Blue Force Gear

Blue Force Gear Incorporated

Company type	Private
Industry	Firearms
Founded	2004 (2004)
Headquarters	Headquarters in Pooler, GA
Products	Rifle Accessories
Website	www.blueforcegear.com

Blue Force Gear, Inc. is a United States manufacturer of modular lightweight load-carrying equipment (MOLLE) gear, firearm slings, and other tactical equipment that was established in Pooler, Georgia during January 2004. They design and manufacture equipment for law enforcement, U.S. Armed Forces (and NATO Forces),^[1] Sport Shooters,^[2] hunters, and prepared citizens. Select equipment manufactured contains a National Stock Number (NSN)^[1] and a National Item Identification Number (NIIN)^[1] for supplying armed forces. Its name, Blue Force Gear, is derived from military symbology dating back to World War I: blue being for Allied forces and red for enemy forces.

Blue Force Gear manufactures American made, Berry Compliant professional-grade products.

"To empower everyday heroes with superior mindset, knowledge, and equipment needed to prevail in critical circumstances"

Since their beginning, they were most widely known for the two-point quick adjust Vickers Sling.^[3] This sling features a tailless design and premium webbing. They now offer the ability to fully customize the Vickers Sling on their website using the custom sling builder. The Sling remains one of their top products with thousands in use by U.S. Armed Forces and other professionals worldwide.

In addition to manufacturing high-end weapon slings, Blue Force Gear has changed the way the entire soft goods industry views load-carriage equipment through superior materials and design methods. With the invention of ULTRAcomp, Blue Force Gear's proprietary Cordura face laminate, they were able to laser cut rows of MOLLE - removing material to create an attachment point instead of sewing layers on to create it. Less material means less weight, less bulk, less failure points. This platform is called MOLLEminus and their pouch attachment system that many companies have licensed from them is the patented Helium Whisper.

Another flagship technology Blue Force Gear brought to the table is Ten-Speed military-grade elastic. Elastic is a common material to find in load-carriage equipment now but it was not when Blue Force Gear introduced it to their line of magazine pouches. Users appreciate that it will hold magazines securely but because of its stretchy nature, can also hold items of similar size like flashlights, multi-tools, tourniquets, etc.

The Vickers Sling, a firearm sling, is named after Larry Vickers. Larry Vickers, a retired US Army 1st SFOD-Delta (Delta Force) combat veteran, took part in the United States invasion of Panama and participated in Operation Acid Gambit, a mission to extract a CIA operative, Kurt Muse, from Modelo Prison in Panama City, Panama.^[4][5][6] Blue Force Gear and Larry Vickers both originally designed the Vickers Sling product line, the Vickers Combat Applications Sling (VCAS).^[3]

On May 1, 2012, the Vickers Combat Applications Sling was assigned NSN: 1005-01-604-0627. Combat trials led by U.S. Marines validated the issue of the NSN in combat trials in Afghanistan (2011) for their M27 Infantry Rifle. The sling was fully authorized for use on the M4, M4A1 and M16 series of rifles by the United States Marine Corps. The sling then joins over 100,000 other Blue Force Gear slings already issued across the United States Armed Forces.^[4]

• Blue Force Gear, Inc official website