Archive for December, 2017

UNIFORMS: Towards the Practical Part 4. The Future. Where Nothing Can Go Wrong… Go Wrong… by Yankee Papa

Yankee Papa’s Uniforms series… UNIFORMS: Towards The Practical Part One 1775-1915 UNIFORMS: Towards the Practical Part 2 1914-1975 UNIFORMS: Towards the Practical Part 3. 1917-2017 Camouflage, Conflict, and Chaos “…General requirements for military textiles:  Future soldier requirements:  Dealing with complexity; Non-woven fabrics for military applications; Mechanical failure criteria for textiles and textile damage resistance; The …

Sabot, Our Oldest Four-Legged Friend & What he Taught Me

With a broken heart and significant physical difficulty (it’s hard to type constantly wiping away one’s tears and blowing one’s nose) that I report the passing of our oldest, wisest and most loving four-legged friend. I adopted “Sabot” as a gift to my wife a month after our wedding on Valentine’s Day almost 15 years …