Subject: Re: Fwd: Crye MultiCam Brooklyn Navy Yard US Army del
From: "Rob Walker" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 12:17:22 -0400

Let me know if you want to talk first or pass it on.
On Apr 13, 2014 9:20 AM, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Could Nelson or Mike help with this- let's discuss so I can get back to
> Chris ASAP.
>
> RHB
> 202.333.1880
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From:* Chris Heinz <[email-masked]>
> *Date:* April 10, 2014 at 8:43:20 AM EDT
> *To:* "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
> *Subject:* *FW: Crye MultiCam Brooklyn Navy Yard    US Army del*
>
>
> This is background for what I wanted to talk about at 3. no need to read
> it before, but the ppt is pretty easy to understand.
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Caleb Crye [[email-masked]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 1:59 PM
> To: Chris Heinz
> Subject: FW: Crye MultiCam Brooklyn Navy Yard    US Army del
>
> Apologies if you already got this earlier- I sent it but doesn't show up
> in my sent folder...
>
>
> Camo background:
> FYI: This is what we sent Gillibrand's folks.
> The first POC Arelis was a dead end so I sent it to the person I met last
> year with the Senator (Kate) but she apparently doesn't work there any ore
> or at least her email is inactive.
>
>
> Caleb Crye
> Executive Director
> CRYE PRECISIONTM
> CRYE ASSOCIATESTM
> www.cryeprecision.com<http://www.cryeprecision.com/>
> www.multicampattern.com<http://www.multicampattern.com/>
>
> Serving Those Who Protect Freedom TM
> 718-246-1515
>
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> From: Caleb Crye
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 12:13 PM
> To: [email-masked]'
> Subject: FW: Crye MultiCam Brooklyn Navy Yard US Army
>
>
>
> Hello Kate,
>
> We met at the Brooklyn Navy Yard last year.  I hosted Senator Gillibrand
> on a tour of our facility where we design and manufacture equipment for our
> military personnel.
>
> I am reaching out because we have recently encountered a problem that puts
> Soldiers at undue risk and threatens our business in New York City where we
> employ just under 200 people.
>
>
>
> Full disclosure- at the guidance of the Navy Yard I have already reached
> out to another person from your office (Arelis Hernandez). She has been
> very helpful so far and and has indicated she will forward our information
> to the appropriate people and get back to us so I am now just trying to
> augment her effort and make sure your team is clear on the issue. I
> apologize in advance if I am breaking a protocol by sending this directly
> to you, my goal is simply to make sure this critical Soldier survivability
> issue is not lost in translation.
>
>
>
> I have attached a quick summary powerpoint and a copy of a memo we
> recently released to the public regarding this issue.
>
>
>
> In a nutshell this is what is happening:  (feel free to call me anytime if
> that is quicker)
>
> ·         We invented and own a camouflage pattern called MultiCam(R). The
> Army has spent 10's of millions of dollars competitively testing Army
> developed camo patterns against MultiCam(R) for the last 10 years. MultiCam(R)
> has won all these official tests.
>
> ·         In 2010 the Army started issuing uniforms and gear printed in
> our MultiCam(R) pattern but only for troops in Afghanistan.
>
> ·         Despite this, the Army's official camo pattern is still a
> pattern called "UCP". UCP has been proven (by the Army) to put Soldiers at
> significant unnecessary risk since 2006 yet they still issue it.
>
> ·         In 2013 Congress passed a law (Sec 352 of the National Defense
> Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2014) saying the DOD "...shall eliminate
> the development and fielding..." of new (non-currently issued) camo patterns
> unless they will be "...adopted by all Armed Forces."
>
> ·         In 2013 the Army announced it was moving to (currently issued)
> MultiCam(R), for the entire Army.
>
> ·         Strangely, and apparently illegally, the Army now says it plans
> to develop its own new (non-currently issued) pattern by copying key
> aspects MultiCam(R).
>
> ·         MultiCam(R) is combat-proven and it has won all the official Army
> evaluations of the last 10 years.  There is no reason the Army should be
> wasting more time and money trying to yet again develop another copy of our
> pattern hoping another decade of testing finds a pattern as good as
> MultiCam. All this while the Army continues to issue UCP, a pattern that
> has been proven to put Soldiers at unnecessary risk since 2006.
>
>
>
> What we are looking for:
>
> ·         Crye Precision would like to ask for your support on behalf of
> our employees, the tax payers, and most importantly the Soldiers who depend
> on our camouflage pattern to protect them in combat.
>
> ·         We want to make sure Senior Army leadership has all the facts.
>
> ·         We believe many key aspects of this important issue are being
> kept from high-level decision makers to further a misguided low-level
> agenda aimed at replacing our product with an "Army-developed" copy of our
> product. We believe this agenda puts fictitious cost fears and ego above
> Soldier safety and we can show an undeniable track record of such
> unwarranted behavior by the Army. We believe Senior Army leadership will
> agree with us that MultiCam(R), having been proven time and time again to
> provide the Solder a significant and undeniable life-saving advantage in
> combat, should be adopted Army-wide...  if they knew the facts.
>
>
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Caleb
>
> 917-417-2588
>
>
>
>
>
> Caleb Crye
>
> Executive Director
>
> CRYE PRECISION
>
> CRYE ASSOCIATES
>
> www.cryeprecision.com<http://www.cryeprecision.com>
>
> www.multicampattern.com<http://www.multicampattern.com>
>
>
>
>
>
> Serving Those Who Protect Freedom TM
>
> 718-246-1515
>
> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE
>
> This message from Crye Precision (or one of its affiliated companies)
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> transmission in error, please call Crye Precision immediately at the number
> listed above and delete the e-mail and any copies of it. Disclosure or use
> of any part of this message by persons other than the intended recipient is
> strictly prohibited. This message is sent in confidence and is not to be
> re-distributed or reproduced in any way, in whole or in part without
> written permission from Crye Precision.
>
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