Gear Nuts and Bolts - Big Voice Article #19
Starting this month, Massif will begin using Big Voice as a platform to help you get to know the passionate people behind our brand. Instead of traditional profiles, we asked our team how they wanted to be introduced and worked with them to give you a more rounded out view of their personalities. Our first team member highlight is Director of Business Development and Government Sales, Charles Sexton. Put simply: Charles is an absolutely solid guy. He is easy to get along with, a hard worker, dependable, and is refreshingly straightforward about his opinions. Charles is also a total gear head. We asked him to break down his five favorite pieces of gear. We feel like his choices of kit tell a lot about the man using them.
Q&A with Eric Linder, Founder of TEAM5
After over 20 years serving in the military and as a police officer, Eric Linder started the Team5 Foundation in 2010 with a simple mission. Deliver medical care to people in extreme conditions with no strings attached. Eleven years later the foundation has been on over 20 missions and treated tens of thousands of people in some of the most remote parts of the world. We caught up with Linder to learn a little more about his past, Team5’s recent deployments, and his no-nonsense take on the gear he tests in the field.
Massif Mill Technology
Massif was recently featured in a Popular Science article about the science of flame resistant (“FR”) gear. We appreciate that Popular Science came to us as experts in the field, because we see ourselves as a technology company that creates apparel—rather than an apparel company alone. What many people don’t know is that we develop the fabric technology, make our fabrics, and create all designs in house because we are owned by our mill, Antex Knitting Mills, in Los Angeles. The result is a unique relationship in the FR world which allows us to consistently push the technological envelope while maintaining the most rigorous FR and Military standards.
The Clipper Windbreaker from Massif®
The Massif® Clipper Windbreaker, the lightest jacket we’ve ever developed, balances a soldiers' need for extremely lightweight gear with a feature set that makes it exceptionally battle-ready. There are specific attributes—like comfort in extreme conditions essential to help soldiers do their job. We built a windbreaker that reconciles this need with necessary features in a lightweight and packable build. The Clipper represents mastery in the art of simplicity.
K-9 Veterans Day
We love dogs here at Massif. Our original logo was based on the legendary life-saving breed, the St. Bernard. We appreciate the vital role K9s play in police, customs, and military operations here and abroad. Today is K9 Veterans day.
U.S. Navy Reserve Birthday
The United States created the Naval Reserve on March 3rd, 1915, specifically to allow Navy Veterans to serve in anticipation of involvement in World War I.
U.S. Coast Guard Reserve Birthday
Thank you for bravely serving our country for the past 80 years, Coast Guard Reserve. The Coast Guard Reserve was created by the Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary Act on February 19, 1941.
Ever Heard of Four Chaplains Day?
The story of the four brave men who gave the ultimate sacrifice in WWII in the winter of 1943 and became the namesake of Four Chaplains day is a powerful story of transcendence.
National Guard Birthday
Veteran's Day
This Veterans Day, we’d like to offer a sincere and wholehearted thank you to all of the brave veterans who have served our great country. We take pride in honoring veterans at Massif and are thankful there is a national holiday paying tribute to both the living and deceased that have served in our Armed Forces.
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Gear Nuts and Bolts - Big Voice Article #19
FEATURING CHARLES SEXTON: MASSIF’S DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND GOV’T SALESStarting this month, Massif will begin using Big Voice as a platform to help you get to know the passionate people behind our brand. Instead of traditional profiles, we asked our team how they wanted to be introduced and worked with them to give you a more rounded out view of their personalities. Our first team member highlight is Director of Business Development and Government Sales, Charles Sexton. Put simply: Charles is an absolutely solid guy. He is easy to get along with, a hard worker, dependable, and is refreshingly straightforward about his opinions. Charles is also a total gear head. We asked him to break down his five favorite pieces of gear. We feel like his choices of kit tell a lot about the man using them.
July 20, 2021 -
Q&A with Eric Linder, Founder of TEAM5
After over 20 years serving in the military and as a police officer, Eric Linder started the Team5 Foundation in 2010 with a simple mission. Deliver medical care to people in extreme conditions with no strings attached. Eleven years later the foundation has been on over 20 missions and treated tens of thousands of people in some of the most remote parts of the world. We caught up with Linder to learn a little more about his past, Team5’s recent deployments, and his no-nonsense take on the gear he tests in the field.
June 14, 2021 -
Massif Mill Technology
Massif was recently featured in a Popular Science article about the science of flame resistant (“FR”) gear. We appreciate that Popular Science came to us as experts in the field, because we see ourselves as a technology company that creates apparel—rather than an apparel company alone. What many people don’t know is that we develop the fabric technology, make our fabrics, and create all designs in house because we are owned by our mill, Antex Knitting Mills, in Los Angeles. The result is a unique relationship in the FR world which allows us to consistently push the technological envelope while maintaining the most rigorous FR and Military standards.
June 1, 2021 -
The Clipper Windbreaker from Massif®
The Massif® Clipper Windbreaker, the lightest jacket we’ve ever developed, balances a soldiers' need for extremely lightweight gear with a feature set that makes it exceptionally battle-ready. There are specific attributes—like comfort in extreme conditions essential to help soldiers do their job. We built a windbreaker that reconciles this need with necessary features in a lightweight and packable build. The Clipper represents mastery in the art of simplicity.
March 15, 2021 -
K-9 Veterans Day
We love dogs here at Massif. Our original logo was based on the legendary life-saving breed, the St. Bernard. We appreciate the vital role K9s play in police, customs, and military operations here and abroad. Today is K9 Veterans day.
March 13, 2021 -
U.S. Navy Reserve Birthday
The United States created the Naval Reserve on March 3rd, 1915, specifically to allow Navy Veterans to serve in anticipation of involvement in World War I.
March 3, 2021 -
U.S. Coast Guard Reserve Birthday
Thank you for bravely serving our country for the past 80 years, Coast Guard Reserve. The Coast Guard Reserve was created by the Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary Act on February 19, 1941.
February 19, 2021 -
Ever Heard of Four Chaplains Day?
The story of the four brave men who gave the ultimate sacrifice in WWII in the winter of 1943 and became the namesake of Four Chaplains day is a powerful story of transcendence.
February 3, 2021 -
National Guard Birthday
We at Massif would like to wish a happy 384th birthday to the United States National Guard and thank all active and former service members of this force that serves their communities and the entire country. On December 13, 1636, the Massachusetts General Court in Salem created a militia to protect the Massachusetts bay, which was the force that grew to what we now call the National Guard. That initial militia came from a proud history of militias that started with the Plymouth and Jamestown Colonies.December 15, 2020 -
Veteran's Day
This Veterans Day, we’d like to offer a sincere and wholehearted thank you to all of the brave veterans who have served our great country. We take pride in honoring veterans at Massif and are thankful there is a national holiday paying tribute to both the living and deceased that have served in our Armed Forces.
November 11, 2020