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The standard canvas or nylon seabag, a militarized duffel bag, has been issued to service members of all branches since before World War II. However, the increase in equipment issued to an individual Marine has made containing and transporting it all in a standard seabag difficult (a phenomenon nicknamed seabag drag ), in addition to a tactical ...
A US Army soldier wearing MOLLE gear Universal Camouflage Pattern. Modular Lightweight Load-Carrying Equipment, or MOLLE (pronounced / ˈ m ɒ l. l iː / MOL-lee), is the current generation of load-bearing equipment used by a number of NATO armed forces, especially the British Army and the United States Army since the late 1990s.
The all-purpose lightweight individual carrying equipment (ALICE) is a set of load-carrying equipment adopted as United States Army Standard A on 17 January 1973 [1] to replace the M-1956 individual load-carrying equipment (ILCE) and M-1967 modernized load-carrying equipment (MLCE).
Gun Bunny – Artilleryman. See also cannon cocker and red leg. Also refers to a Marine unit's armorers, as they spend long hours inside the armory conducting maintenance on weapons. Gun Club – slang term for the USMC at-large as in "I've been in this gun club longer than you." Use in presence of senior personnel is inappropriate.
Since the rucksack was the first component of the program to be issued to Marines, the rucksack is commonly referred to as simply the ILBE. The ILBE rucksack was designed to replace the long existing all-purpose lightweight individual carrying equipment (ALICE) and newer modular lightweight load-carrying equipment (MOLLE) packs.
(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden blocked a $14.9 billion buyout of Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel on Friday. The move, albeit not surprising after a year of negotiations that left the ...
This allows a soldier to tailor-fit his MOLLE and body armor system. While not specifically designed for it, the loops can also easily attach all-purpose lightweight individual carrying equipment ( ALICE )-based equipment, as well as many pieces of civilian-made tactical gear, and also features a large handle on the back just below the collar ...
Late-night comedy shows were unable to derail President-elect Donald Trump's second presidential victory last month despite aiming nearly all their political firepower on him.