A warehouse storage room with metal shelving units filled with folded clothing, cardboard boxes, and packaged goods. Posters and signs are visible on the wall, and fluorescent lights illuminate the space.
Mission Essential Gear · Est. 2019

Built to Serve Those Who Serve

A veteran-owned custom apparel and fulfillment company in Jacksonville, North Carolina.

Veteran OwnedMarine & Firefighter FoundedPrinted in the USA
It Didn't Start in a Boardroom
Our Story

It Didn't Start in a Boardroom

MEGC started in August 2019 in a spare bedroom outside Camp Lejeune: boxes stacked to the ceiling, shelves built by hand, orders run at midnight between fire shifts. Founder Reagan Roberts was coming off six years as a Marine Infantryman and pulling shifts as a firefighter when the first orders shipped.

Then firefighters started tagging their buddies. Service members shared the brand. Departments kept ordering — because they trusted someone who spoke their language. One spare bedroom turned into two. Two turned into a warehouse. Today MEGC is a full production operation serving the people who actually need quality gear, fast answers, and reliability from someone who didn't forget what service feels like.

The Track Record

600+ Departments Served
1000+ Care Packages Sent
743K+ T-Shirt Prints
18.32M+ Embroidery Stitches
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What We Stand For

Why Units Keep Coming Back

We Are the Community

Built by a Marine Infantryman and firefighter. We're not outsiders selling to a community we don't belong to — we're printing for our own.

Gear Worth Wearing

No cheap throwaway shirts with clipart logos. Real designs that look like they belong to the people who earned them.

Fast Answers, No Drama

We answer fast, fix issues without excuses, and don't disappear once your card clears. The shop you can email at 10 p.m. before a deployment.

We Give Back

Care packages to forward-deployed units, recurring donations to Patrol Base Abbate, and 20% off for service members and veterans.

The Road So Far

From Spare Bedroom to Production Floor

1

2019 · The Garage

Founded in August 2019 while Reagan was still on active duty, built nights and weekends around college and an evening fire academy.

2

The Grind

Slow and sleepless growth. Firefighters tagged their buddies, units launched their first custom stores, and word of mouth did the marketing.

3

The Facility

A real production floor in Jacksonville, NC, DTG, DTF, screen printing, embroidery, and 3PL warehousing under one roof.

4

Today

600+ military, fire, and police departments served, 34,000+ orders shipped, and a custom-built automation platform connecting partners to our floor.

A group of 12 men standing outdoors in a forest clearing, wearing matching olive green t-shirts and holding a white banner that reads 'PB ABBATE RETURN TO BASE' with a cabin graphic.
Community & Giving

Standing With Patrol Base Abbate

We're a proud partner of Patrol Base Abbate, a 501(c)(3) helping veterans find community and purpose. MEGC makes recurring donations supporting veterans returning to base, printed the team shirts for PBA's Marine Corps Marathon running club, and has sent thousands of care packages to forward-deployed units.

Serving the service community isn't a market segment for us: it's a two way street

Capabilities

More Than a Print Shop

In-House Production

DTG, DTF, screen printing, and embroidery run from our own Jacksonville, NC facility — quality controlled at every step.

3PL & Partner Fulfillment

We warehouse, pick, pack, and ship for partner storefronts nationwide — the production backbone behind their brands.

Government-Ready

CAGE 8ELM7 · UEID K5MCCP3ZTG94 · DUNS 117224927. Purchase orders and agency payment methods accepted.

Executive Outfitting

High-end, professionally embroidered office wear programs for corporate teams and leadership.

Work With Us

Whether you're outfitting a unit, scaling a brand, or placing an agency order: we'd like to hear from you!

Contact MEGC
Veteran OwnedJacksonville, NCPrinted in the USA