A Great Time Of Year For Camping!

Camping

 

When I was kid, I used to believe that when I grew and had a family, I would have plenty of time for camping and to just enjoy the great outdoors anytime I wanted.  However, that doesn't typically or whimsically happen in the real world with always being caught up in daily life, i.e., work, school, family needs. For the average full time hard-working person life rarely affords those moments. Time just gets away. Instead, those moments must be deliberated, anticipated (with much joy), and then strategically planned. 

Just before the kids go back to school, many families traditionally take an end of summer vacation.  Ours is no different. Camping trips typically offer a variety in rewarding getaways and can be cost-effective to fit any budget, including a family budget.  Whether you prefer mountains, outdoors or indoors, there are so many ways to enjoy camping.  Moreover, camping provides an opportunity to get away from it all and get in touch with and back to nature.

Luxury Camping

Whether you choose indoor camping or go old-fashioned outdoor camping, it is always best to make sure that your camping gear and equipment is in good condition.  Planning a camping trip can also be a good excuse to replace or invest in some new camping gear and/or hiking gear.

Here is a short sample of the things you'll need to make your camping experience easier and be on your way:  For example, sleeping bags, blankets, tent, tarp, duct tape, rope, fire-starter, a reliable knife, stakes & bolts, first-aid kit, insect repellent, compass, cooking items, games and toys for the kids, and miscellaneous items, just to name a few things.

A good checklist, which will vary depending on the type of camping, activities you're planning, and your destination, can be helpful in planning and gathering equipment

Here's a checklist

Whether you're headed for the Adirondacks, the Appalachian Trail, way out west for a California Adventure, or somewhere in between, the Army Navy Shop can help accommodate your clothing needs as well as gearing you up with all the essentials for a successful camping trip or just a weekend getaway!

Lastly, there are so many great places to go camping and hiking.  Not sure where you want to go camping?  Though not a complete or comprehensive list, we've scoped out a list of 26 best and most popular places for hiking and camping.

Here's a List of 26 Great Places To Camp

Go on and revel in the beauty of nature, the grandiosity of the outdoors, solitude and fun towards achieving the classic camping adventure and making some great memories along the way. Most of all, take time to enjoy your life!

Military Technology and its Awesomeness

by Chris Vegvary

What kind of modern world are we living in, where 3D printers exist that can produce fish scales to improve armor, or hypersonic spy planes exist, or a drone the size of a dragonfly can see what you’re doing without you knowing? It’s all happening so fast, and yet, technology works that way. It moves fast. One year, you have the top-of-the-line computer system, and by the next year, it’s been obsolete for the last decade somehow.

Fish Scale Armor?

Robots carry weapons into battle. How much longer before we have an army of Robocop-type (or Terminator-style) androids to do all the ground work for us? Obviously that technology is nowhere near completion, if it’s being considered at all, but one can dream. Drones may also being considered as pets in the future. What’s up, technology? You keep getting better all the time, but I still have yet to see an actual flying car, or a hover-tank, or how about some of that cloaking technology that makes you invisible to the human eye? That’s ok, I believe that one day, all the good stuff us non-military folk want to see in the way of military technology will be provided to us through patience.

Tiny, tiny drones

Build us an android, guys. We want to see something like Bishop from the movie Aliens, something that can function on its own while seeming indistinguishable from another human being. I know it’s going to take time, but when our technology gets to that level, I can’t wait to see what good surprises are in store for the military. Flamethrower sentry units? If they don’t exist, let’s see it happen. I’m not going to pretend to dictate the course of military technology (although that would be awesome), but I do like to suggest things even if I know they’re not necessarily feasible. Who knows what the future will bring…

This android requires a mechanic

But enough about that. While we’re living in modern times, it might be nice to use all the gear you can in order to get the job (whatever that may be) done. Therefore, under this article there are some links to certain military items that you may need to get by in today’s world. Check them out, you just might find several things you like.

Camping supplies - Knives/Tools - Bags/Packs - Hunting supplies

The army navy store for boy scouts

Below is a note sent to us by one of our customers. Please feel free to write us with your story, and we'll probably publish it here. Thanks for reading our blog.

It's boy scout time and you might be shopping around for camping supplies. I am a mom of a first year cub scout and I am very happy to have found some great items on the Army Navy Shop website. Army Navy Shop has many items to choose from such as insulated cooler bags, lanterns, survival and first aid kits, camping chairs and backpacks, sleeping bags, tents, and more. You can easily find all of your camping and boy scout supplies on the Army Navy Shop. A specific item of interest is the camo trail tent. This tent is made for two people. One of the best features is that it only weighs 3lbs and 8 oz., making it very lightweight for your young camper to carry. The camo trail tent comes with the stakes and rope for set-up. It also has a reinforced polyethylene floor. The large mesh window makes it easy to check on the boys without waking them up. The best part about this tent for me was the price was very reasonable.  I am very excited to use this tent and take my son on his very first camping trip! I hope to blog again and let you know how the trip went and how the tent holds up. So far, I am pleased with the Army Navy Shop website and the wide variety of camping products that I will be able to purchase for my cub scout!

Camo Trail Tent

Army Navy Store has all your favorite military clothing

Military Clothing: A Fashion Trend that Everybody Loves

Military clothing is a fashion trend that has long been a favorite staple in both the fashion industry and in everyday clothing wear. From camouflage clothing to boonie hats and combats boots, military clothing offers the wearer the chance to mix the innate toughness and masculinity inherent in the different styles of clothing and accessories with the more fashion forward aspects of today’s trends found at many army navy stores. Many people today who have a love for the military or a deep respect for them often get themselves fitted with military clothing from an Army Navy store and who can blame them after all, if you take a look at both classic and modern military uniforms there are some truly exceptional design ideas worked into the clothing.

The most basic of military clothes found at an Army Navy store comes in hues of green or blue and occasionally red and yellow. For the American military the clothing has long been a combination of greens, tans and blues from combined colors in camo wear to solid colors that you might traditionally find in some of the more vintage military clothing and accessory options such the Khaki Vintage Star Mini Backpack that is reminiscent of the old army packs used by soldiers in the early to mid 1900s such as in the Vietnam War or WWI.  An Army Navy store deals greatly with, you guessed it, Army and Navy military clothing and can offer you anything and everything under the sun practically in a military style that always seems to be a fashion trend. The fashion trend aspect comes from the deep respect and fascination the military brings out in the civilian popular and simply because of the “toughness” that clothing found at Army Navy stores inspire such as a Kid’s Top Gun Flight Jacket that any boy would absolutely love to wear with pride.

Army Navy Shop is a popular Army Navy store that provides unique and distinguished military clothing and accessories in many different styles, colors and sizes; from camo pants and tanks to boonie hats, flight jackets, military style backpacks, military multipurpose tools and even chicly fashionable women’s and men’s underwear in a military style. The thing about military clothes found at Army Navy stores is that no matter the era or the current fashion trends, military clothing will always be in style because who doesn’t love the classic and modern stylings of military wear?

Protect Yourself and your Electronics

Do you own a tablet, iPad, iPhone, Nook, or laptop? There are many cool new carry cases and Military Bags that accommodate your electronics including some that you may have never seen before.  They include an iPhone case equipped with a removable pepper spray baton,  an iPhone or iPod arm band that is great to use while working out or jogging,  and all types of iPad or laptop carry bags in just about every camo option.

If you are looking for a way to keep your iPhone on you while you are jogging then you need the iPhone arm band.  It has an adjustable arm strap, an inner zipper compartment to store your keys or money, and an ID window on the outside of the band. Another great idea for jogging is the iPhone case that comes equipped with the removable pepper spray baton. Now you can protect yourself while you reduce the number of items you carry with you since the pepper spray detaches easily from the iPhone case.

Do you travel with your iPad or laptop? Available now are tactical field laptop cases in digital camo, multi camo, coyote brown, olive drab and black.  For any tablet you may want to check out the modular Camo tablet shoulder bag. It can be used three ways: as a waist pack, with a carry handle, or a shoulder bag. It is made of heavy duty yet light weight nylon and has numerous modular attachment points.  These are just a few of many great carry cases and bag options that are available to you right now.

Expansion Theory

We've recently added a plethora of new bags, packs, totes and organizers. We've added a whole new supplier to increase our already vast army navy shop selection by 30% and climbing. Our bag selection by far has been beefed up the most. There is also a much greater selection of firearms holsters.

We've got carryalls, backpacks, briefcases, pouches and organizer bags in a rainbow of colors, sizes and configurations to suit every person in any situation. If you can't find the bag or pouch you need at armynavyshop.com then such a bag does not exist! At least not in this dimensional fold in the space-time continuum.

For weapons enthusiasts and law enforcement personnel our much more thorough selection of pistol and rifle holsters and slings is sure to please. However and wherever you need to tote your gun of choice. Duplicitously concealed or boisterously flaunted. It's not for us to judge, just to outfit you with the appropriate weapons toting apparatus.

We've added so much new product. Literally thousands of new army navy and camouflage items of every sort. And by literally, I actually mean literally. Not like when people say literally, but they actually mean figuratively. It really bugs me when people do that.