KIT & GEAR
0241 TACTICAL - USA
camouflage
patterns,
along with
classic patterns
like ERDL and Desert Tiger Stripe, which
have been proven to work effectively.
As you read deeper into this update
with Sean, you’ll see that this is an
ongoing process. I’m always keen to get
under the skin of a story, so Sean kindly
agreed to answer some more questions
about who 0241 Tactical are, where
they’ve come from and where they are
heading.
AA: So Sean, in your own words please
remind our readers what led you to set up
0241 Tactical?
0241: “My wife (a Military Veteran) and
I started 0241Tactical when I was serving
in the (US) Marine Corps. When I was
deployed,
I noticed
we were
always
having
to invent
items that we
were not issued to help get by in
the desert. For example, when we were
dealing with sandstorms everyone would
pull up their t-shirt over the mouth and
nose and would use a cut-up sock to cover
their goggles. While this worked, it wasn’t
ideal and I always thought it wouldn’t be
too much for the Government to create
some facial protection for us. So we
started our product line off of very simple
yet useful items (Neck Gaiters and Goggle
Covers) to help protect personnel and
their equipment from the elements while
enhancing their camouflage scheme.”
AA: When and where did you start making
your products?
0241: “We began our store in 2011 while
living in San Diego. We started making a
few items and they sold quickly on eBay, so
we ordered more material and sold more.
It’s been snowballing into more and more
products and eventually we morphed into
our own webstore (www.0241Tactical.
com) and the business has become a
fulltime occupation for us.”
AA: Who do you see as target customers
for your products?
0241: “When we
started off we envisioned
primarily military personnel utilising our
gear. However, as we expanded our
camouflage patterns into non-issue
military patterns, we saw an opportunity
for security service contractors, law
enforcement, hunters and the recreational
community to use our products. We target
military and law enforcement for our
products but if other communities can use
them, then that’s great.”
AA: Do you work with military and police
personnel, or just civilians?
0241: “We cater to everyone that we can
sell to legally and in good conscience.
We’ve had orders from Police Departments
worldwide and in 2013 we got our first
large military purchase from the Naval
Special Warfare Development Group
in Virginia. We’ve been serving them
regularly ever since. We also supply the US
Air Force SERE School in Washington with
our products on a regular basis. We’ve
supplied various military units from around
the world, including American customers
in Iraq. We’re pretty open to supplying
anyone as long as we’re not shipping to
countries whose principles are contrary to
our own, or precluded by law.”
AA: What exactly do you specialise in?
0241: “We started off making small yet
useful items (Neck Gaiters, Goggle Covers
etc.) but we’ve grown into Tarpaulins
(Basha Shelters) and clothing. Given that
it’s very difficult to mass produce uniforms
in the United States, we feel that we’re
pushing that as much as we can with our
Tactical Operator’s Pullovers (TOPs) and
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