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For work in Afghanistan, the gear needs to be as good as the man. Which means the gear needs to be of a high enough quality to survive some of the most adverse conditions our security contractors are finding themselves in. Below is a list of some damn good gear that any body in Afghanistan would be happy to get in the mail. By Will Grant   The LEAF (law enforcement and armed forces) line of clothing from Arc’Teryx is...

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Here are ten items that will bring Christmas cheer to a dangerous place a little more enjoyable. Next week, we’ll be putting together care packages for those in Afghanistan. If you have suggestions, we’d be morev than happy to hear them: btw@bwbrand.com. Out of a Jam: The AR-15 Ultralight Multitasker Tool has just about everything you need to service your carbine in the field. At seven ounces and just over four inches long, you’ll forget it’s there until you need it. We...

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Sean Naylor’s book Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda (Berkley Publishing Group, 2005) brought to light an operation shrouded in controversy, mismanagement and friendly fire. His latest series of articles on Somalia carry similar weight, and his forthcoming book on Special Operations Command promises to be just as enlightening. Courtesy Warren Zinn of Army Times AFGHANISTAN: BTW: What is the biggest take-away lesson from Anaconda? Sean Naylor: There are several lessons to be learned...

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There are probably more rifles available today built on the AR-15 platform than ever before. In fact, the rifle and its components are so highly standardized that when it comes to AR-15s, there’s not much new under the sun. And when you do see something new—some new proprietary product that claims to improve what’s worked for years—you should be wary. The AR platform is one of the most reliable, lowest-maintenance configurations for assault rifles in the world, which leaves little...

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The notorious terrorist Carlos the Jackal’s trial began earlier this week in Paris. More than 35 years after the Jackal’s capture, we have Billy Waugh, among others, to thank for putting him behind bars. Waugh, though, has been watching and targeting terrorists for nearly as long as such missions have existed. After hunting the Jackal, he shadowed Osama bin Laden in Sudan, and jogged past bin Laden’s compound near Khartoum every morning at dawn. “I could have easily killed him...

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For the duration of his 15-month US Army tour in Afghanistan, Jeremiah Ridgeway carried a digital camera and scrap of torn paper with guidelines for submitting photos to National Geographic magazine. When he returned to American soil in 2007 with more than 8,000 images, the magazine liked what it saw. In March 2008, National Geographic published his photo of an Afghan National Army solider crouched in front of a wall in the snow. For having no formal training as a...

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