
The Best Tactical Backpacks for Extra Durability and Organization
Using rugged materials and packing as much function as possible, these utilitarian backpacks effortlessly blend into the everyday.
Tanner Bowden is a staff writer at Gear Patrol covering all things outdoors and fitness. He is a graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School and a former wilderness educator. He lives in Brooklyn but will always identify as a Vermonter.
Using rugged materials and packing as much function as possible, these utilitarian backpacks effortlessly blend into the everyday.
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