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Well, the USMCs Special Operations Capable units tend to be just the MEUs that qualify for SOC, Marine Reconnaissance and the FAST teams. On the other side of that the USMC do fill the QRF role quite nicely because their aviation tends to all be in-house or supplied by the Navy if on ship. In...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWsJcg-g1pg Fitting no? :pop:

Skeletor, found a image of 75th RR getting ready to jump, a few Ops-Core Fast helmets in the mix:

Its their new issued helmet since late 2011 and it has been approved by SOCOM/USASOC for Airborne Operations, granted I couldn't find any pictures where you could make out the rangers helmets when they were jumping. As for the new Spectra helmet, did they look at the Ops-Core H-nape? heard...

75th RR has used them for static line jumps since they are issued now along with their MICH helmets. Also they have a new chute down south too don't they? T-11 I believe they are known as? Be interesting to see what features and improvements it has.

Well Rabintex already has a supply of their helmets with the CF along with various Canadian police agencies thus it already has a track record of use in Canada. Sure there are other helmets out and about, but this one is light, low profile has a similar shape (especially with a helmet cover and...

If you guys are worried about lighter helmets just look at the Rabintex Attack: http://www.rabintex.com/ProductView.asp?ID=12, I think there is a model of the Attack shell made specific for paratroopers.

Funny thing is that more SFG CIF (Counter Insurgence Force) Companies are being stood up, maybe that will change with the mounting budget cuts, SFG is a big group in USASOC and could see a lot of the Special Operations cuts coming their way.

I'm going to slip my helmet on for a second, In the case of the 75th RR its preferred to be brought up in Batt instead of coming from big army in their point of view, a lot of the guys coming from big army have a higher RFS number than those coming in right from the Opt-40 don't ask me how that...

Care to elaborate?

Now I'm just going off a whim here and I don't think I'm qualified to make a statement but it seems your suggesting something similar to the British Army's 16th Air Assault Brigade. 16th AAB holds three of the four parachute battalions, and the air assault elements from other...

Now that is something interesting to note, curious as to what the Canadian Army did there that influenced his concept of Mobile Infantry.

You'd be surprised how inspired the US Military is by the Novel; Starship Troopers.

I am in Secondary School as well (Grade 12), and trust me get your diploma not only does it make you more competitive but it helps later down the road if and when you want to take some part time courses that may benefit your chosen profession or when you leave the service to go to school or...

Nothing more righteous than a pack that weighs as much as me.  ;D

Its a trap! There is nothing light about light infantry. :P

Now I'm not exactly in the military yet because I'm still finishing school, but I am in the process of enlisting as a Med Tech. So I'll tell you what this forum told me first. First just take a few minutes to use the search bar just to check if anything has been answered yet. Second keep the...

I skimmed through the comments, noticed that a CF-35 discussion somehow broke out... very odd indeed.

The thing with .260 since its relatively the same size as a 7.62 round the only thing you are changing is the barrel, which means when you run out swap the barrel and go nutz. Edit: Now I'm not saying multiple cals is a good thing, just pointing out for precision work there are better...

On the topic of match grade 7.62 you for precision work you would actually be better off shooting .260 Remington, it has out performed 7.62 on various occasions and since it uses a .308 casing doesn't need much changing of the weapon's internals, only problem is that 7.62 is a hell of a lot...