Monthly Archives: March 2011

AN/PVS-14 HAS LANDED!

Heh well I sold my old set of gen 3 NVGs to Mario so I could get myself an AN/PVS-14 night vision scope. 🙂 This device is a monocular and it can be attached to my helmet or my weapon! It’s generation 3 and mil spec, comforting because if it is designed for military use I know it’ll handle anything i can throw at it. The last picture is of my gear in the darkness.

Oh god with Chris, Brayden, Henry, Mario and I equipped with generation 3 night vision, the GHOSTS will totally rule the night! LOL Maggie was saying, how come it’s her birthday and I get a nice toy like this… 😉

JOTF-SOG TFBG Training session

Yesterday I held a training session at thanh’s field for the TFBG and overall it went well. I’ve come to accept the fact that my group of players will not play as well as AFO or QRF simply for the fact that I have the largest group of players, whom do not have experience playing together as well as having the less experience overall. Still I was pleased with how the team progressed during the day.

Sigh too bad the field was so small, I was hoping the recce portion of the game would take at least 2 hours but it was really done in about 30 minutes so I had to start making up missions on the fly. Much of the rest of the day I tried to teach the TFBG guys to attack aggressively while watching for no shoot targets.

There’s still too much chatting during patrols and the guys bunch up way too close but we’re making progress. 🙂 It’s going to be slow but I do believe that we will achieve all objectives that we are tasked with.

Mmm EOTech goodness!

So today I picked up a used EOTech 551 from Brian (another one) and boy is it sweet! 🙂 I’m not sure what I’m going to put it on just yet as I prefer Aimpoints on the PTW but I’m thinking of maybe the M249, I think it would look good there.

Hehe gotta love the NV mode, just in time for… Um I’ll tell you later! 😀

Brandon can crawl!!!

When Maggie and I got home, my mother in law told me that Brandon crawled for the first time today and oh my god it’s so cute!!! LOL I guess this is a feeling that every parent gets but right now I could not be more proud of my little guy. He’s ahead of schedule too, usually kids start to crawl at 8 months, Brandon has achieved the feat at just 7 1/2 months.

Brandon you are absolutely awesome, you won’t understand the amount of joy you bring your parents till you have your own child. 🙂

Productive weekend!

Well I certainly had a productive weekend. 😀 As I mentioned to a few friends, eventually I want to turn my M249 Para into a MK46 mod 0 (well as close as I can get, can never remove a few things) and it’s going well. I removed the bipod and put in its place a fore grip and it’s definitely easier to wield now. Next piece to change is the barrel though I’m still debating if I should keep the sliding para stock as I like that look more.

Heh I think it looks awesome, I wonder if those replica Elcan sights are any good…

Saturday night the family and I went to an impromptu family gathering for my grand mother at my parents house. Apparently she’s having difficulty sleeping these days and nothing cheers her up like seeing and playing with her great grand son. 🙂 To see her her smile and hear her laugh when she holding him just warms your heart…


Finally let’s see today I finally finished Assassin’s Creed 2, the game is definitely better than the first one though along the way I gave myself a really bad headache lol… I sometimes get motion sickness when I’m playing games but that’s nothing a nap can’t fix! 😀 Anyway I just started the third installment, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood and it’s turning out to be a pretty good game too so I’m happy. 🙂 Definitely a fun series, if you have a PS3 it’s definitely something you should check out!

Happy Baby

Yesterday we took Brandon to get some shots and man he’s tough! He only cried for about a minute before he was jumping up and down again. Today I noticed that Brandon loves The Simpsons, whenever it’s on he’s always laughing away. It’s so cute, I have to take a video some time. Anyway here are some photos I have taken of my little guy the last few days, I just love sharing. 🙂


Ugh what a week…

So I rarely talk about work on my blog but man this week was a week from hell… So many issues popping up and of course it’s my job to take care of things when they blow up. Anyway I’m certainly happy the week is over, I went to an airsoft game last night and it was fun. I didn’t get to shoot too much but that’s alright, it’s about the objectives, not shooting. 😉 At least that’s how I felt, I know it was a bit difficult to control my the group of people I had to play with from just going out and “getting some”.

Too bad the field was a virtual skating rink, that and my real rhino arm hasn’t come in yet or else I would have used the NVGs a bit more. Oh ya 2 days ago it was Brandon’s 7 month birthday woo! 😀 He’s a great baby, I’m so damn lucky. 😀

Toronto Airsoft Convention 2011

Yesterday the team hosted a table at the Toronto Airsoft Convention 2011 (TAC11) at FACT and it was fun. I think this was the fourth or fifth time we’ve done this and every year I have a blast. Much of the team volunteered to help Brian run things and they did a great job. Myself I spent most of the day at our table talking to newbs about guns, gear and general airsoft tidbits, which I hope will help them with their airsoft careers. A bit later in the day a guy who hosts his own Youtube channel Wolf’s Den got this girl to interview me about airsoft and that was fun. LOL I don’t know why she was wearing what she was but whatever I won’t complain haha and best of all Maggie thinks it’s funny. 🙂


Phil had also set up a booth serving food, what a great idea that was as there aren’t any places to eat close by. The newbs loved looking through Chris’ ACOG which was cowitnessed with his PVS-14 NVS as well as checking out my NVG setup. Brayden brought down his PVS-14 as well so we had three gen 3 mil spec night vision goggle/scopes on the table, man that is sweet! All the guns garnered a lot of attention but definitely the A&K M249 Para and A&K M60E4 were the stars of our table.

I didn’t buy too many things, I picked up my yearly supply of BBs, a used Pantac Paca vest in black and a really nice Condor soft shell jacket in coyote tan. Bernie also gave me a set of custom grips (with our new team logo etched into them) for my TM MEU and my god are they cool! 😀

All in all another great convention and I already look forward to next year’s event. If you live in the Southern Ontario region and are interested in airsoft, this is definitely something you have to attend!