For Military professionals: your unit’s chain of command, applicable ARs, DA Pams, and unit SOPs should guide your specific armory procedures and regulatory compliance requirements. This article focuses on storage specifications and armory management considerations to inform equipment and infrastructure decisions. Taking over a poorly run armory is a specific kind of professional challenge that […]
For Military professionals: your unit’s chain of command, applicable ARs, DA Pams, and unit SOPs should guide your specific pistol and Taser storage procedures and regulatory compliance requirements. This article focuses on storage specifications and configuration considerations to inform equipment and infrastructure decisions. Pistols and Tasers occupy a category in military armory management that most […]
For Military professionals: your unit’s chain of command, applicable ARs, DA Pams, and unit SOPs should guide your specific heavy weapon storage procedures and regulatory compliance requirements. This article focuses on storage specifications and configuration considerations to inform equipment and infrastructure decisions. Launchers, tubes, and mortars present a set of storage challenges that most armory […]
By Duncan Horner, CEO — Arctos Industries For Military professionals: your unit’s chain of command, applicable ARs, DA Pams, and unit SOPs should guide your specific machine gun storage procedures and regulatory compliance requirements. This article focuses on storage specifications and configuration considerations to inform equipment and infrastructure decisions. Machine guns occupy a specific regulatory […]
For Military professionals: your unit’s chain of command, applicable regulations, and unit SOPs should guide your specific armory configuration and weapons storage procedures. This article focuses on storage specifications and rack configuration considerations to inform equipment and infrastructure decisions. Rifle and carbine rack configuration is one of those armory decisions that gets made once and […]
For Military professionals: your unit’s chain of command, applicable regulations, and unit SOPs should guide your specific TA-50 management procedures. This article focuses on storage configuration and layout considerations to inform equipment and infrastructure decisions. Every unit has a deployment cycle. Most units also have a TA-50 room that wasn’t designed to survive one. The […]
For Military professionals: your unit’s chain of command, relevant ARs, and applicable regulations should guide your specific armory procedures and operational requirements. This article focuses on storage specifications and armory management considerations to inform equipment and infrastructure decisions. The best armory NCOs I’ve encountered share one characteristic that has nothing to do with rank or […]
The term “cardiac box” comes from emergency medicine and anatomical training, but it has a direct and practical meaning for anyone making body armor decisions. It describes the rectangular zone at the center of the chest that houses the heart, the aorta, and the major vessels connected to both. A trauma to this zone, from […]
Most people asking this question assume the answer is complicated. It’s actually straightforward for domestic travel in the United States, and considerably more involved the moment an international border is involved. Understanding that distinction upfront saves a lot of unnecessary anxiety at the check-in counter. Domestic U.S. Travel: The Baseline Rules The TSA does not […]
Here’s a question most armor content skips entirely: in a home defense scenario, how much time do you have to put your armor on? The answer to that question should drive most of your purchasing decision, and it rules out a significant portion of what gets marketed as “home defense armor” based on appearance alone. […]
