This episode is brought to you by 511 Tactical, a company that I've used for over a decade since they supplied the uniforms for Anaheim Fire when I worked out in California.

And they have partnered with the Behind the Shield podcast to offer you, the listener, 15% off, not just a single purchase, but an ongoing discount every time you shop at 511 Tactical.com.

And I will give you the discount code in a moment.

I just want to go on a kind of product focus for a second. In episode 125 of Behind the Show podcast,

I spoke to podiatrist Dr. Mike Donato. And we discussed a concern that I've had, which is the footwear

for first responders. If you're a firefighter, obviously,

if we're doing an extrication, if we're fighting fire, our bunker boots are definitely the best

things. They offer a high level of protection. But the day-to-day calls, the EMS calls, all those

kind of are areas, they are absolutely overkill some of the boots that we are being given.

And I wanted to find a kind of happy medium

between protection and comfort as a lot of these heavy, heavy boots are causing overuse injuries,

knee pain, ankle pain, back pain. And 511 tactical has come up with a shoe called the Norris

sneaker. Now this has the feel literally of a skate shoe. It's incredibly comfortable. It has puncture

protection on the bottom. It has the toe protection on the front, but they've taken a lot of the

weight away and made it far more comfortable. I think many of us will admit that as an alternative

to duty boots, we turn to sneakers, which are also very comfortable, really don't offer any

protection. So this is a great

happy medium between the two. If you want to see this, as I said, it's called the Norris N-O-R-I-S-S-S-E-R-I-S-E-S-E-R-I-S-E-S-E-L-E-L-D-1-5.

That will be applicable for all of your purchases. The only time that's not

going to work is when they have an additional sale that's actually going to be higher. So if they're

offering a 20% or 25% off, obviously that 15 is going to be invalid because you're going to get

even more off. So for the Norris sneaker and all the other things that I'm going to showcase that I personally use.

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