Adventure Lights Guardian LED
Once upon a time I was introduced to Adventure Lights the hard way. I had just come out of Iraq and I don’t think I even got home when they told me to fly to our HeadQuarters in Lakehurst New Jersey and pick up an assault pack of Adventure Lights that our Engineers were testing for use in Helicopter Landing Zones and VTOL Pads. I was then to proceed to the Philippines with them. This was sometime in late 2006 or early 2007.
They weren’t authorized for fleet use at that time. However, the 1st Marine Air Wing was tasked with a humanitarian mission in Bicol Province in the Philippines. Three typhoons hit back to back to back which caused a mudslide which destroyed an entire village. A field hospital was set up and a farmers field was utilized for helicopter landings. Because it was supposed to be multinational the Marines requested the Adventure Lights (VIPIR model) to make a NATO “Y” marking for the landing zone.
One of the Rites of Passage for being a geek or a nerd is doing things with Altoids Tins. You can google for hours the things that people do with them. Since we are in the midst of some kind of crisis (real or imagined) I thought I would slap together a little Altoids Survival Kit. It’s easy to do, it’s fun, and it might just come in handy some day. In addition to that there is ALWAYS space for an Altoids tin in the glovebox or purse and they’ll even fit in your jeans pocket.
I’ve never really done flashlights before. About a year or so ago I realized I had one crap flashlight at home. Bought some inexpensive but good flashlights on Amazon and kind of caught the flashlight fever. Also I started going camping and without a doubt you need a good flashlight walking around in the woods or for when the campsite power goes off (It will).