector” this kind of connector helps the operator or end user who has different spec and brand of radio or when the headset connector to the radio has break down during the tough environment, but in this case the operator can just quick eject the broken connector and switch on the extra connector and the communication is back on track.
But this part is the only part that cant be submersible to the water but what the other operator usually will do is that put in their radio into the water proof dive pack and let the quick released radio connector also be inside the water proof dive bag to secured and prevent the water goes in to the radio and the quick released connector.
TheP.T.T box is also tough build by the mil spec raw material, many people would wonder if it is metal but when we consider this headset will be in and out the water, metal will not be our option. Lets take a look at the back side of the ptt it also comes with the 360 degree rotate attachment clip, this can help the operator to clip anywhere and any direction they want. Just remember to put some machine oil before going into the water operation and also use WD-40 to clean it up after.
NSW headset comes with 3 kind of radio configurations like the photos below
If you are special type of radio please feel free to contact me for custom order.
OPTION-1
OPTION-2
OPTION-3
NOW
Many people always say “TO SEE IS TO BELIEVE”
Here is the photo that I dip the headset and PTT into the water and holding the push to talk button, as you can see there is a small red led light on the radio it means that the headset is sending transmission to another radio, this is just for the water proof testing purposes only, please do not try this while operating in the water cause even it works because you are in the water biting the mouth pieces of the LAR-V or any diving equipment, this headset is for submersible and used it on shore or shallow water edge only.
Being in water more the 1 hour after testing and testing.
Hooooyah~~~Just got back home for less then 48 hours and ready to deploy again to JP Tokyo…even the time is tight but there are always some surprise waiting behind the rush and harsh time.
S.P booth setting for the V.Show
After lunch….
I recognize one of the faces from ” GET SOME!!!”
Thanks for passing by my booth…Hope there is more time to discuss with you guys next year~~~
Nathan H.Hardy assigned to East Coast-based SEAL team; died Feb. 4, from wounds sustained from small-arms fire during combat operations in Balad, Iraq. Also killed
Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer Michael E. Koch, 29, died from wounds suffered from small arms fire while participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom
DEVGRU GOLD KNIGHT PATCH SET
THE PATCHE SET COMES WITH 3 PATCHES
( GOLD STANDARD SIZE)
(DESERT LOWPRO STANDARD SIZE)
(DESERT LOWPRO SMALL/ ADMIN POUCH SIZE)
LIMITED QUANTITY ONLY~~~
All PATCH SET SALES PERCENTAGE GOES TO NSW-FOUNDATION.
As the new generation of camouflage “MULTICAM”, there are many rumors for many years that the US military will be changing to the color of Multicam camouflage. Only until 2 years ago you can start seeing many SOF personal such as PJ, DEA, Navy SEALs are using the multicam camo for testing, my personal opinion is the M.C is really good for operators in A-Stan cause it is not only desert but it also have vegetation environment.
At the year 2007 when the first photo of NSW are using the LBT-6094A came out, this carrier became a “BOOM” but frankly I have to say the 1rst gen has few improvement needed but yet it also became the icon of NSW plate carrier. But as a SOF operator, they are like ninjas they adapted the environment and modified their gear to fit their mission and to maximum efficiency of their mission and the same time to obtain good camouflage for concealment
Sample photo of SEAL operator using the plate carrier during an exercise.
Now, lets take a look more angles and details of the plate carrier.
Front
There are few improvements of the carrier compare to the first generation, first is the shoulder strap cover, it changed the material from nylon to multicam 500D codura. 2nd innovation is the molle straps at the front side, it added the Velcro for the operator to put on the unit patches and the same time still can attached some pouches. And also the the molle stitching are more precised not like the first gen.
Back
The Plate carrier also can fit both M/L size of SAPI plate, even the first gen also says it can fit the both M/L but the cutting is kinda small it can only fit the small size or medium size of the plate. From the photo you can see that compare the medium plate it still have more space to fit the large ones.
The plate carrier can also carry side sapi plate and side soft armor.
Looking forward to bring you more reviews next time~CHEERS!!! HOOYAH!!!
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