DHart
Flashlight Enthusiast
Our son, after two tours in Iraq, recently left for the front lines in Afganistan. Before he left I gave him one of my Solarforce L2 flashlights with the Solarforce R2-M 5-mode lamp assembly and two Surefire CR123 cells.
During a Google chat today he informed us of an operation in the hills of Afganistan yesterday where his unit was searching caves for Taliban and weapons... using Army provided flashlights. None of the flashlights that the Army unit had were nearly as bright as the Solarforce L2 our son was carrying and during the search, the beam from the L2 was bright enough to allow them to notice that the mud on the back wall of one cave was different in one spot, leading them to suspect that perhaps they should check out the wall more closely... so they proceeded to chip away at the mud, soon opening a large pocket in the cave wall where they uncovered a stash of... RPGs, grenades, and Kalashnikov automatic rifles... hidden there by the Taliban!
I am thrilled to know that my participation on this forum has ultimately led to helping our troops find and retreive weapons which the Taliban would have used to fire on US soldiers.
WAY to go, CPF members! Were it not for my love of this forum and this hobby, I doubt I would have even thought to send our son off with an L2 flashlight. I wish the US military would spring to buy LED flashlights for the troops charged with cave searching. At least we know there's one out there for sure... and it made a big difference.
If you know of a soldier doing this kind of work in Afganistan, send them a nice bright LED flashlight... you might help save the life/lives of one or more of our valiant servicemen. CR123 cells are readily available to servicemen there, so lights which run on them are a good choice. Send a 6P LED or a G2 LED, or a Solarforce L2 R2.... such lights are definitely needed by our troops and will be used with positive results!
During a Google chat today he informed us of an operation in the hills of Afganistan yesterday where his unit was searching caves for Taliban and weapons... using Army provided flashlights. None of the flashlights that the Army unit had were nearly as bright as the Solarforce L2 our son was carrying and during the search, the beam from the L2 was bright enough to allow them to notice that the mud on the back wall of one cave was different in one spot, leading them to suspect that perhaps they should check out the wall more closely... so they proceeded to chip away at the mud, soon opening a large pocket in the cave wall where they uncovered a stash of... RPGs, grenades, and Kalashnikov automatic rifles... hidden there by the Taliban!
I am thrilled to know that my participation on this forum has ultimately led to helping our troops find and retreive weapons which the Taliban would have used to fire on US soldiers.
WAY to go, CPF members! Were it not for my love of this forum and this hobby, I doubt I would have even thought to send our son off with an L2 flashlight. I wish the US military would spring to buy LED flashlights for the troops charged with cave searching. At least we know there's one out there for sure... and it made a big difference.
If you know of a soldier doing this kind of work in Afganistan, send them a nice bright LED flashlight... you might help save the life/lives of one or more of our valiant servicemen. CR123 cells are readily available to servicemen there, so lights which run on them are a good choice. Send a 6P LED or a G2 LED, or a Solarforce L2 R2.... such lights are definitely needed by our troops and will be used with positive results!
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I have the utmost respect and admiration for US troops who dedicate their lives to do their job.
