Message from @Lebens

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2017-07-24 15:49:59 UTC  

@Lebens i have a pack of purification tablets in my first aid kit as well.

2017-07-24 16:02:43 UTC  

This is a good starter book. Lots of great info on here. But you can't just read this and expect to be able to do it, you have to go out and actually practice these things. I'm not suggesting you go out in the woods Bear Grylls style. Don't do that lol. But you can make a fire, tie knots, build a shelter, make a water filter out of sand and charcoal all in your back yard if you can or go out camping for the week end and try out some things

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712657973215233/339074929813094410/20170724_115755.jpg

2017-07-24 16:43:34 UTC  

Ah, almost forgot the most important item. Baby wipes. Good for cleaning weapons and body. You're not gonna want to use leaves for wiping your ass. I've done this, you don't want this

2017-07-24 17:51:11 UTC  

Tampons for wounds too?

2017-07-24 17:51:29 UTC  

Asking for a friend

2017-07-24 17:51:35 UTC  

Lol

2017-07-24 18:10:20 UTC  

@Lebens lol no. I've heard of people having those in their kits but I wouldn't recommend it. Most gun shot wounds are gonna be bigger than that. I have combat gauze in mine. But normal gauze to pack the wound is fine.

2017-07-24 18:15:02 UTC  

That's one of those things that when I hear people bring up in forums I roll my eyes.

2017-07-24 18:16:45 UTC  

@Lebens they make quick clot plungers that can fill deep wounds easily.

2017-07-24 18:16:48 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712657973215233/339108673387495424/maxresdefault.png

2017-07-24 18:17:10 UTC  

some medics refer to them as "tampons"

2017-07-24 18:19:23 UTC  

Thought he was talking about literal tampons. Some people unironically have those in their kit

2017-07-24 18:20:09 UTC  

What I have.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712657973215233/339109518200012804/20170724_141931.jpg

2017-07-24 18:21:22 UTC  

combat gauze is great stuff if anyone cannot find it due to it being a surplus item the regular quick clot or celox products are essentially the same thing

2017-07-24 18:21:45 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712657973215233/339109919469076480/192529.png

2017-07-24 18:22:15 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712657973215233/339110045537009664/51E8q4vcFyL.png

2017-07-24 18:22:31 UTC  

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2017-07-24 18:22:54 UTC  

@Louis Loire - NY it is great stuff. I've got more than I know what to do with cause I saved all my first aid stuff from the military.

2017-07-24 18:24:28 UTC  

same I "acquired" quite a bit of supplies before my ETS

2017-07-24 18:48:10 UTC  

@Louis Loire - NY nice someone got the joke

2017-07-24 19:05:34 UTC  

I look forward to learning other branches techniques. The navy didn't go very in depth on these things with my rate

2017-07-24 19:52:07 UTC  

Any opinion on this http://www.zeltbahn.net/tent.htm or similar products

2017-07-24 19:55:43 UTC  

I've got so much knowledge I want to lay down but I don't want to overwhelm people

2017-07-24 20:01:58 UTC  

http://m.ebay.com/itm/221964379086?_mwBanner=1 I thought these looked pretty interesting, I just don't know if it's worth it over getting a normal tarp

2017-07-24 20:06:06 UTC  

any surplus poncho is good stuff because you can also use it as a shelter if its made the same way the US ones are

2017-07-24 20:06:34 UTC  

if you don't already have a "woobie" (US poncho liner) get one now

2017-07-24 20:28:01 UTC  

@Louis Loire - NY poncho liner is love. Poncho liner is life

2017-07-24 20:28:08 UTC  

Sleep with mine every night.

2017-07-24 20:49:58 UTC  

I sleep with mine often its the best piece of gear the military has ever made

2017-07-24 20:53:17 UTC  

@Louis Loire - NY dude no shit. It was always the perfect temperature. Bay far the best piece of gear I was ever issued

2017-07-24 20:57:49 UTC  

Yeah, I love my poncho liner 💯

2017-07-24 21:10:46 UTC  

The wubby

2017-07-24 21:15:24 UTC  

@Mark Vandal IIRC (it's been 9 years now, or so) that particular brand of quick clot gauze (from your pic) we stopped carrying in combat due to a recall because it was "burning" itself to wounds, causing more trauma to the effected area. It LOOKS just like the ones we had when doc came around and changed all ours out. Maybe look into it, I dunno...or maybe manufacturer has fixed that prob since then.

2017-07-24 21:22:51 UTC  

@Phillip Wiglesworth - FL that is what I was issued as of less than a year and half ago

2017-07-24 21:22:59 UTC  

that was an old compound used as a homeostatic agent it was replaced long ago

2017-07-24 21:23:16 UTC  

most quick clot stuff will say NO HEAT now because of that

2017-07-24 21:23:27 UTC  

good then, didn't know if was old pic or not

2017-07-24 21:25:10 UTC  

like I said 9 years or so ago, same brand, glad they changed that shit. was leaving really nasty wounds

2017-07-24 21:25:35 UTC  

Celox is honestly better stuff then quick clot they just got most of the contracts

2017-07-24 22:12:15 UTC  

I'm gonna start compiling videos and guides for you guys and pin them here. We will start with something very basic but very useful. How to start a fire which I'll get to sometime tonight or tomorrow morning.

2017-07-24 22:12:39 UTC  

Wow, thanks. Look forward to it.