Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone could give me a reference to a book like this….. but for modern US equipment…maybe 2000 to now? I have found some but they all seem to have been printed in the late 90’s to early 00’s…so not very up to date even not in to 2010’s.
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Look up MOLLE gear. I don’t know if any books, but that is at least a starting point. Also look up Interceptor Body Armor which is used with the MOLLE system… or was in the early 2000’s.
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I just think that it is so weird that no one has come out with a photo book yet…it is not that recent anymore.
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Sample photo? (for discussion purposes only?)
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I don’t have the book… just pulled the cover off the Osprey website
They have one on you snake eaters in Afghanistan too 
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I think every ODA has a few dozen photos like that, and the equipment and uniform is different for each one. I find photos like this would be useful for folks:
Note Fun Meter - an important detail.
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This was my battle rattle set up in ‘05 before I got a MOLLE magazine carrier for my IBA… we didn’t get all the cool toys in LRS, but could set ourselves up with whatever we bought.
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Nice. Here’s more SF stuff. Something you won’t often see - a shotgun keeper:
Shorties. Note SOP that everyone have at least one tourniquet visible. I usually carried several:
Night of a helicopter assault. I’m second from left. Damn it was cold:
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A problem with books is that they get dated really fast if they’re not published annually and updated with new content such as a series.
It depends on how far back you want to go.
The best US Army equipment books aren’t in English; they’re in Japanese, and they’re called “Mooks.” They came in a series of special releases that I’m not even sure if Hobby Japan Mooks are still being published and in business. A lot has changed these days.
The “Military Style Book” was published in 2020, so it’s six years old, and it’s Japanese people posing in military uniforms with Airsoft guns and gear. Yes, it’s not entirely realistic, but it does have real photos of US military soldiers in training also. What makes this Mook great is that it has front and back views of the guns and gear of the Japanese Cosplayers who can afford to dress up. Some figure modelers may rebuke, but honestly, there aren’t a lot of published books showing modern US Army uniforms and equipment besides Osprey and those photos aren’t bright and close up.
The Japanese “Modern US Uniform Books” are available on eBay, but they’re preowned. If you want new, you have to buy from an online Japanese bookstore. Unfortunately, the latest ones I found were published in 2020-2023.
And yes, the text is all in Japanese so be warned. There is no English translation whatsoever.
Look at the similar items in eBay, also Mooks in Japanese text.
I don’t know the published date for this one…
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Exactly…..just need one like that but for the US Army……come on Osprey and Casemate.
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Oddly, SF used Marine Corps equipment from that very time period (see above photos) but ours was noticeably different - especially the closure fasteners. Everything came in a huge coyote colored bad that we called a “Dead Hooker Bag.”
I think it was chosen because of the capability of ditching the plates if you found yourself sinking in a body of water.
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Amazon readers expected more. I think that they were unfamiliar at how thin Osprey books really are. Still, it received four-stars which is expected for a book of this thinness.
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