Tactical gear and tactical equipment for military, law enforcement, and defense applications, namely, protective clothing with or without built in armor for protection against accident or injury, protective eyewear, protective sunglasses, protective goggles and masks, protective helmets, protective work gloves; protective gloves, namely, assault gloves, rescue gloves, rappelling gloves; protective clothing, namely, flame retardant balaclavas, slash resistant balaclavas, thermal balaclavas, protective load bearing vests reinforced with or without ballistic armor for holding tactical equipment, armor bearing vests, combination ballistic/flotation vests, load-bearing vests