The Best Military Tactical Sunglasses from Oakley

The most important factor when choosing the best military sunglasses is their ability to protect the wearer’s eyes from strong UV and sun rays. The best military tactical sunglasses, like Oakley’s SI Half Jacket 2.0, are equipped with Plutonite®, which blocks 100% of UVA and UVB rays from the sun.

While protection from the sun’s brightness is essential, sunglasses are also useful for concealing information. Oakley military sunglasses’ lenses are lightweight enough to improve visibility in the right ways, yet dark enough to prevent observers from easily understanding what a soldier is thinking or feeling.

Excellent visibility is important for any tactical sunglasses and it’s one of Oakley’s standards for all of their models–military or recreational. Superior-grade military tactical sunglasses like the SI Flak Jacket make a large area in front of the wearer visible while simultaneously decreasing the amount of ambient light that would otherwise obscure the view.

Military personnel encounter a variety of situations where increased visibility is helpful, such as searching for suspects or examining a room for possible threats. Oakley’s lenses are optically correct, meaning everything in front of the wearer appears the same way it would if the lenses weren’t being worn.

While most Oakley military sunglasses meet ​​ANSI Z87.1 standards, the SI Flak Jacket exceeds them. The American National Standards Institute, or ANSI, is the benchmark against which military equipment and supplies are measured for utility and uniformity.

Squads and units often have to work in cramped spaces, which makes it more challenging to see everything around you. Products like Oakley’s SI Half Jacket 2.0 and SI Ballistic Goggle 2.0 are designed to maintain visual fidelity all the way to the periphery of the lenses.

These sunglasses provide a wide field of view with no distortion, enabling soldiers to know what something is as soon as it’s found. When exploring buildings or seeking enemy targets, wide fields of view allow one to see all possible threats as well as increase the likelihood of detecting low-level sounds that may otherwise be missed.

Wide fields of view are especially helpful when trying to spot distant threats or threats that are high above the ground, as the area may appear more expansive than it really is. A large field of view can partly compensate for this distance, while also reducing the risk of missing threats that are close because they may be difficult to spot.

Military personnel often need to identify objects at long distances, especially when the sun is too bright, causing compromised visibility. Sunglasses like Oakley’s SI Fuel Cell come with Iridium® and HDPolarized™ coated lenses to minimize the amount of glare soldiers face.

Iridium also has anti-corrosive and heat-resistant properties, offering prolonged use in demanding environments. The fact that Oakley’s lens coatings are clear allows the lenses to transmit enough light without becoming opaque, which is helpful when experiencing reduced visibility conditions.

Soldiers face combatants on a daily basis, and hostile forces grow more creative with their plans of attack as time goes on. This means they strategize new ways to attach more effectively from less easily detectable environments with deadlier force.

Accordingly, soldiers must have protective gear with high-mass impact resistance. When bullets are fired directly at the head, soldiers’ eyes are almost certain to be injured without robust protection.

Oakley’s SI Straight Jacket tactical sunglasses are one such product designed for maximum impact protection. They meet the ANSI Z87.1 standards and are great for any soldier on field assignments.