“On April 16th I was running a VBSS getting other instructors up to speed teaching ship assaults. While moving from inside the ship out the main hatch door while a blackhawk was hovering about 18 feet off the deck, I had grabbed the edge of the doorway to pull myself through. At that moment the wind from the black hawk caught the hatch and slammed it shut at around 30-40 MPH, catching my left fingers in the hinge side. Amazingly, and definitely due to the gloves, my fingers were attached, tendons saved on my palm side and all fingers saved. I have used and appreciated your gloves immensely and am very thankful I was using them at the time of incident. Best gloves by leaps and bounds from what operators are using, hopefully all Special Operations can see your gloves into the hands of operators.”
“Really interesting what you showed us. I am looking forward to getting things settled so we can start some projects right away… We have so many possibilities to use your material for all kinds of applications”
His orginial company was formed primarily focused on anti-shark suits, which have been the premiere shark protection suit for years. After working closely with a few SOF guys on the development of operator protective layers, Jeremiah established several products and got them to certain units for evaluation. Specifically, the Amphib tactical gloves.
The gloves are not chainmail commonly associated with anti-shark suits. Jeremiah has developed this non metallic material specifically for military applications. After a 30min demonstration and watching a product development video during the seminar, he gave me a pair of gloves to bring back to 10SF and expose them to a wide variety of SOF applications.
Since then, I’ve loaned the gloves to operators in 10SF that have used them during diving, FRIES/SPIES, and CQB training. Operators that have used the gloves have been extremely pleased with the protection and increased dexterity provided during dives and being able to immediately engage targets after fastrope insertion without discarding the heavy utility gloves commonly used.
My motivation for putting the word out on SGT's technologies gear is simple: operator protection and functionality. I encourage everyone to consider the company’s technology for future use throughout USASOC.”
–10th SFG, Consilio et Animis