How to Celebrate the 4th of July
Every year proud American patriots gather on the 4th of July to celebrate the independence from the British Empire. ‘The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire.” Was the saying by members of the empire representing its global hegemony dominating ancient...
Here’s 5 Reasons No Nation Wants to Go to Fight with the U.S. Army
Here’s 5 Reasons No Nation Wants to Go to Fight with the U.S. Army. The U.S. Army can bring an unprecedented amount of firepower onto any battlefield in the world. When it comes to lethal weapons, the U.S. Army has no shortage. Some may be too expensive, some...History Of The US Air Force
The history of the US Air Force has an amazing story.The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. The USAF was established in 1947, following the end of...F-4 Phantom OF The Cold War
Without a question one of the most aggressive and arguably deadliest looking fighter has to be the F-4 Phantom. This plus Mach 2 warbird screamed across the skies of the Cold War and found itself lifting off the deck of US Navy aircraft carriers while hunting for...The M-103 US Heavy Tank
The heavy tank, M103 Heavy Battle Tank USA Cold War Combatants Challenge Coin was designed celebrating during the Cold War spotlighting both the US and its Soviet T-10 tank counter part. As the growing hot war loomed in the distance between the United States and...
M24 Chaffee Tank of the Korean War
The little light tank that could and boy did they finally get tanks right towards the end of World War Two and into the Korean War. The M24 Chaffee tank was the kind of tank you wanted when rolling up a hill filled with Communist Chinese hell-bent on over running your...The US Flag Etiquette Left Right Left Right
So it’s been seen controversial in every direction imaginable from the left shoulder to the right shoulder and reversed and not reserved. So what is the standard if there really is one? You see the US flag displayed on the back of an ambulance in a reverse displaying...Display Your Military Pride with A PVC Morale Patch
Increasingly becoming more and more popular it is not uncommon to display your military pride with a PVC morale patch in these difficult days. Worn on a uniform, in a ruck, bag or back pack or on a ball cap a person can display their message to the rest of us....Custom Marine Corps T-shirts
When it comes to custom Marine Corps T-shirts look no farther. You want the same killer instinct emblazoned on your custom USMC shirt because USMC pride is important. The United States Marines are warriors elite and the custom Marine Corps T-shirts they wear should...Custom USCG Shirts
Having some of the best Custom USCG Shirts is important when it comes to your command and USCG unit pride. USCG commands, cutters and special activities have their Custom USCG Shirts designed by Vision-Strike-Wear because they are eager to get some of the most...
Every Marine A Rifleman – Slogan of the Week
A Special Forces extension of the U.S. Navy, the Marine Corps’ boasts their Slogan “Every Marine, A Rifleman” exemplifies one of the Marine’s most important skills, marksmanship. Great attention and importance is involved in the training of a Marine marksman. Training...Davy Jones’ Locker
Davy Jones’ Locker is a reference for the floor of the sea or its bottom. Davy Jones’s Locker is also an idiom for death at the lowest level of the sea and is know to be the resting place of sailors, pirates and shipwrecks. To have been taken to the...Blood Sweat And Tears – Slogan of the Week
5 Facts to Know About Veterans Day Veterans Day is a well-known American holiday, but there are also a few quite a few misconceptions about it — for example like how it’s spelled or whom exactly it celebrates and honors to be more precise. To clear some of these...
Anchor’s Aweigh – Slogan of the Week
With the U.S. Navy’s birthday this 13th of October we bring you The Unites States Naval Academy’s fight song “Anchors Aweigh” which was composed in 1906 by Charles A. Zimmerman with lyrics by Alfred Hart Miles. A lieutenant at the time, Zimmerman had been bandmaster...
Artist behind the Art at Vision-Strike-Wear
Our Artist – Frost CallThough he has not personally served in the military, he humbly reached the rank of Eagle Scout as a youth. As a kid and well into adulthood, he grew up in the company of military heroes who have shared their stories of sacrifice,...
Veteran Owned and Operated
Vision-Strike-Wear has been owned and operated by US Veteran since 2008. Todd Gilbert, United States Marine Reserve, attended Marine Corps recruit Depot, San Diego in the summer of 1986. After three months and successfully completing boot camp he was assigned to 6th...
Pete Minix holds the record for General Patton Museum Veteran Archives
Takes a mountain of a man, and 6′ 5″ USMC Veteran Pete Minix has collected a mountain of archives at the Gen. Patton Museum filled with over 400 stories of US Military Veterans and others who experienced the Korean and World War 2 first hand. A couple...Challenge Coin Racks and Supporting Veteran Owned Businesses
Challenge Coin Racks and Supporting Veteran Owned Businesses is at the heart of what Vision-Strike-Wear.Com is all about. It is. It has to be. When American military service people spend time making sacrifices while in the United States Military they do it when they...Happy Birthday Bronze Star
Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Bronze Star Medal through executive order on February 4th of 1944. The Bronze Star was created during the Second World War in a response to the Airmen’s Medal that was being awarded to pilots during the war. George C. Marshall...Trump has gone from You’re Fired to You’re Hired
The military saw a pay raise that matched the rise in private sector wages for the first time in six years and many feel that Trump is the one to thank for that. Prior to the election Obama and congress seemed to be in a deadlock about how much of a raise the military...
Looking back on Desert Storm
If you’re a veteran of the Gulf War than I am sure that you are familiar with Desert Storm the operation that essentially ended the War in the Persian Gulf in the early 90’s. For those of you that are not familiar this will be a quick history lesson along with a...San Diego’s World Beat Cultural Center Reclaims Racism and Ignorance with New Book Release Party
Being in San Diego for only 3 years I find myself discovering new places, meeting various people and learning about cultural perspectives was invited to a book release party last Friday night at the San Diego World Beat Cultural Center. The book was title...
The Anniversary of 9/11
The word hero is one that is overused in society. Too may times we hear that this person is a hero or that person is a hero, and normally these people are just doing the right thing or doing their job. On the anniversary of 9/11 I think we should sit back, take a...Happy Birthday Screaming Eagles
So you have just learned that you will be stationed in the illustrious Fort Campbell Kentucky and are on your way to the 101st Airborne decision. The first thing that runs through your head is great, I’m definitely going to have to go to Air Assault school and...Veteran’s Day Remembers Our American Warriors
Since the inception of America her way of life has been threatened by outside forces dedicated to take away the freedoms it has established as the hallmark of its culture. Freedom of speech. Freedom to bear arms. Freedom of imagination, creativity and the right to...I Have A Dream: The Civil Rights Movement
“I HAVE A DREAM” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Not since our founding fathers have we seen many great leaders in our history who continue to remind us that we [humans] are all created equal and are deserving of the same rights of all men. One such man did...Thomas Paine Brings Common Sense To The New Year
Our nation is in a constant state of turmoil with poverty at an all-time high, our soldiers at war, we have homelessness and those who are without food, we’re overweight and dependent on a medical industry that only benefits financially from our illnesses.
What is the difference between Army Rangers and Special Forces
The US Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment and the US Army Special Forces both are part of the US Army Special Operations Command. Their organizations are different, reflecting the different types of missions they are expected to execute.
