Current and completed foundation projects
A plate carrier and a helmet for one of the brigade's soldiers. This is help for one particular person, but the capability of a whole unit is built out of exactly such things: a better protected soldier makes for a stronger unit.
Active The radio, the tablet with the map and the drone controller all run on batteries, and access to power on a position varies. A power bank lets them be topped up on the spot, without working around a socket or a generator.
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An aid kit and a tourniquet within reach mean confidence for the crews at work and a safeguard if someone is wounded. That is the set of tactical medicine the brigade's new arrivals will get, so they go out on missions ready from their first days.
A tourniquet is personal equipment: every soldier needs one, not one per group. A holder fixes it where the hand reaches blind — in the dark or under fire, there is no time to look for gear with your eyes.
A tourniquet is a consumable: once used or damaged, it is replaced. A dedicated holder lets it be drawn quickly and already unrolled, ready to use.
Tourniquets are used up constantly, so the need for them is never closed once and for all. A holder keeps one secured to the soldier's gear and lets it be drawn one-handed at the critical moment.
Individual first aid kits and tourniquets for soldiers on the front line. Gear that stops bleeding in the first minutes after a wound and buys time until evacuation.
Handed over two sets of brake pads for the unit's vehicles. The help was provided promptly so the vehicles wouldn't sit idle. After the repair, the cars can keep carrying out their duties.
Handed over a car battery for the unit's service vehicle. The new power source gives a dependable engine start in place of a worn-out one. The vehicle stays on the road for its daily trips and tasks.
