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\"\"<\/a>Cool looking ladder. \u00a0The Atlas Devices<\/a> vendor was busy showing it to a guy in khaki pants and a polo shirt. \u00a0His name badge read only USSOCOM. \u00a0No name. \u00a0No branch. \u00a0No unit. \u00a0A real Operator. \u00a0With a U.S. government line of credit.<\/p>\n

I wanted to see the ladder, but the free market kinda had the floor. \u00a0I came back to Atlas’ SOFIC booth an hour later. \u00a0My audience was granted at that point.<\/p>\n

This lightweight tactical ladder articulated out to 10′. \u00a0It weighed a mere 12 lbs. \u00a0It was obviously strong, as the vendor extended it fully, propped each end onto a Pelican case, then stood in its middle and jumped up and down. \u00a0My eyes bugged.<\/p>\n

The guy showed me how to fold it up and open it again. \u00a0Not too difficult. \u00a0It made for a fairly compact package–I can only compare it to the beastly “portable ladders” we have on my TAC unit. \u00a0They are heavy and irritable.<\/p>\n

I hefted the miracle height-maker once more. \u00a0The salesman lamented, “If it only had less titanium…” \u00a0Whuck? \u00a0I asked him, So this whole thing <\/em>is titanium? \u00a0He said, \u00a0“Yup.” \u00a0OMG, what’s it cost? \u00a0He looked ill. \u00a0“Ten thousand dollars.” \u00a0Holy Budget Busters, Batman!<\/p>\n

Alright, so a municipal agency is out of this horse race. \u00a0But for the big boys deploying outside of CONUS, I can see some purchases. \u00a0I told this story to a fellow sergeant at work who has had his share of military uniformed time he can’t talk about. \u00a0He said every ounce matters in the Teams.<\/p>\n

I know advanced technology comes with a price tag. \u00a0My experience is that the cost falls with time. \u00a0And I got to hold a ten thousand dollar ladder. \u00a0How cool is that!<\/p>\n

Randall<\/p>\n

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Cool looking ladder. \u00a0The Atlas Devices vendor was busy showing it to a guy in khaki pants and a polo shirt. \u00a0His name badge read only USSOCOM. \u00a0No name. \u00a0No branch. \u00a0No unit. \u00a0A real Operator. \u00a0With a U.S. government line of credit. I wanted to see the ladder, but the free market kinda had the floor. \u00a0I came back to Atlas’ SOFIC booth an hour later. \u00a0My audience was granted at that point. This lightweight tactical ladder articulated out to 10′. \u00a0It weighed a mere 12 lbs. \u00a0It was obviously strong, as the vendor extended it fully, propped each end onto a Pelican case, then stood in its middle … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[308,48,306],"tags":[756,757,835,122],"class_list":["post-5492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sofic","category-swat","category-technology","tag-atlas-devices","tag-lightweight-tactical-ladder","tag-sofic","tag-special-operations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t