Memorial Day is more than a long weekend.
Memorial Day is more than a long weekend. It's more than barbecues, backyard targets, or kicking off summer. It's a sacred time to pause and honor the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country. For many of us in the firearm, law enforcement, and military communities, it's a deeply personal reminder that freedom comes at a cost — and that we have a responsibility to carry forward the values they lived and died for: service, courage, discipline, and care for others.
Purposeful Training as a Form of Tribute
At Clear Ballistics, we believe that one of the most meaningful ways to honor that legacy is through purposeful training — using the right tools to build confidence, precision, and preparedness. Our clear ballistic gel blocks and ballistic gel dummies are used nationwide in MIL/LEO training, providing realistic, high-performance feedback for those preparing to protect and serve.
Whether you're testing with a ballistic gel block, conducting drills using a life-size gel torso, or running scenarios with a ballistic dummy head, every shot fired is part of a larger commitment to responsible firearm use and ethical testing.
Behind Every Test is a Mission
For veterans, active-duty service members, law enforcement officers, and defense instructors, training with a ballistic test dummy is more than just technical skill-building. It's about preserving life, understanding threat response, and respecting the very real consequences behind every trigger pull. That's why instructors across the country rely on professional ballistic gel for testing — tools that replicate human density and behavior, giving insight that paper, cardboard, and steel can't.
A Legacy Worth Honoring
On this Memorial Day, we encourage you to reflect not only on the lives we've lost, but on the lives you protect by training well. Whether you're working with an FBI ballistic test block, using a clear ballistics torso for impact response training, or teaching others with realistic gel targets for defense instruction, you are helping uphold a tradition of readiness and responsibility.
Making Each Round Matter
Honoring the fallen through responsible testing means making each round matter — not for sport, but for purpose. Ballistic gel for military training plays a role in that mission. It allows today's soldiers, law enforcement officers, and responsible citizens to prepare in a way that respects both the seriousness of the job and the people who came before us.
Remembering Why We Train
As you spend time with your loved ones or head to the range this Memorial Day, remember: Behind every precision shooting target gel is a standard. Behind every ballistics gel block for ethical firearm training is a reason. Behind every name we remember is a legacy worth honoring.
To the ones who didn't come home — we remember you.
To those still serving — we stand with you.
And to everyone preparing to carry the weight of responsibility — we see you.
Train with clarity. Train with purpose.
Explore Our Training Solutions
Whether you're preparing for high-stakes fieldwork or leading others in ethical firearm training, Clear Ballistics offers the tools to help you train with precision and purpose.
Browse our full line of ballistics gel blocks, dummy heads, and life-size torso molds to find the right solution for your needs.