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Authorized Protective Eyewear List Posters Collection

Friday November 27th, 2015 admin 10,822 views

The Authorized Protective Eyewear List (APEL) is a list of protective eyewear tested and approved by the U.S. Military for use by its soldiers. It was created in 2006 because statistics showed that about 10% of battlefield injuries at that time included eye injuries. The APEL is updated periodically and […]

Abbreviation, Meaning and Pronunciation

Thursday November 26th, 2015 admin 5,726 views

Abbr. Meaning Pronunciation Source ALICE All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment “alice” WIKIPEDIA APEL Authorized Protective Eyewear List N/A WIKIPEDIA ECWCS Extended Cold Weather Clothing System “ek-waks” WIKIPEDIA IIFS Individual Integrated Fighting System N/A WIKIPEDIA LINCLOE Lightweight Individual Clothing and Equipment N/A Vietnam Gear MOLLE Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment “molly” WIKIPEDIA […]

NSN Reference Part 2: NCB Code

Sunday November 22nd, 2015 admin 10,212 views

NCB stands for National Codification Bureau. The NCB is the organisation, typically a government agency, in charge of maintaining the NCS database within a given country. Country NCB Code USA 00 / 01 Unassigned (USA) 02 ~ 10 NATO-standard items 11 West Germany / Germany 12 Belgium 13 France 14 […]

NSN Reference Part 1: FSC Code

Sunday November 22nd, 2015 admin 11,859 views

Federal Supply Class (FSC) codes are used to group products into logical families for management purposes. The four-digit fields, are used to group standardization documents and their products into logical families. Similarly, Standardization Areas refer to categories for engineering technologies, disciplines, and practices that do not fall under a FSC. […]

Vietnam War Reproduction Field Gear Collection

Saturday November 21st, 2015 admin 10,039 views

ROK made Repro M1967 canteen cover Stamp just like origin   China made M1 helmet cover Stamp: “COVER, HELMET CAMOUFLAGE CONTRACT NO.8116 8465-261-6833 M&L WORKS” Phantom labeled repro M1956 M16 20rd mag pouch Repro M-1967 USMC Buttpack