CORE Survival, Inc.

03/09/2026

Seen is one thing. Verified is another.

The HEL-STAR F² is designed for users operating in environments where rapid identification and signal discipline matter. With active IFF interrogation acquisition, response, and alert capability, plus a “Lights Out-Sense Only” mode and familiar HEL-STAR strobe functionality, the F² fills a very specific role for serious professionals.

02/20/2026

HIGH ROLLER GIVEAWAY WINNER 🎰🏆

Congrats to Corbin S. ()

Corbin is a former U.S. Army Infantryman (2013–2019) who deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. He now runs a training company focused on real-world readiness and practical self-defense. He’s a USCCA + NRA certified fi****ms instructor, a Stop the Bleed instructor, and a USPSA competitive shooter.

Huge thank you to the companies that stepped up and made this giveaway possible:








Appreciate everyone who entered and supported the giveaway. See you back for next SHOTSHOW🤝

01/29/2026

🚨 🎲 LAST CALL: HIGH ROLLER GIVEAWAY🚨 🎲
Saturday, Jan 31 is the final day to enter online.

If you’ve been meaning to jump in—this is your sign.
Enter, lock your spot, and you’re in for the Grand Prize drawing at the end of the month.

👉🌐 https://www.coresurvival.com/highroller

01/22/2026

The CORE Survival Booth was packed today. Thank you for the stories, the laughs, and the good times today everyone. Day two of comes to a close.

Alot of winners today! Prizes won today came from some fantastic quality brands like , , , , , ,

01/21/2026

I know there are some Patch Goblins out there. Who's got what, come see us at Booth 62003 and let's trade 🤙

01/21/2026

🎯SHOT Show is live in Vegas. CORE Survival is at Booth #62003.
🎉Stop by, sign up for the HIGH ROLLER Giveaway, and take your shot at serious prizes.
Not on the show floor? No problem! Sign up anyway, and you’re still entered for the Grand Prize drawing. Check out our website or follow the link below
👉 www.coresurvival.com/highroller

We create effective, innovative products that spring directly from the ideas, experience, and future needs identified by active users in the field. Our products are designed with one aim….to help exceptional people – by making their jobs a little easier and a whole lot safer.

01/20/2026

🚨SHOT Show is live🚨
Come find CORE Survival at Booth #62003.
We’re running the HIGH ROLLERS Giveaway all show long, with legit prizes and a fast, easy way to enter.

🔴Stop by the booth to sign up, meet the team, and see what we brought to Vegas.
🔴Can’t make it over yet? Get locked in here and swing through when you can: https://www.coresurvival.com/highroller

12/26/2025

Christmas hits different when you’re part of a force that never sleeps.

For most people, it’s a day to slow down and be with family. For a lot of the military, it’s another day on the schedule. Another watch, another patrol, another mission. The work doesn’t pause just because the calendar says Christmas.

Some of the most memorable Christmases aren’t the ones with a tree and a table full of food. They’re the ones spent in country or downrange, where you grab a quick meal when you can, call home if you’re lucky, and lean on the people next to you because they’re your family in that moment. It’s not glamorous. It’s just real. And it sticks with you.

We also want to say this clearly to the families back home. You carry your own load. You keep things steady, you make it feel normal for the kids, and you do it while missing someone you’d rather have right there with you. That sacrifice matters, and it doesn’t get said enough.

From all of us at CORE Survival, thank you to those serving and working through the holiday, and thank you to the families who are missing them today. We don’t take it lightly.

Share your stories with us. Merry Christmas. Stay sharp, stay safe, and get home when you can.
***A makeshift Christmas tree at OP Hotel in Ramadi in December 2005. (Courtesy of Joey Bennett) Task & Purpose

12/22/2025

WARNO // ACTIVE TRACKING: NORAD has positive track on HVT: KRINGLE-1 (Santa) with RED-NOSE-1 (Rudolph) leading the element. Families are cleared to support—grab your kids, pull up the tracker, and help maintain real-time overwatch through the night. Eyes on, report last known, don’t lose the track.

The images in this post is the real-world side of this cold weather operation. Training to move, survive, and stay effective in extreme cold (skis/snowshoes, snowmobile movement, and live-fire), because in the field the enemy might be simulated… but the cold is real.

Tap the NORAD tracker link at www.coresurvival.com
and keep eyes on KRINGLE-1.

12/18/2025

Korpo, Finland doesn’t care how good your plan was back home. It’s cold, it’s wet, and everything gets harder.

That’s why this kind of training matters. U.S. Marines and Finnish JTACs are running sUAS-integrated reps during Exercise Freezing Winds 2025. Building the same picture, faster. New sensors up, comms set (PRC-160 RT on the ground), and joint procedures tightened until everyone’s speaking the same language when it counts.

In environments like this, “situational awareness” isn’t a buzzword. It’s knowing who’s where, what’s moving, and how to mark it clearly...without confusion.

That’s also where gear like CORE Survival’s HEL-STAR fits into the story: simple, rugged identification and signaling that supports accountability and deconfliction when teams are spread out, visibility is bad, and the pace is high.

12/08/2025

Follow the Leader. 🤙
🌐 www.coresurvival.com/hel-star-lead-jumper-light