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Military Survival Kit Field Testing
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Feb 3, 2024
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Thank you
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I'm I'm
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I'm I'm
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I'm Okay, looks like I'm getting in the dry ground again, which is great
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This might work. I'm
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I'm I'm
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So it's hovering right around freezing
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And we've had a couple days yesterday, particularly, heavy rain. So this little lowland area that I hiked in at is completely
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completely flooded because there is a stream, small stream, creek actually that goes through it
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That connects to some ponds over that way and everything kind of flowing towards the trail and completely flooded all the ground and there was actually woods that I wanted to set up back there that are underwater so I had to
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hike back a little bit further go up a little bit a little bit higher ground and this area is dry so
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I collected some water at a pond that had a light bit of
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ice on it, broke through that, filled my whirl bag with dirty water, and then I transferred it to
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another bag with my bandana, and this is the military cravat. Of course, this is a multi-purpose item
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I can use this as a sling, a dew rag, and of course I used it to filter out some of chunks
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So I'll let this dry and this will go back in my bag. And then I added a water purification tab, the MicroPure from Cedadine
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And that treat one tablet will treat one liter of water. I'm about at one liter
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It's probably a little, maybe a little less. It's close. But I'm going to let that activate while I'm setting up camp
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because what I want to do is I want to take this kit that I've put together
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as a basic go bag from various military items and some civilian items as well
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but it really was inspired by military survival kits and military go bags that I've looked at
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And I thought this pack in particular, this waste pack, this Mali 2 waist bag that they're still
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producing in different camos is really a great size for a survival kit go bag
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something you can throw in the back of your vehicle, you can throw on your waist if you go out on a hike
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it can go on the bottom of a larger backpack if you're striking out from a base camp. So what I wanted
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to do is I wanted to come out here with this kit that I put together and just test some various items that
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are in it and show you how they work. See if I can learn anything from using them because having all
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this stuff is great and it's great showing it. But if you don't actually come out and try
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experimenting with different stuff, when you really need it. it, you're going to be in a world of hurt. So what I've got is a poncho. And I've got my
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bungee cords set up on it so I can string that up. Of course I've got my 550 cord
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You saw the whirl bags there in my kit. I've also got this military issue wire saw. This is the older
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style. I don't know if they're still issuing these or not. I've played with this before in other
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videos I think a long time ago but I want to try it again. Kind of mess with a little bit. So we've got
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that. I've got this item which is the blizzard IFAC bag. This is kind of a thermal bag that you
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can open up in an emergency keep it warm. And then it's a
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to my kit is an s-bit stove. So I can have a means of heating up water. And of course
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the s-bit stoves are great, low light, low signature stoves to heat up things. So you
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don't have to build a big fire in case someone is looking for you and you want to stay
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more stealthy. You can use an s-bit. So they're a great military item issued in
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Europe with a lot of the armies over there. And then What I've done is I've put together this Tranjia style tin, cooked tin that I can boil water in
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I can cook coffee or broth in, but this houses all of my items that I would carry in the survival kit
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Whirlbags got more of those. I've got a notebook from Ezi, and it's got grid readers in the back
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I have a pencil. don't need a pen. Pencil works just fine. I have the Army-style pocket knife. This is actually
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by marbles, so it's a reproduction of theirs, but it works pretty well. Then I've got a
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mini compass, some sulca, and a little U.S.T. whistle
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Got some coffee, some salt, and a boulillon cube
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A couple small bandages and stary strips
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Another great item is this little fire starter. and it's got some little cotton balls in the bottom of that
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So we got that. Blistex. Issue matches in a match container, waterproof
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and that actually has a compass built into it. I don know if that an issue or not It may not be Looks like it It kind of hard to tell some of the stuff that you get You think it issue and then you find out it not
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This is a really nice little marker survival panel. I got this I think from Five Call
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Survival supply of a bit length below for that. So, but it's nice and compact, but still you have signaling
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And then of course, I always carry some man-made fire starting. This is a death
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dam soaked in wax military issues toilet paper from the MREs and then my signal
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mirror heavy duty and then goes in this nice little tin and I can put on top of
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my stove I'm gonnae
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I'm gonnae. I'm gonnae. I'm gonnae. I'm We're gonnae
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I'm going to be. I'm gonnae. I'm Everything's in plastic
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It makes it tough when it's cold and you gotta work with your gloves off
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Everything's got to be cut open. I got two strikers with that
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I've got two strikers with that. Put one away. It's always a good idea as you're working with stuff to put it away
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Best you can. What will happen is you will lose it, especially on this forest floor, everything's brown. Okay
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Oh, wow. There's water
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I'm purified. There's my striker. There's my striker. Let's set that right in the middle
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Good thing the ground's really wet. The ground's really wet, the leaves are, so I don't have to worry about clearing off a lot of debris
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I'm gonnae. I'm gonnae. I'm I'm
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So with this poncho shelter, there's a couple things that you need to be aware of
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One is small. You're not going to get a lot of room in here, but if you close off the top where the hood is at
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if you wrap an elastic band around it, it will help keep the rain out, it will stay dry
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But if you pitch this thing low enough to the ground, you shouldn't get a lot of
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stuff coming in from the sides. I got mine raised up just a little bit, just for some airflow, but
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all in all I completely under it I not even all the way down inside of it I kind of sticking out so I could cook my coffee or make my coffee but there still plenty of room in here for me to
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just stretch out and to get a good night's sleep because the thing is a huge key to this kind
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of scenario is staying dry and staying warm and cutting the wind
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cutting the rain, snow, whatever you're in, keeping yourself dry is really crucial
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So what I can do is I've got my military side-wind or flashlight. There
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Pull that up. Now I've got a little lantern
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for inside my shelter. I'm gonna So, So
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The So, there it is, there's my improvised bow saw
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If I put a little tension on the back here, maybe, what I can do is..
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I can match it on the end. There. There
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I notched it on this end and set up there so it up there so it pulls a little
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pulls a little bit tighter. But that's a pretty good bosal. All right guys
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All packed up, ready to go home. It was a lot of fun coming out here and testing some of this stuff
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and some of this stuff just to see how it would work. I really like setting up that poncho shelter. I think that's a viable option
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for a civilian is to have a poncho with them and use that as a shelter
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You know, there's a lot of great surplus out there and military survival gear that you can buy
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But you need to come out and you need to test it out and try it out. I'm glad I did. I learned a few things. I always do when I come out. I always learn something
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You're never too old or too experienced to learn some more stuff
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And that's what this is all about is coming out and trying things and having fun and learning new stuff
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to check out. I'm gonna get out of here. Thanks for watching. We'll see you next time on the prepared laundry
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I'm going to be able to Thank you