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- In This Video We Discuss The LC-2 Harness and Gear Loadout as It Applies to The 10C's of Survivability. Enjoy!
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This just makes me want to build this rig to have it. I am actually thinking of building all three setups I transitioned to in my career.
Like another reply said, both nostalgic and sad. No more woodland, black boots or kiwi. No more Lce or Alice pack.
Tell me Corporal, will I be that angry ole man???
@@gjnezat - You are that angry old man. "Get off my lawn!" 😀
This is the best look at the old school Ifak I've seen that has peaked my curiosity for some time. Thank You.
Good video of the "old school gear". Your video shows what appears to be 5.56mm magazines. Do you carry that in the field or use the magazine pouches for other gear? I have a confession to make--I just bought a Garmin GPS Etrex 20x. I still carry a Suunto MC-1, and still subscribe to your redundancy philosophy. I guess I too am enamored with new technology. :-)
I once saw an Army Lieutenant puzzled that his compass was spinning. We eventually told him that the Abrams tank he was sitting atop was likely the cause. True Story.
Officers are like elementary school. No sense, getting smarter, then at light Colonel, lose any sense again!
Can't spell lost without LT
Being prior Navy I had a division officer w/ a liberal arts degree 🤦♂️ didn’t do well in the heavy engineering environment.
Fucking butter bars..
@elcapitan5680Sepaking facts i see
As a kid the local GI surplus store sold K Bar knifes for around a dollar. My mother bought me one when I was about 8 years old. Still have it 50 years later. Can you imagine a parent now days buying a 8 year old a knife that big . Going to the GI surplus store was like going to a toy store as a kid
I still use mine, it's always great... My Army used this in the 1980's... Hoohah...
nice loadout, I like this old stuff :)
Lilly! Two of my favorite TH-camrs!
I can’t get anymore food in my small pantry . I just live in a small apartment in San Francisco. But I’ll go out hunting for food anyway
USMC 1984-88.
IFAKs were just called First Aid Kits back then; and the term Loadout Gear wasn't invented yet.
Buttpacks & Stoves weren't issued, & Heat Tabs were a rarity.
We also bought our own fixed blade Knives; but Folding Knives were usually more useful.
550 Paracord was nonexistent; we just used Comm Wire instead.
Once went hiking on a hot day with a girl who used a modern Camelbak. I myself used an old school 2 liter canteen with a synthetic fur lined cover. At the end of the day her body heat heated up the water in her Camelbak and she said it was like drinking boiling water. OTOH All I needed to do was keep the lining of my canteen wet and the evaporation wicked the heat away and kept my water nice and cool all day. Plus you can squeeze the extra space out of the soft sided canteen so the water won't splash around, which gets annoying very quickly with a metal bottle. Old school gear for the win!
I feel like the 2-quart is smaller than the standard Camel-Bak (3 liters) and comes with a lack of balance that must be offset with an E tool.
I recall driving a jeep, leading a small convoy at night in Germany with blackout lights circa Winter of 63-64. It was so dark and the road so obscure, I asked my captain to stand up and shine his crook head flash light on the path ahead. Those feeble 20 lumens did the job and got me moving again.
It's crazy to think how drastically the trauma care paradigm has shifted in just a few years. Not a tourniquet to be found in those old IFAKs.
Better to keep the tourniquet separate and more easily accessible anyways.
The Committee of Combat Casualty Care manages that these days over what should be in an IFAK. It definitely ain't no boo-boo kit anymore.
For night fighting, we replaced the metal hooks and such with loops of parachute cord. You had to keep up the maintenance, but it was nice and quiet. We were always looking for neat gadgets to help make the load lighter, or increase our abilities. We would go crawling through all the "Ranger Joe" shops we could find, looking for Batman's fabled utility belt.
I had that gear, including the woodland camo when I was a member of November Company, a Navy company at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba back in 1973. We trained with the Marines so we could hold a position in the hills if we were under attack by the Cubans. The plan was for the "squids " to hold the position until we were relieved by the "grunts ". I knew we were on our own, because our Marine brothers would have their hands full maintaining the "status quo "of the base. We didn't get MRE's in those days. C rations for us. I ate a C ration that was manufactured in 1954. Hell, I was born in 1954. I stayed in GTMO for 3 years and my appreciation for the Marines there has no bounds. Thank you.
Semper Fi!
I was 25 years before you, we had the m1956 gear, you could adjust it whatever way you wanted it, get rid of some gear and add on extra as you needed. One thing i always loved was the camo poncho liner for them cool rainy nights in Nam.
The 1996 IFAK kit is fantastic. I purchased an identical original one in the 1990s here in Italy, my home country, from a military surplus yard sale. I still have the plastic box without the now disintegrated outer case, and without the original supply inside which contained, among many things, a disposable plastic vial of iodine disinfectant! my first ifak, which I used for years and years, in the woods looking for mushrooms, or hunting. I was moved to see it again, because I have never been able to find another one. a wonderful dive into the past; great!
When I was in the military the MRE came with hot sauce too
Tiny bottles of Tabasco
Great to keep you awake. Just a little dab under the eye.
Yeah man that was awesome! Now you get packets in a few MRE’s! The little tobasco bottles are still in arctic MRE’s as far as I k ow
When I started Tabasco was a new addition.
Lucky dog! When I was in boot camp, in the field, we had C-Rats. Of course, that was back in '76, too.
12:51 FYI with the Canvas Needle.
Make sure you have a Quarter or Nickel to push the Needle through thick Cloth; to keep it from stabbing into your Thumb !
Wow...talk about a walk down memory lane. I was married 13 yrs to a man in the army. He did the big ground attack in Desert Storm that was on TV. He was in a M1 Abram tank His gear I cleaned many many times I use to love most of the MREs...lol Remember Chicletts gum? I even got a good start on his spit shine boots. Thanks for the trip!
Great video Shawn! I love the old LC-2 system and ironically enough, I own every single item you showed right down to the Raine branded sewing kit lol! As a kid we didn't go in the woods without carrying LBE or an ALICE pack and a USMC Kabar was always on board as well. While I don't use that stuff very much on my outings these days, it still has a special place and it is still at arms reach and ready to go anytime I want to go "old school." I still can't hardly pass old military gear up when I see something in great condition for bottom dollar.. My wife doesn't appreciate that quality in me either lol.
USMC 1965-71. Back in those days, there was a bar outside of Quantico called Diamond Lou's, a take off on a real Marine hero named Lou Diamond. Over the bar, they had a full set of armor and a sign below it that read--"If your 782 gear doesn't look like this, don't talk to ME about the Old Corps!" Semper Fi.
Old Army here, though not "brown boot Army", as our NCO's would say. 1971-1975. I still use Alice gear, haven't taken to the new offerings. Thanks for the suggestions on items to upgrade the load out. Recently subscribed, so now need to binge watch.
I also am a recent subscriber n been bing watching too. lol
Favorite youtuber!
With you brother. Ft Lewis 1971. Welcome home.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I remember carrying that setup as an Army Infantryman. As a 19 year old kid, I thought I was invincible with it on. It was like putting on Superman’s cape lol. Best of luck with your channel and keep up the great work.
Corporal, this video brought back such memories. Served from 1980 to 1988, active then reserve. Uncle never put me in harms way but I think I had every piece of that load-out except the stove and sewing kit. Great gear, never had an issue. Remember taping the buckles so there was no rattle. Yup, good to go. Capt. Kenneth Berry, USACE. I salute you.
When the British Army was swapping from the 7.62mm L1a1 Self Loading Rifle to the 5.56mm L85a1 bull pup our magazine pouches were too large so a lot of us bought the ALICE ammo pouches to use. It was nearly four years before we got issued web gear suitable for the new rifle. This was late 80´s and early 90’s. I was infantry.
I went in The US Army in '87 and was issued the same LC2 gear by 2008 we had evolved to the LBV . The pistol belt extender was very necessary for wearing over winter gear without having to readjust the pistol belt which was hard and time consuming to do. I usually carried a mini fishing kit in a sewing kit case with fishing line, and #6 hooks stuck into a piece of cardboard and a few reusable split shot sinkers. When I was Stationed at Ft, Campbell, Ky with HHC 1/327th IN BN as Supply working in S4, I would often rig up a cane pole and supplement my MRE's with fresh trout and bluegills caught from creeks, streams and ponds on post. I was there from '98 - 01 and I even knew a few guys who worked for Domino's pizza on the side as delivery drivers. If they were working you could call up and have a pizza delivered to a grid coordinate tactically with no lights on the vehicle and I and other soldiers who knew about them would usually tip them pretty good for making deliveries.
ah, the good old days. My days were the 80's (83-89) as an 03. We weren't ISSUED an asspack or the stove, though Saigon Sam's had all that and more. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
I seem to recall a lot of those "niceties" were acquired that way. Uncle Sugar wouldn't give it to you, but the Army-Navy store off-base had all your needs!
We called it LBE or Load Bearing Equipment in the Army or web gear.
In the Corps we called it 782 mostly or Web Gear, same thing we all had to use or got issued, looking at early to late 90's!!! was not the best (compare to new stuff) but we had to make it work. The beauty of it's that u can still find in it surplus for pretty good prices and once again it still works!!! Then LBVs and MOLLE gear came along and it was a game changer!!! USMC didn't get all that till late 90s but it was what it was!!!
I focus on the 5 C's.
1) Cutting tool (multitool)
2) Combustion device (lighter)
3) cover (poncho)
4) Cordage (550 cord)
5) Container (Heavy cover canteen w/cup)
That's the base of my get home bag consists of.
I served in a mech infantry battalion in Germany from 1962 thru 1964. Our field equipment, incl M14 rifle, was very similar to yours, w/ H-type suspenders. Two ammo pouches each held two 20-round mags for a total basic load of 100 rounds of 7.62 NATO. We usually carried one canteen and an M6 bayonet on the belt. The butt pack was just right for a poncho, a day's rations and some incidentals. No rucksacks, all our extra equipment, clothes, overshoes, etc. were kept in our duffle bags stowed in our M113 APCs. Riflemen never got more than a day's hike away from their tracks.
M-1956 Load Bearing Equipment.
I love everything you do Corporal, You are outstanding, thank you for your support and owesome lessons in survival.
I really enjoyed this video. It was a walk down memory lane for me as well (USMC 88-94). I appreciated how you linked each piece of gear, if possible, to a survival situation and modern equipment. You always have a squared away bearing, but it was easy to tell throughout the video that you enjoyed getting out the old gear for this video just as much as we enjoyed watching it. Thank you.
Great video, I am just absorbing your education. I am looking to live off grid/bushland by myself and your education is really helping me here in Canada. Thank you Sir.
Yup...I learned to sew as a paratrooper in Vicenza. True story, I was sewing cat eyes to the back of my ruck and accidently sewed my ruck to my pants by accident. I was an idiot. Lesson learned.
Thank you for your service Corporal. I served as well back in the days, 89-99, U.S. Navy, Desert Storm vet. I have always had a liking for the LC-2 load out. I do remember that some of us were issued camel backs back then and have a new, only used once so far, USMC issued camel back
Hello Sir, and thank you for your service!
It is always neat to see someone else who runs the same gear set-up as you. When I saw this set-up I was amazed at how similar it is to mine. I have been using nearly this exact same system since the late 1980s for hiking, camping, exploring and archery hunting. The neat thing about this set-up is that as an archer, it gives you everything you need to survive but it also allows your arms and shoulders to be totally free to bend, twist, turn and shoot. It leaves my upper body unrestricted while on the hunt but also allows me to carry what I need for several days, even if injured.
I am new to the You-Tube Channel world but last year I did a gear review of my belt and harness set-up. I hope that you and your subscribers enjoy it. It is amazingly similar to yours and I have been using this same gear since the late 1980s and it has never failed me. It is tough, rugged and reliable. As new technology improves things, like LED lights, I will switch over but I still like the Old School for me. Take a look and enjoy!
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Thank you Sir.
Mark
Thanks for the trip down memory lane, retired from the corps in 1998 after 21 years. still have most of my 782 gear.
This brings back some fond memories, I was in the U.S. Army from 87-91 and that's the same equipment we humped, not perfect but, it damn sure got the job done. I use it to this day. As you state, you can't teach an old dog new tricks. I really enjoyed your video.
...fantastic flashback video. Many people forget the value of "old school" gear, which is what many of us started with. Another great one. Thanks Shawn...
Deployed to Ft Bragg after 911 for Post security. Found a London Bridge wide padded H harness at the Bragg Boulevard flea market. Best advancement in A.L.I.C.E gear . The weight of 3 M14 ammo pouches loaded feel better with the weight spread out on the shoulders. Great informative video keep up the good work.
Still have my deuce gear, even after 34 years of being inactive.
We carried all of that in the 80's too. I still have a full serviceable LBE as backup to my modern bugout kits. Thanks for sharing your memories with us.
Awesome As always. Went to college 98-02. Met a marine. He was in the reserve going to school. Every month he would sell me his issued MRE’s. Loved the damn things. We did a lot of rappelling around fort Leonard Wood. He had an old vw beetle. It was like a goat.
Thanks for your service!
I still have most of that gear. In the mid 70's we called our sewing kit a housewife. I even have an old school haversack which was replaced by the Alice pack. Also, I never saw a 30 rd magazine until I re-enlisted in the reserves during the Iran hostage clusterf**k. When I got out, all supply wanted back was my helmet and blanket...go figure. But I hung on to it and I'm glad I did . I eventually bought an M-1 steel pro with a liner and Mitchell pattern cover. It was in mint condition and cost me 100.00. I'll never regret becoming a Marine. I use my gear when I hit the Bush, except for the helmet...😎😎 Excellent video, Marine!
Thanks for the old memories cpl. Kelly .
Still got my lbe from 1984 and my dads brother butt pack from the 60’s and still use it all to this day . Sorry, just got to watch your video today been working a lot here lately.
Keep the videos coming cpl. That a Direct order ! 😬
Thank you for knocking the dust off of some lost memories. I was using 90% of this GI equipment back in '06.
Awesome trip down memory lane mate, my service was in the Australian Army 1989 to 2012. We had two cups canteen, one was the steel cup and the other was a modified cup turned in to a stove, so there as no need to carry an additional stove. I did use the y harness, and yes I had the k-bar knife, the kidney/comfort padded belt fitted under the canvas belt that you showed in the clip. Very informative, keep up the excellent work. SGT P
Thank you, I have always loved the old stuff. I have a small pile of it dating back before WW2. I have spent the last two days trying to get my gear packed into a civilian pack it just does not feel right. Time to get the ALICE pack and 782 stuff out of the trunk. Thank you again. Keep up the great work.
Good stuff.
I have always wondered why bushcrafters never seem to wear the older gear carrying equipment like the LBE . You can carry a lot spread evenly around your body and access it very quickly. Unlike some people who seem to have to empty the entire contents of their pack to find their fire starting systems.
LBE makes a great day pack system. Could be update with newer stuff.
Always carried at least two bic lighters even though i did not smoke.
Trioxane tablets can be used in conjunction with your poncho to dry out your clothing. Dig a small trench about an 1 inch wide and 5 inches long about 2 inches deep and put the trioxane tablet down in the bottom. Light it.
Then sit down with your legs on either side of the slit. Wrap your poncho over your legs with your knees bent upward, feet holding the bottom of the poncho. high enough not to get caught on fire. The heat will warm up your legs and lower body. Putting the poncho over your head and breathing trioxane fumes is not advisable but it will warm you up.
Our first aid kit on our belts consisted of two pressure bandages. One for the entry wound one for the exit. The rest of the stuff was up to your to figure out.
My signal mirror was between the bandages sandwiched in a 100 mile an hour tape reinforced cardboard box made from the MRE packaging.
Mostly used for shaving and tick inspections.
I wore extra mag pouches in the field to carry additional items. You had to wrap most of the stuff up in some sort of plastic bag because many items were not exactly waterproof.
Another item for people who want a bit of extra storage are Squad Automatic Weapon Ammo pouches. They are quite large and ride well on the hips.
If you can find the older belts with the metal buckles they are better than the plastic ones.
Excellent presentation. Like you I am a strong believer of the 10 C’s, I did a similar exercise with my issue gear from 40 years ago. I served as an Australian Infantryman from the mid 70’s to the mid 80’s. It easily covered the 10 C’s, we also made up small survival kits using Camel cigarette hard cases which had everything from a wire saw, fishing gear, matches, small strips of rubber for fire starting. Love your channel.
That’s the same gear I carried in the Corps a decade before you. Thanks for the great throwback- looking forward to more. SEMPER FI!
Thanks for sharing, we wore that in the 70's as well. Sometimes we had the "H " harness with canvas ammo pouches and the heavy duty green ponchos ( they were better than the ripstop ones ) still had the Mitchell reversable helmet covers on our steel pots . Great video ! Some of our rations still had cigarettes in them , beans with meatballs was my favorite, ham and eggs least favorite.
Brother I've loved "Alice" for 35 years.
Love you bro
Thanks
Love the way he explains everything in an authoritative manner. He's not going all over the road. It's concise and to the point, just like Basic Training I would imagine, so that in combat or an emergency, i.e. high stress situations where you not necessarily think straight, you can always go back to Basics and know it'll get you out of your jam. Am I the only one who returns his salute at the end? Thanks Marine! Semper Fi ;-)
Old school stuff Brother!!! LOVE IT! I EAS’d in 96 and still resort to using a lot of my old gear. Can’t go wrong with durability that has stood the test of time. I even added a 1940’s mess kit to my ultra light backpacking set up. K-Bar is a must for me.
Attended an old Boot Camp friends 27 year retirement ceremony at SOI this weekend (SgtMaj of SOI West). We also served in 1/7 together right out of Boot Camp. It was so freaking motivating I wanted to re-up. Brought back good and bad memories. Funny watching a few boots hitting the deck in formation during the ceremony. Great stuff Brother!!! Semper Fi
Deuce gear? In 73, it was canvas, two canteens, magazine pouch or magazines, depending on your weapon. Knap sack, haver sack. First aid kit also. Our K-bars were fixed to the left suspender for easy access, and they were black, not brown. Our matches, as well as our smokes, came from our c-rats. Every grunt I served with kept a john wayne, p-38, can opener on his dog tag chain. We sometimes taped them for silence. We also had the gas mask bag strapped to our right thigh.
Army 73-77.Went across the water to Nakhon Phanom. I agree. Same gear, but we also had our compass mounted above the field knife on the left suspender. We also had the entrenching tool. We mounted our flashlight on the right suspender with the first aid pouch above it.
My time on active duty as an 0311 ended about the time yours began. Once a Marine always a Marine. I have all the old gear and firmly believe it is better than most of the new stuff. Way more reliable in my opinion. Love your videos. Semper Fi!11
This video brought back some memories of the gear we were issued in 1982 to 1991. I prefered the older gear to that generation due to shoulder padding. Thanks for the videos, they are outstanding. .
Good to see a fellow Marine talking about 782 gear and its relevance to survival now as well as ancient variants . Keep up the outstanding videos . Semper Fi .
Thanks for this video, it took me back to my days as an infantryman 92’-96’
Oldie, but a goodie !!!
Deuce Gear !!!
Carried everything you needed.
It chafed or rubbed at times, but you could fix that.
It fit almost everybody....from 5'1" to 6'8".
I need to find some. Nostalgic.
Great video, Brother !!!
Keep up the great work !!!
Very interesting parallels & comparisons. Best that I've seen. Thanks, Corporal !
Thanks for the video, I learn something from each one. Don't always have time to watch all the way but I do finish. Thanks for your service.
WOW!! awesome vid. Takes me back to '79, my duece gear was not to different, I traded my Y harness for the H harness back then.
Having been in the Corps a couple of decades prior, I would offer one suggestion, I saw two instances where Marines were injured while wearing a Kabar. In both instances, they were involved in physical work and pressure was put on their legs area. In turn, the leather scabbard was not up to protecting their legs from being cut when the blade cut through the leather and cut the leg. My father (a Marine) gave me two knives to choose from, a Buck General in a leather scabbard or his Kabar in some model of a navy scabbard that fits the Kabar. I ended up with both knives but I took the Kabar and hard sheeth to VN. For a while, I had a small stone held on with two tire rubber bands. Lost it in the field later. I applaud companies now selling the Kabar in hard sheaths. Old dog, new tricks - save bloodshed. Thanks for your videos. Semper fi.
Thanks for the flash back. I was 0311 from 92 to 96. They told us to save an MRE outer package to combine with the 90 mile an hour tape for sucking chest wounds.
Good times!
Well, I have the oldschool flashlight and canteen set. Actually, I seem to be pretty well prepared. You lessons have sunk in. Thank you for the video, Corporal Kelly
This was a great review of the C's for me. Thank you for the video and thank you for your service!
Great video... a walk (almost) down memory lane 😎
USMC 1977 to 1983.
0311-0369
I was there when MRE’s replaced the C-Rations. But we had the exact same contents in our IFAK.
I carried my A.L.I.C.E. pack and 782 gear for more than 10 years after I got out. It just worked too well to change it.
Now I’ve ungraded to more modern equipment, but it’s not really better, just more convenient to use.
I’m from the 1968 time and yes I was in that battle remember what they said it’s not a war. Your videos are great I learn from them so glad you are home and God bless you
Thank you for your service. God Bless and God Bless America!🇺🇸✝️❤️
Thanks again col I really love and appreciate your video,s they refresh my mind and teach & give me knowledge & wisdom on my pack,s,tents,supplies and gear glad you made a new video I wondered what happend to keep the video,s coming here on TH-cam corporal! Semper fi. 🎗🎗🎗🎗😎😎🗡⚔
I had the same gear in the 3rd Ranger Battalion, but carried an Air force survival knife as it was jumpable and smaller. We had other minor modifications to our gear , but really similar. Great memories and still have 2-sets of the old gear!
Nice vid...brings back memories . Was already mentally there being the 4th of July. Thanks for what you do.many out there need this, the 10 C's are the building block of any proper pack build. Been updating my bug out bags. As you went through he list I was sitting here petting my dog nodding like we were having a conversation...lol. You have a great cadence to your discussion , keep up the good work, Semper Fi :)
So cool to see what was used in the past and see the evolution of it.
Thanks for your videos. Much love from a small new channel in Texas.
I got out in 2008, 782 gear was just before my time. But when I got home this is the exact kit I put together.
Cheap, available, tough, and it just works.
Also it supports not only the AR15 but also the M1A.
SEMPER FI !
Great video brought back a few good and bad memories ...I was in a light armoured recce squadron up in the great white north eh...In still use a lot of my issued gear, we used bandanas made from olive tr-angles (slings), I still love and use the angle flash light, with all the original filters. and I still have my old issued Russel knife. I have dumped the canteens for stainless bottles (painted stove pipe black of course), I dumped the old Canadian webbing for a battle belt arrangement , and depending on the situation I can add my tact-vest. Thanks for the memories cheers times three..
Good video brother I was in the corps from 71 to 75. I love my 782 gear the k-bar knife couldn't ask for a better one. Semper Fi brother keep up the good work
Thanks Corporal Marine, You brought back a flood of memories from my Marine Corps ,72-75. PISC 328-45 3.06.72 . Gear had not changed much in configuration from my time to yours. Only real differences was canvas vs. nylon. IFAC same but with one bottle only for Morphine tablets. In addition to dual canteens and the butt pack we had a very small field pack w/ E Tool and a lower pack that attached to the upper. Loose straps were rolled up into coils and secured by compression. We also carried blanket roll straps. We had a rubberized canvas diddy sack to place our gear into and the draw strings pulled and knotted shut. That diddy sack served many purposes but it waterproofed the contents then was placed in the field pack. Another one could be used for the lower pack. They can be used to keep water off your lower legs when fording a sshallow stream, used to fetch water, filled with sand to provide protection and place a rifle for accurate shooting in the prone position, provide additional floatation to the packs when swimming, used as a butt kit and so on and so on.They could be filled with vegetation to provide a pillow. Ponchos can be used individually as shelter, or a tent when two are snapped together, improvised cots, improvised body carriers, improvised sails for rafts, improvised rudders and paddles, and way more improvised stuff. You can even make improvised rafts with them, if you know what you are doing. Lay out on the beach on them after assaulting and clean up is done. I always carry two of the more modern ones with me when I trek. Two ponchos will block out infrared detection effectively. There is nothing like the old heavy ones but weight considerations make that two modern military issue ponchos are the best way to go. They are lighter weight and treated in such a way as to make them almost completely invisible to night detections. I don't think they are as durable as the ponchos of the seventies and have no way of knowing if one or two seventies era ponchos will have the same night properties. Oh well, take care Marine, from one jarhead to another, oh by the way in my day anyone other than us calling us jarhead, gyrene and the like we considered candidates for opening a can of whoop ass on. I always keep a can of Popeye's brand Spinach on hand to illustrate how a real can of whoop ass must be present before opening. The spinach inside might be delectable to a squid or sea going bellhop but it sure whoops my butt if I try to eat it. Nasty stuff. Gung Ho, Semper fi, Uh Oorah' or Aoorah or Oorah ! All three pronouncements of Oorah existed in my day, now it is down to Oorah! Old Corps, my Corps, Marine Corps Uh Oorah!
Hello my outdoors friend, thank you for sharing your fine video. You did an awesome job in presenting the information. Take care out there and be safe. 🤗
your 1990s old school would have been future school to me , i went in in 76 and got out in 80. we still had the c rations from vietnam and korea. cover was still a shelter half and stakes. combustion was halizone tablets
Still have all of these items (except iFAK) from the late 80s. Still carry and use most of it sometimes. Great way to teach my grandkids the basics! Thanks for the walk down memory lane for me too!
Tanks for the memories! I still have my LBE from early 80’s, we only carried one canteen and I had a leather holster for my 45. Also I had to purchase my own buttpack because the army didn’t issue me one. I had a gerber survival knife until I went to Germany then I bought a copy of the German Army knife with built in wire cutters. When did y’all start getting IFAK’s, we had to put together extra stuff on our own, except for the bandage you were issued and carried in a pouch on the LBE.
This brings back memories. I first joined in 1990. We still had a lot of OD gear. Especially in the National Guard. When I got into the Marines in 93 I was issued mostly woodland camo gear. Because I was support I carried this type of 782 gear until I was deployed to Iraq in 2005.
I served from 1989-1997 in the Army - Infantry and I had the LCE (782 gear). It was standard issue for us Army grunts until the LBV came out and we got that issued. When I attended SERE School in 1994 we were allowed to have a knife of our choice. I chose and still have my Ka-Bar. That knife till this day is my go to knife almost 26 years later.
USMC active duty from 1973 > 1982. The LC-2 was standard issue then & we were issued everything in this video except the K-BAR. Most of us went to an Army surplus store in Jacksonville, NC (MCB Camp Lejeune) & purchased our own K-BARS. I've still got mine 40+ years later.
Being in the military in the 70s was not easy. We didn't have nearly the budget that they have today. This ran the gamut from standard issue infantry gear to the latest jet fighters. There were always budget shortfalls & in many cases we simply purchased what we needed. That all changed when Reagan was elected.
TY Corporal, This brought back So main memories, I was with 2/2 Golf (Raiders) I was the head Devil Doc HM3 Herschmann, All Marines and the DOC had to also where there specialty gear, I carried a Unit5 , the Radioman carried radio etc. This gear was indestructible
I really liked this video not just for a nostalgia theme, but for showing that older gear can be and is effective. How many times have we seen a 100.00 challenge where they bought absolute junk and tried to make it work? A lot. This shows how by utilizing perhaps some used, older, less flashy or current gear that people can still start enjoying getting outdoors and have a good kit that works, and at a lower price point so they can build what they need as they realize it or as they can afford it. Utilizing this gear instead of the flashy brand new stuff is very reminiscent of "adapt and overcome." Thanks for the video.
Got my gear in 87 still have most of it
People I camp with laugh at me and my gear that's older then me lol
I still have mind after 30+ years of use
They buy to replace new gear all the time
I am the one that laughs
US old corporals just know things 😜
Brings back a lot of memories.
Military gear is like a sore peter, you can’t beat it!
I thought I was subscribed, but I clicked it today. I enjoyed this video as all the others I have watched. I like the older gear. It was simple, rugged and functional. They have newer stuff, but some of it gets a price commensurate with it's brand name, notoriety in the industry and among users. I like that you strike a nice balance for gear of the past and present. If it works, and gets the job done, then it is not obsolete or worthless.
Thank you, Cpl. Kelly! A blast from the past for sure!
How could anyone give this man a 👎 ? Makes no sense to me!! Thank you for your service and the videos sir!! God bless!!
Because they just don't understand how you can survive out of a couple pouches attached to a belt and suspenders.
I had the same basic load in the belgian army in 1993/94. I had bought the complete US harness because the quality was better than the belgian one. I also had a pair of US jungle boots for my "african deployment"and the first Goretex jackets (I still have it) .
Great video Corporal, YOU ROCK MAN
Our UK version was the 58 pattern kit, very similar. The NBC pouch is excellent for carrying kit of you don't need the NBC kit. Your heat tabs are very impressive, we had hexi stoves and the tablets were next to impossible to light in any sort of wind, I carried a tiny gas stove which was worth its weight in gold. Our 24 hour ration packs were very comprehensive though bulky (tin cans!). As ever a very enjoyable video, thanks again.
Hey teach, I got some of my dads old gear. Career military, we lived all over the world. Great life. Enjoy your stuff. Old man from Arkansas 🇺🇸
I've watched a lot of quick shelters videos but never anything regarding orienting the lean-to shelter to block any anticipated weather. I learned that in Boy Scouts, came in handing while serving in the Old Corps.
Sgt. USMC '63-'69
In my time (74/78) the gear was a little different. The it as was about half the size of yours. I still have the pouch but the gear inside is gone. The harness and canteens were the same but I never saw a canteen stove. We ate c-rats and they still had a 4pak of smokes in them. Mag pouches were the same but the packs were different. I never saw an Alice pack and always used the old haversack. I still have one but I did get a medium Alice. We called our sewing kits a housewife. Good video.
Excellent video! 👍
I always watch your vids to the end.
Always learn something new.
I enjoyed the looking back, it helps us to modify / update or just enjoy the gear we have. Thanks for the video.
1976 I entered the Marine Corps! Resigned my commission at 11:30 eastern time on January 20, 2009 it was a Tuesday! I remember my gear issued from beginning to end! Still have some of it!
Yup what I used in the Army in the early 90s. We called it TA-50 if we got technical, usually called it our LBE. Load bearing equipment. We were not issued the Butt packs, but those are really useful items to have, some bought them themselves. The "IFAK" was a joke back then however. Some of the rangers on our long range surveliance detachment, were just getting to try the load bearing vest, which is handy and tough.
Man.... you brought me back in time🤗🤗🤗 Good memories!!!! I still have my K-bar knife!
Great job. Love it man. Keep them coming.
37 year vet here, and I was impressed. well done.
Charlie Mike.
John