I see a hernia coming on in the next 3 or 4 steps. I wonder where he is hiding the 2 wheeled dolly in that ......mess of stuff!
Poncho liner is one of my very favorite pieces of gear. If you keep all your clothes on you could ranger roll yourself in a woobie and poncho and do alright down into the low 50s. I like to tote mine along with a patrol bag. Laying on the bag under the woobie, in the bag with the woobie over it, or mummified in the woobie inside the bag are three progressively warm ways to use it.
Nope.
To this day, I keep a usgi poncho in my vehicle, but I've swapped out my poncho liners for a helikon swagman roll. I've had that thing since '19 and it's been an underquilt, cold weather layer, blanket, quilt, pillow, you name it more times than I can count.
It's like what they say: "Amateurs talk tactics while professionals talk logistics".
...ha, yeah, few would admit it but you're probably closer to the truth....
That is exactly what I did for the 2K scare. Over the summer/fall of '99, I stocked up heavily on canned food, firewood, gasoline, LP and other such necessities. At the time I lived out in corn country south of Bremen/Nappanee. I even put $1,000 cash in the safe. One of my redneck neighbors asked, "You got enough ammo to protect all that?" My reply, "I didn't buy it to guard it. I bought it to share it."
"Requirements" are mission driven, but as a general rule of thumb you want a combat load of your caliber, plus sustainment, the more the better. A 3 day bag, medical, night vision or thermal, and food and medical. I can tell you what my general use kit is.
