A good go bag is an essential tool in your productivity arsenal, but the good ones can cost a lot of money—and many of them sacrifice options for looks. When you want a bag you can count on and don't ...

Emily Nunez, pictured, and her sister Betsy have launched a wildly successful start-up, Sword & Plough, which upcycles military surplus items into luxury handbags and backpacks. Photo by Thomas S.

Emily Nunez is an active-duty Army officer with a special project on the side: Sword & Plough, an award-winning business selling fashionable bags made from military surplus materials by veterans. This ...

"I thought to myself, 'We could take these extremely durable materials that have such unique stories and turn them into fashionable bags that anyone would want to use,' " says Emily Nunez Cavness ...

Two sisters have not only employed themselves, but also created jobs for other veterans, with an environmentally sustainable fashion bag company that also honors the military. NBC’s Janet Shamilan ...

A student who has fulfilled her dream of a career in the Army officer has also set up a successful fashion company, designing accessories made from upcycled surplus military apparel. And Emily Núñez, ...

Emily Núñez Cavness grew up the child of an Army officer and would often wonder what happened to surplus items that she saw piled up across the bases where she lived. Much of the clothing, bags, tents ...

Old, dusty, olive-drab military vehicles sit outside Rugged Earth Sports near the Circle on Mobile Highway. In a lot next to the store, there are large, faded command-sized tents large enough to fit a ...

Three years ago, 1st Lt. Emily Núñez Cavness was the lone ROTC cadet at Middlebury College, in Vermont, headed for a career in the military. “I would put my uniform on, and walk across campus, and ...