Moron Alert: This is not a Ukraine post.
When things go sporky anywhere, these lessons will remain important. Especially in any situation where Uncle Sugar isn't flying in pizzas, porn, and beer by the metric fuckton to keep the troops happy. Learn a lesson.
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Thanks for the public service video.
when there is a discrepancy between the manuals and what the combat vets do, go with what the combat vets are doing. they got there for a reason....
Good intel. 6 months in the same kit is a good bit of info about what works and what doesn't.
back in the day, we used to keep 2 different load outs. one for inspections and one that we would take to the field.
a lot of the "stuff" they wanted us to carry was useless for the most part. kind of like field stripping c-rations before packing in your ruck. I kept a old rubber poncho and liner with me at all times. the newer lightweight poncho was good for
a shelter kind of thing. if you wore it, you got wet. para cord was your friend ! best to have 4-6 lengths of it about 6-8 foot each.
Why does the Brit gent remind me of the lead character in 'Red Dwarf'?
Alot of what the gentlemen described on the personal gear front is, in my day, Scouting 101. Amazes me people would forget these basics.
I always carried a can of boy scout water to keep my zippo filled. Sigh. That was 1969.
I have noticed that every time I deployed from Desert Storm to a tour of Korea to hurricanes Andrew and Michael I usually have the only burner, batteries, shower bag, and mess kit to make coffee with. This is across 3 decades, 2 branches and four components of service.
The advice was valid, and truthful.
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