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Last Month's Meeting

Jeff Gregoric was our guest speaker on July 21st and gave a most interesting presentation.  Jeff is Vice President for Safer USA, a NRA certified instructor and is licensed to teach courses for Chicago gun permits.  He spent twenty years in the Marine Corps in the Special Forces Division, whose mission is Counter Terrorism.   

He showed to us an excellent video of the six-month pre-deployment training a Marine must complete.  In the marksmanship segment, each man must shoot 100,000 rounds.  Most of the training is done in Japan.  Watching this well-made video increased my respect for our military many times over and gave me a true sense of pride and appreciation for the men and women who serve. 

Jeff also brought along some of the equipment each man must carry.  One item, a tactical vest, will stop a .50 caliber bullet, although not without painful injuries.  However, it does prevent bullet penetration. There is a second tactical vest, which carries a first aid kit, a flash and bang grenade and a ceramic trauma vest which gives additional protection.  Included are two Kimber 1911 handguns, a tactical knife and a tactical light with 260 lumens, so powerful it can melt the lens unless used for short periods of time.  They also wear an assault suit made of Kevlar.  Completing the gear is an M4 rifle, whose muzzle brake reduces recoil by 80%.  The sling is attached to the vest allowing the men to simply drop it if they need to use their handgun.  There is no need for long-range rifles as the men are surrounded by snipers.  All of this gear weighs around forty-five pounds, which is much lighter than the older gear that was worn in 2001 that could weigh up to eighty pounds.   

Judging by all the questions from the audience at the end of his talk, Jeff certainly was one of our most interesting speakers.  Thank you, Jeff.  We hope you will come back again.

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