After officially unveiling the phone back in November, Verizon Wireless has finally made the battle-ready G'zOne Brigade available for purchase.

Key features:

• Tough Technology Design - Horizontal clamshell with QWERTY keypad
• 3.2 megapixel camera with flash, video capture and LED light
• Clear Talk for superior sound quality
• Water, shock, dust, immersion, vibration, humidity, salt fog, altitude, high and low temperature storage, and solar radiation resistant conforming to MIL-STD-810F
• Field Force Manager capable - A resource management tool that provides businesses with the ability to locate and communicate with their mobile field workers

Lifestyle features:

• Document Viewer - Makes reviewing Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations and PDFs a breeze
• Dedicated message keys - Provide one-touch access to messaging
• Text to Speech - Allows customers to listen to their text messages, multimedia messages and e-mails
• Best Shot - Has six presets for a perfect photo finish and automatically changes the setup of the camera based on the background
• Auto Focus - Offers single point, nine point and multi point and face detection, perfect for group shots
• V CAST Music with Rhapsody - Choose from millions of songs to download over the air
• V CAST Video on Demand - Watch favorite television shows while on the go, including live college football, college basketball and NHL hockey games, local and national news and weather, and family programming
• VZ Navigator® capable - Receive audible turn-by-turn directions to more than 15 million points of interest and share the directions with others
• microSD storage for high-quality photos and music
• Speakerphone with front-facing stereo speaker

The Casio G'zOne Brigade isn't what most would consider to be an everyday phone -- more like something you would take on a construction site or a trip out into the wilderness. If that sounds good to you, it can be had starting today for $249.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a two-year agreement.