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They are Just Despicable!
I have for several years written about companies that produce fiberfill insulations directed for use by manufacturers of sleeping bags or clothing specifically for products to be used by our men in uniform, i.e. soldiers whether they are members of the Army, Navy, Marines or Coast Guard. The manufacturers of the fiberfill embellish beyond their [...]
The Failed Sleeping Bag
For the past two years I have written about the desire on the part of the Marines to acquire a new sleeping bag since they have had several years to finally learn the bag they originally had, a bastardization of my two bag system hasn’t performed in the field as planned. The most recent article [...]
Scent-Lok Found Guilty Of False Advertising
SportsOneSource Media serves the outdoor industry reported on the web site www.SportsOneSource.com that {ALS Enterprises producer of Scent-Lok clothing had falsely claimed its products were based on “odor eliminating technology” or were “odor eliminating clothing.” Cabela’s and Gander Mountain, both of which sell Scent Lok and their own private-label clothing, were also found guilty of [...]
New Insulated Parka Liner for The USMC
About two months ago a request for information or sources sort notice appeared from Natick labs asking “industry” for a liner that will fit into the existing military sleeping system as well as a liner that will fit into the “new” Marine Corps sleep system. See the January 2010 article now archived. Now the [...]
Global Warming and Global Cooling
Several months ago I recommended a book “THE COOLING; HAS THE NEXT ICE AGE BEGUN? CAN WE SURVIVE IT?” by Lowell Ponte, published by Prentice-Hall in 1976. I read the book in 1976 when I purchased it and again in 2009. My interest in climatic change was initiated when I received a photo copy of [...]
Articles About Staying Warm
The January / February 2010 issue of Mushing Magazine includes in the issue an article titled “The Physics and Physiology of Staying Warm”. The author is Rob Loveman. Below is the letter to the editor that I wrote expressing my disappointment that they would publish such an article. Actually I was not disappointed to read [...]
An Admission of Failure
As we all know when the U.S. government initiates a program it never functions as planned. Once the problems begin to show themselves modification are conjured up. The problem as I see it is those who started the program leave their position for one reason or another and they leave the person taking their place [...]
Insulting The Marines
About two years ago the US Army Natick Laboratory issued a solicitation for proposals for a new sleep system to include a sleeping bag and a bivi bag. At the time I read the specifications they wanted those making proposals to meet certain requirements, and I knew it could not be accomplished so I did [...]
Is It Possible For Them To Learn?
I received the following two emails from one a civilian and two from a SGT in the US Army.From:] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 12:32 AMTo: wiggys@wiggys.comSubject: XXL 100 in. long Antarctic bagsDear Wiggy,In 2006 I and three others, including my son, ordered 4 XXL 100 in long Antarctic bags from you. We were [...]
Why President Obama Should be Proudest to be an American
The United States of America (USA) is 229 years old. England was started in 1066, I do not know how old Germany, Italy, France, the Scandinavian country’s are and many of the other countries of Europe eastern or western but I do know they have yet to elect a man or woman their president, chancellor [...]