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Stuff you carried in combat
People carry certain things in combat. Good luck charms, bibles, photos, etc.
What did you carry? Along with the usual gear, like flack vest, pro mask, MRE's, basic ammo load, helmet, casualty feeder cards, dog tags...
Panama: jungle boots, malaria pills, bug juice, MRE's, ammo, extra batteries for the PRC-77, sometimes I was the RTO, poncho, poncho liner, extra socks in a waterproof bag, and other times I was pointman. I carried a M-203 there.
For Operation: Desert Storm, I was just a rifleman in the Corps, I carried 1 eagle feather, a medicine bundle, my atropine kit, chemical detection tape worn on my leg, and arm, and my ammo, and M-16A2. And weapons cleaning kit. I wore either my jungle boots or my combat boots which ended up having my left heel fall off, so I ended up wearing my jungle boots which got loads of sand from the little drainage holes on the side. We didn't have the seude boots the military is wearing nowadays. plus we ate those frigging N.A.P.'s.
(nerve agent pills) which I'm sure got me ill from my time in the 1st Gulf War. I was given an eaglebone whistle, but left it at home, I didn't want have it broken during my time in the giant sandbox.
For Afghanistan, I had a medicine bundle in my left breast, pocket, malaria pills, glit tape on my left arm, and top of my helmet, night vision scope, 2 frag's, a claymore mine, extra batteries, lots of extra ammo, 2 canteens, a pack of Newports and Swisher Sweets, a few personal photos, waterproofed with my maps, protractor, and map pens, I never carried my wallet with me I would try to look at my photos at least once in the morning say good morning to them, and then it was time to put your game face on and go to combat. I carried lots of chewing gum and Jolly Ranchers too. Almost forgot that.
Iraq, I carried, another medicine bundle, 2 canteens, a pack of Newports with Swisher Sweets, (the locals, like to smoke, so try to appeal too them sometimes, by offering smokes- same with Afghanistan) the usual casualty feeder cards, pen and paper, things with arabic translation, intel on looking for certain vehicles, night vision, we didn't need maps here, we had our digital ones on a computer screen. We always had our chemical suits close by as well, as our pro masks. Ocassionally, I carried change and some candy and gave it to the kids when we were on patrol.
I carried alot of prayers too....They helped out alot on our time outside the wire. Especially, when we lost someone...
There are a few other things I carried...seemed to have slipped my mind...so will post them later.
NSB
What did you carry? Along with the usual gear, like flack vest, pro mask, MRE's, basic ammo load, helmet, casualty feeder cards, dog tags...
Panama: jungle boots, malaria pills, bug juice, MRE's, ammo, extra batteries for the PRC-77, sometimes I was the RTO, poncho, poncho liner, extra socks in a waterproof bag, and other times I was pointman. I carried a M-203 there.
For Operation: Desert Storm, I was just a rifleman in the Corps, I carried 1 eagle feather, a medicine bundle, my atropine kit, chemical detection tape worn on my leg, and arm, and my ammo, and M-16A2. And weapons cleaning kit. I wore either my jungle boots or my combat boots which ended up having my left heel fall off, so I ended up wearing my jungle boots which got loads of sand from the little drainage holes on the side. We didn't have the seude boots the military is wearing nowadays. plus we ate those frigging N.A.P.'s.
(nerve agent pills) which I'm sure got me ill from my time in the 1st Gulf War. I was given an eaglebone whistle, but left it at home, I didn't want have it broken during my time in the giant sandbox.
For Afghanistan, I had a medicine bundle in my left breast, pocket, malaria pills, glit tape on my left arm, and top of my helmet, night vision scope, 2 frag's, a claymore mine, extra batteries, lots of extra ammo, 2 canteens, a pack of Newports and Swisher Sweets, a few personal photos, waterproofed with my maps, protractor, and map pens, I never carried my wallet with me I would try to look at my photos at least once in the morning say good morning to them, and then it was time to put your game face on and go to combat. I carried lots of chewing gum and Jolly Ranchers too. Almost forgot that.
Iraq, I carried, another medicine bundle, 2 canteens, a pack of Newports with Swisher Sweets, (the locals, like to smoke, so try to appeal too them sometimes, by offering smokes- same with Afghanistan) the usual casualty feeder cards, pen and paper, things with arabic translation, intel on looking for certain vehicles, night vision, we didn't need maps here, we had our digital ones on a computer screen. We always had our chemical suits close by as well, as our pro masks. Ocassionally, I carried change and some candy and gave it to the kids when we were on patrol.
I carried alot of prayers too....They helped out alot on our time outside the wire. Especially, when we lost someone...
There are a few other things I carried...seemed to have slipped my mind...so will post them later.
NSB
If you can hump it, you can carry it? 
....to become the highly efficient killing machine that you are.....whether it be a soldier...
.......airmen....
............sailor....
or...
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