Different regulations for different MOS. We didn't really have any regulations like that. The higher ups just said that we had to follow the US military standards...did not specify which standards...and we(me) abused the hell out of it.

Have to be able to wear an oxygen mask now. When I flew helos we were allowed to grow beards on deployment

Does the beard actually interfeir with the Oxy mask? I am trying to remember if I ever wore my gasmask when I was sporting the beard.

You don’t have a full seal

Youd be fine. We have foreign pilots with beards getting O2 just fine

But that's the excuse thrown at us.

But for O2 you don’t need a full seal. It’s just O2

You can revive o2 without a full seal

Yup

I grow my mustache out of regs and keep my hair out of regs as a form of passive defiance

More middle management bureaucracy BS.

We openly defied our regs via misapplication of the US regulations as a middle finger to our higher ups.

Our current CO wants us to send him everything we want to post on social media so he can approve of it. So I got a few guys together and we blew his phone up with memes

That stopped the whole ordeal

Well I can understand that. A lot of SM blackeyes out there.

Rock whataburger sunglasses too. Also out of regs. Haha

Cant boog without orange sunglasses

https://tacticalbabygear.com/

I got one of those.

Haha

Because, fuck the guy to your left.

Good lord

Yeah that was from when I first mounted the chest holster. I later canted it, per image above.

Never changed the holster?

I later swapped it out for a leg rig. I used the chest mount due to the amount of time we spent in vehicles. Yeah its a serpa, but that was back in like 2008(?) before that be report from the DHS came out that misrepresented them. SERPAs are actually not nearly as bad as all that crap you have heard about them.

I mean, I can see where the danger can come from with those.

I use a leg holster but have mine currently set up for my plate carrier because Im in a vehicle a lot now

Actually you can't because first off the danger was only from striker fire guns, and it was grossly over stated, the DHS case was based on only FOUR incidences and one of them was with a kydex holster not a Serpa.

https://www.fletc.gov/sites/default/files/imported_files/reference/public-information/freedom-of-information-act-foia/reading-room/training-information/holisterStudy.pdf

The video I saw was someone who kept their index finger depressed through the draw and accidentally pulled the trigger. Was there a different reason behind the report?

I'm not completely savvy on this, never owned one, never used one

There was some of that. In the three reports that actually had SERPAs it was a training issue with the Glocks. They couldn't replicate it with standard SA/DA guns.
The other incident with the Kydex holster was because the draw string of his windbreaker got caught inside the trigger guard of the glock and because of its unsafe design, when he pushed it down into the holster it pulled the trigger and discharged.

It was really a perfect storm of the wrong kind of holster for the wrong kind of gun.

Any of you guys got boogmobiles?

Yeah its called a 9mm to the back of the head and drive bitch.

Lol

You dont keep your car stocked?

Keep a booboo kit, a first aid it, tools, lifeboat rations, water in my truck

Most likely if I get stranded somewhere I can hang out a while.

My car is mainly geared for work, which usually includes my gear and stuff for my job. First aid, emergency supplies, etc etc. But I don't stock it for some SHTF nonsense.

it's nonsense until it happens lol

You should have general survival preparedness man

OH SHIT GRID DOWN maybe i should've prepared 🤔

Yeah here that's called tuesday...

I just keep my aid bag, tools, portable thing to jump my vehicle also extra food and water

And if I’m not going on base I have a gun

I'm a fan of the life boat rations for food in my truck. It is resilient to heat and stays good for a long time. So you can just leave it and forget it

I just took a box of MRE’s

where do you get them

Off a truck or storage room

I live out in the sticks, what you called survival preparedness, we call groceries. What you call a failure of the system/break down of society, happens about twice a month.

i want some you lucky fuck

You can get MREs off amazon pretty cheap. I have a couple of cases, mainly just cause I kinda like them. Love me some BBQ rib MRE.

MREs actually dont last as long and can spoil if left in a hot car in the summer

That’s a good MRE

Yeah you have to store them properly.

It’s easy to replace MRE’s. I just take another box.

itch you're active duty?

I supplement mine with emergency Y rations and Romen noodles.

Yeah

ew

I got a few mountain houses for when I want some flavor

Lifeboat rations are literally meant to be stored in horrible conditions

yeah but they taste like shit. The lemon bar ones are about the only ones I can stand.

https://www.amazon.com/SOS-Food-Labs-Inc-185000825/dp/B075TXP1P5/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?keywords=Lifeboat+rations&qid=1577484078&sr=8-7

Yeah that is true

Let’s move this over to <#659316074163994636> or <#659316379307999242>

won't this technically count as gear?

But then again this literally only for if I get stranded in my truck in the middle of nowhere

I say its geae

Gear

Yeah that’s true.

Thought its food so...meh. But god I hate those things man.

Its like eating a roofing tile.

Haha

I just want a nice steak right now

Hmmmm steak

I want a BBQ pork patty MRE...but I already ate them all.

My home defense sword. Hahaha

Nice

Want a nice personal ruck sack. Training up for mountain school so something that is designed for that environment and load would be cool

Any recommendations?

Go look at garand thumb on YouTube. His video on long range packs

He talks about a few good ones

Will do

I'm a fan of Cannae packs

I have a mystery ranch ruck. But I was just given that one.

But then again, I don't ruck

Ordered with supply and didn’t pay a dime lol

I ruck. A LOT

Well not while we are down here

I don’t know many sailors that ruck lol

My bag was a kick bag for survival. Haha

Ahh

In case your flying machine stops doing the flying part

I did SERE, that was enough humping around in the woods for me.

I’m getting to get on helis

I’ve been on a chinook once