Operation Desert Fox

June 30th, 2009

Operation Desert Fox was the codename given to the 1998 US and British bombing campaign against targets in Iraq. The stated purpose of this operation was to weaken Saddam’s base of power in Iraq, and to degrade his ability to manufacture and use weapons of mass destruction. Now here is where I want to throw [...]

HAHO and HALO Jumping

June 30th, 2009

These techniques describe parachute freefall techniques used by the military to insert or deliver personnel and /or equipment into a designated area. HAHO means High Altitude High Opening. This insertion technique is used when personnel are to be dropped into an area that aircraft can not fly over, or when the noise of their chutes opening [...]

We get a lot of traffic from people looking for Retired Vietnam Veterans rings so we decided to write this post for you. Even if you didn’t retire from military service, or just served one tour of duty in Vietnam we can get you fixed up with your custom military ring. We want to give [...]

One thing that we have learned since we first started offering military rings is that our National Guard soldiers are huge customers. We started giving more emphasis to creating custom National Guard rings because of this. Another thing that happened was the War on Terror. Because of this many National Guard units began to be called up [...]

USMC Retirement Ring

June 29th, 2009

Its about time that we added this post. We get many customers in the retail store who are looking for USMC retirement rings so we want to take some time to address those custom military ring issues which are important to you. Whether you retired from the corps or just served one tour we can [...]

Who is the King of Battle?

June 26th, 2009

The term “King of Battle refers to the Field Artillery. This term is probably given because of the mass destruction capabilities that Artillery is capable of. Artillery rounds will kill everything within a 50 meter radius of where they impact. There are various ways to use artillery and many different types of artillery pieces, and [...]

Richard “Dick” Marcinko was born in 1940 and is a native of Lansford PA. He is probably known best by the name “Rogue Warrior” which is the character that he writes about in his Rogue Warrior book series. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Marcinko at one of his book signing tours. He seems [...]

The Air National Guard is no different from any other type of National Guard unit in that they may be called up in time of emergencies for disaster assistance. They may also be called to active duty in the time of a national emergency or emminent threat. Each state and the territories of Guam, Washington D.C., [...]

The Master Chief Petty Officer is the highest ranking enlisted person in the Navy and the Coast Guard. The other Petty Officer ranks are Chief Petty Officer and Senior Chief Petty Officer. This rank corresponds to the rank of Sergeant Major in the Army and the Marine Corps. He is the senior enlisted member of [...]

One question that we get from our custom military ring customers is, “what type finish should I get for my ring?” Well we will never try to make that decision for you but we will tell you a little bit about each choice. First of all you have this choice with either our 10kt or [...]