the little things

choirboy · Post by **choirboy** » April 26th, 2005, 8:26 pm

Woobies. Two woobies and a poncho and you can sleep comfortably below freezing. If you get time to sleep.

WhisperYuke with MSR bottle.

Granite Gear compression bags.

Poly-p contact gloves.

Hoover · Post by **Hoover** » April 26th, 2005, 8:52 pm

Poncho Liner aka: woobie
Heat Tabs aka: Hexamine
Small Mirror
Baby Oil, for removing camo
Nude Pics on the map
Small piece of a VS-17 panel
Hot Sauce is a Must!
Ranger Handbook
550 cord
A good knife
Map, compass and protractor
Strobe Light
Sleepin' shirt and a yota hat (same material as the shirt)
Poncho, "travel light and freeze at night"

I never left home without those items

Especially the woobie and the hot sauce!

HarleyRider · Post by **HarleyRider** » April 26th, 2005, 10:34 pm

I am with the majority..........the woobie rocks!!!!!!!!!

Goog · Post by **Goog** » April 26th, 2005, 10:47 pm

Wet wipes for prevention of "Monkey Butt" and "Swamp ass". You can let them dry out also and use them a s patches to clean your weapon. The Cho liner, I allways take a field Jacket liner "smoking jacket" they keep you warm when wet and dry quickly just like the cho liner.

VAK · Post by **VAK** » April 27th, 2005, 1:19 am

I find it amazing that everyone still has their Woobie... Mine has made it's way to my son's room, however it comes out whenever the nights are a bit chilly and there are movies on or something... That Woobie is the one thing I would go nowhere without, no piece of equipment short of my comm's and weapon was more important.

SkyShark · Post by **SkyShark** » April 27th, 2005, 9:36 am

Woobie and copenhagen.

Creeping Death · Post by **Creeping Death** » April 27th, 2005, 10:08 am

Porn laminated to the backs of maps, SOIs, pinned to the inside of my boonie, etc.

Where the field is concerned, if my boots go out, so does my woobie. Period.

Poly Pro neck gaitor. Best damn invention since peanut butter. Worth its weight in gold.

Dip crammed into every available square inch of unused space in any pocket of any piece of gear.

I can purify drinking water from natural sources. I can eat worms and berries, or hunt for food. I can scrounge ammo from the dead. But dip don't just miraculously appear out of the fucking sky. Ain't nothing worse than being a freezing Ranger, shiverring in the cold, jonesing for a dip, without anything to beat off too. Feel free to march my ass right into the gates of Hell on a certain suicide mission, but Goddammit I want my dip, I want my woobie, and I want my fucking porn.

ChipOnShoulder · Post by **ChipOnShoulder** » April 28th, 2005, 3:14 pm

Fuckin' A Bubba!!!!

fireranger · Post by **fireranger** » April 28th, 2005, 10:30 pm

CD hit the nail right on the head.

ANGRYCivilian · Post by **ANGRYCivilian** » April 29th, 2005, 5:52 am

Poncho Liner and Kraft spray cheese.

McD · Post by **McD** » April 29th, 2005, 6:06 am

Poncho liner and Sleep Shirt.

RGR_Dan · Post by **RGR_Dan** » April 29th, 2005, 9:05 am

I'm a cho man myself. I also liked to bring the heavy guage plastic bag that was in your P-mask case. I never ever had wet socks :)
It appears we have all forgotten the most coveted item in the woods. Beef Jerky!

Hoover · Post by **Hoover** » April 29th, 2005, 12:10 pm

RGR_Dan wrote:I'm a cho man myself. I also liked to bring the heavy guage plastic bag that was in your P-mask case. I never ever had wet socks :)
It appears we have all forgotten the most coveted item in the woods. Beef Jerky!

My Dad would make the best beef jerky in the world, I came back after block leave once with a huge bag of the stuff and 1st Platoon consumed it in a hot second, the bastards!

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » April 29th, 2005, 12:24 pm

One year the British Paras came to train with us and the one I was hanging out with gave me this really cool little heat tab stove that served me well the rest of the time I was in Bn. It's an Esbit Stove. Great for the cold NW for patrol base ops where Ft. Lewis is located. Folds nice and compact and works quite well:

http://www.nitro-pak.com/product_info.p ... cts_id/112

ArmyRanger.com

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