by David Wyble | Aug 7, 2026 | Active Duty, Battle Rattle, Commentary, Everything Else, In the News, Military News & Press, Veterans, Vision Strike Wear, Vision-Strike-Coins.Com
The United States Navy (USN) remains one of the world’s most capable maritime forces, and current Navy news shows a service adapting rapidly to new security challenges. In August 2026, American sailors are operating with international partners, conducting Arctic...
by David Wyble | Aug 7, 2026 | Active Duty, Battle Rattle, Commentary, Everything Else, In the News, Military News & Press, Veterans
The United States Air Force (USAF) continues to evolve as America faces a rapidly changing global security environment. Recent U.S. Air Force news highlights a service balancing combat readiness, advanced aircraft, emerging drone technology, global mobility, force...
by David Wyble | Aug 6, 2026 | Active Duty, Battle Rattle, Commentary, Everything Else, In the News, Military News & Press, Veterans
Each year on August 7, Americans observe Purple Heart Day, a time to recognize the extraordinary courage and sacrifice of the men and women who were wounded or killed in action while serving our nation. On August 7, 2026, the day carries the same powerful meaning it...
by David Wyble | Jul 15, 2026 | Active Duty, Battle Rattle, Everything Else, In the News, Military News & Press, Veterans, Vision Strike Wear, Vision Strike Wear Blog Categories
The United States Armed Forces are made up of six unique US military branches, each with its own proud traditions, specialized missions, and unforgettable sense of humor. Ask any veteran which branch is the best, and you’ll probably get six different...
by David Wyble | Jul 15, 2026 | Active Duty, Battle Rattle, Everything Else, Veterans, Vision Strike Wear, Vision Strike Wear Blog Categories, Vision Strike Wear Products, Vision-Strike-Coins.Com
There are many US military myths that need to be busted. Yet if you grew up watching old war movies like many Americans today, it is hard to separate fact from myth. Yet if you’ve ever served in the US Military, you’ve probably realized that one of your...
by David Wyble | Jul 10, 2026 | Active Duty, Battle Rattle, Commentary, Everything Else, US Coast Gaurd, Veterans, Vision Strike Wear, Vision Strike Wear Blog Categories, Vision Strike Wear Products
If you’ve ever served in the military, you already know that “normal” is a relative term. Somewhere between waking up at 0400, standing in formation in the rain because someone else forgot their reflective belt, and hearing, “Hurry up and...
by David Wyble | Jul 6, 2026 | 2nd Amendment, Active Duty, Commentary, Everything Else, In the News, Military News & Press, Veterans
As excitement builds around the Young Washington movie, Americans have another opportunity to explore the remarkable journey of George Washington, whose early military experiences helped shape the leader who would eventually command the Continental Army during the...
by David Wyble | Jul 1, 2026 | Active Duty, Promotions, Veterans, Vision Strike Wear Products, Vision-Strike-Coins.Com
The men and women of the United States Armed Forces have proudly defended freedom for generations. From the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Space Force to veterans who continue serving their communities long after leaving active duty, military...
by David Wyble | Jun 22, 2026 | Active Duty, Battle Rattle, Military News & Press, Veterans
For generations, the men and women of the United States Armed Forces have answered the call to serve their country. Whether serving in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or supporting specialized missions around the world, every service member...
by David Wyble | Jun 20, 2026 | Active Duty, Battle Rattle, Everything Else, Promotions, Veterans, Vision Strike Wear, Vision Strike Wear Blog Categories, Vision Strike Wear Products, Vision-Strike-Coins.Com
For generations, military service members have carried forward traditions built on honor, sacrifice, and camaraderie. Among those traditions, military challenge coins have become one of the most meaningful symbols of service, representing units, deployments,...
by David Wyble | Jun 15, 2026 | Veterans
As the nation prepares to celebrate the USA 250th Anniversary in 2026, Americans are rediscovering the historic events that shaped the birth of our country. One of the most significant moments occurred on June 15, 1775, when the Second Continental Congress unanimously...
by Frost Call | Jun 6, 2026 | Veterans
The Day That Changed the Course of History On June 6, 1944, the world witnessed one of the most courageous and consequential military operations ever undertaken. Known simply as D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy marked the beginning of the liberation of Western...
by Sgt Strike | Jun 30, 2022 | Veterans
There are few less choices in this day and age, post Covid that one can call a military shirt company. You have Military-Outfitters.Com, Grunststyle, Ranger up and maybe a couple of more that sprung up in more recent years. Chances are they are another skull shirt...
by Frost Call | Jun 17, 2022 | Active Duty, Commentary, Everything Else, Veterans
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...
by Sgt Strike | Jan 20, 2022 | Commentary, Veterans
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...
by Sgt Strike | Jan 17, 2022 | Veterans
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...
by Sgt Strike | Dec 27, 2021 | Veterans
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...
by Sgt Strike | Dec 27, 2021 | Veterans
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...
by Sgt Strike | Dec 1, 2021 | Everything Else, Veterans
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...
by Sgt Strike | Nov 23, 2021 | Veterans
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...
by Sgt Strike | Nov 11, 2021 | Veterans
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....
by Sgt Strike | Nov 19, 2019 | Veterans
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...
by Sgt Strike | Nov 19, 2019 | Veterans
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...
by Frost Call | Nov 6, 2019 | Slogan of the Week, Veterans
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...
by Sgt Strike | Nov 2, 2019 | Veterans
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...
by Sgt Strike | Nov 1, 2019 | Slogan of the Week, Veterans
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...
by Frost Call | Oct 13, 2019 | Veterans
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...
by Frost Call | Aug 21, 2019 | Veterans
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,...
by Sgt Strike | Aug 21, 2019 | Veterans
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...
by Frost Call | Nov 11, 2018 | Veterans, Vision Strike Wear
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...
by Sarge Strike | Apr 27, 2017 | Veterans, Vision Strike Wear, Vision-Strike-Coins.Com
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...
by Sarge Strike | Jan 31, 2017 | Active Duty, Veterans, Vision Strike Wear, Vision Strike Wear Blog Categories, Vision Strike Wear Products
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...
by Sarge Strike | Jan 29, 2017 | Active Duty, In the News, Military News & Press, Veterans, Vision Strike Wear, Vision Strike Wear Blog Categories, Vision Strike Wear Products, Vision-Strike-Coins.Com
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...
by Sarge Strike | Jan 29, 2017 | Active Duty, Custom Shirt Designs, Military News & Press, Veterans, Vision Strike Wear, Vision Strike Wear Blog Categories, Vision Strike Wear Products, Vision-Strike-Coins.Com
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...
by Frost Call | Oct 31, 2016 | Commentary, Veterans, Vision Strike Wear
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...
by Sarge Strike | Sep 11, 2016 | Veterans, Vision Strike Wear Blog Categories, Vision-Strike-Coins.Com
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...
