72 hr Sustainment pack| Run down|(used for Airborne flight ops,light armor, and ground tactics) v2 

My how things change. My 72-hour pack was an ALICE, large - 1 each and the packing list didn’t stray much regardless of the mission set. Maybe more 7.62 for the MG or mortar rounds, but otherwise pretty much the same. Such is the life of an Airborne Infantryman

I like the poncho liner idea, specially with a small unit where you're at 50% watch most the time, and I'm glad I'm not the only one who carries a sewing tape measure.

amazing the options for field gear today. we had a packing list. no if's an's or but's about it. you packed what was on the list.

Good load-out as usual PA! FYI: Paint can openers also work well for extracting stuck cases

Thank you for another video! I have a question to feed the algorithm: How exactly do you guys sleep in the kind of cold weather you describe with no ground insulation or sleeping bag? Generally if you ever made a video about sleeping in the field in "non-permissive" conditions I'd really enjoy it. Cheers!

Always well thought out and neatly packed. Keep up the good work

Man I am so jealous of the stuff you guys get to do today compared to what we did in the 90's

Feeding the algo. Nom nom.

Lol no hate here!!!!! I'm just simply thankful you feel passionately enough to give us all this wonderful information and knowledge!!!! I've learned and gained so much useful knowledge from your channel!!!! Keep up the good fight!!!! God bless America long live the republic!!!!😊

Good job, thanks from France.

I love seeing some similarities in my processes to a real professional's. Failure certainly drives choices.

I like the 2 poncho line vs. 1 jungle bag. You can double up yourself or split between 2, hard to do with a jungle bag. Great ideas.

Curious what the overall weight of this particular 72hr pack is.

when i was AF security forces we had to have a 72 hour bag ready to respond if an aircraft went down somewhere (think mechanical problems forcing it to land immediately, think ospreys which have lots of mechanical problems.) and were called on to provide security around the aircraft. unfortunately i only got to do it once. since i was a GS they had to pay me overtime and so they usually picked an active duty member to go if they had the choice.

Appreciate what you do here! 😊 Thanks for sharing your kit, seems well thought out and fit for purpose. 👍

Well done, intuitive and balanced. I've lived out of a poncho/poncho liner with a ground pad for extended periods and it makes sense....doubling up on the poncho liner count for colder weather vs a dedicated bag is a good spin.

I whatched a lot of your videos last time i like your kontent and i gice you a nice Abo i hope you doing well 😊

Here’s some hate for the algorithm. But for real, great content. Thanks.

Good stuff.

This has helped make some different decisions. Thank you

Don't keep your nods off your body. That's asking for trouble. Buckles break, especially in vics 🙅‍♂️

Awesome load out and lots of good ideas. Storable water bladders with filters is something I’m converting my unit over to as well to improve sustainment, can’t believe it’s not become regular issue yet.

For a shell extractor, use a paint can opener. Keep it paracorded or bungied to your kit. Seconds matter and if we are worried about it being "fatal", having to dig it out your pack or falling back to where you doffed it can be even more so fatal

Thank you for your service! Why do you have a german NCO air force rank on your battle board? God bless you!!!

In the cold weather I like the USGI Camp Shield blanket. It snaps right into the poncho and is as warm as at least 3 liners.

10:55 german air force Stabsunteroffizier rank on the battle board, whats the story behind that?

Nice video! Greeting from Latvia. 🇱🇻

Always coming with the detailed gear lists. Thank you for sharing.

Have you ever done of thought about making an in depth video of different ways you like to purify water?

I could see a couple of things I would do differently, but for the most part, our 72-hour bags look almost identical in components.

This is very informative and very cool! Definitely looking into getting one myself, though I admit I'm not as high-speed lol. Personally I'm looking to get into the CRG at JB McGuire. (I'm a 1C351).

When I was in the Air Force we had to keep our water topped off, even on the weekends.

Cheers mate, very interesting. Everybody loads differently depending on personal experience and environment.

I Love the one take approach and all your information! Also the Luftwaffe Stabsunteroffizier patch on your battle board haha

"LP/OP" is the phrase you're looking for at 03:27

It's crazy to me kelty has a tactical version of the redwing 50 for $157 but the eagle industries cost $425. I wish kelty made it in MC. I have an older redwing 50 I gave $100 for. Has been a great pack. I realize the redwing does not have the beaver tail but both are made of 500D nylon.

When do you pack MREs vs. First Strike rations?

Awesome kit brother definitely going to add a few things to my Minuteman pack..🇺🇸🇺🇸

Drive on brother

Guess all your medical is on your plate?

What is your typical ammo loadout? As a SAW gunner in the Rangers, I carried nothing less than 1,000 rounds on me, and another 1,000 rounds on my ruck, and everyone in my squad each carried 500 rounds for the SAW. You might think it’s excessive, but it’s better to have it and not need it, than it is to need it and not have it. As we both know, things can go sideways really fast.

You mentioned loctite failing. From my experience, vc3 works better. Alittle pricy but that's all we use now when we manufacture rifles at our ffl.

Thanks for the new video 👍🏻👍🏻

For calories: crush potato chips (crisps) and put them into a plastic container. You can get thousands of calories and tons of electrolytes in a seriously light and compact format. It also doesn't leak or melt or anything, and it is tasty without the need to heat anything.

Well done brother! Always enjoy the content! Thank you! 💪🏼🇺🇸💪🏼

No hate, just saying-love the two woobies but I hated gore-tex. To loud and trapped all my body heat in and I sweated the same as if I was just standing in the rain.

Good load out and a I like the ease of cut per mission. Deff a whole lot different then what we had access to back in the dark ages.

Thanks for the vids plz keep ‘em coming

Thanks for the great info! Always looking for ways to lighten the kit and this helps

No hate, great info.. I do feel like I'm watching Thing from the Aadams Family. lol

Nice loadout PA as always well thought out and gives us good pointers to set up our own. But as for the bag itself I actually picked one up but was less than impressed. Nice features and layout, but mine came with severe fraying on the mesh even though I bought it new with tags. Hitting it with a lighter didn't alleviate the issue. Despite Eagle's "Lifetime warranty", they said since I bought it from a dealer (I wasn't going to pay 3x as much buying it from Eagle's website) I would get charged for the repairs. They did offer to cover shipping on their end at least. I'll post a video on it sometime. My bag is a sample of one, could be the bag is durable as hell, but from talking with them it doesn't seem like they were surprised by my issue.

Love the content great video and I like to nitpick and make sure that I have what I need in my truck I'm not satisfied unless I change it

I always like the calm positive thoughts in your videos. I’m going to add a few things to my pack now.

Do you find yourself typically consuming all those calories in 72 hours

Please be advised. Your running that sawyer in a cold AO. If it freezes it is compromised. Same for Bfree unit. Stay safe!

Like the repair kit ! What type of heavy duty zip-loc is that , thanks.

Thank you for the ideas, it should help me out when I go to the range or field exercise that the big army wants me to do. Keep up the good work.

Unit if you are watching give this man a helmet wrap.

Hey, you`r funny, you s..., nooooo great content, Thanks!

Question. Why the base layers and two poncho liners versus a full like a level 7 puff suit? Feel like space wise they’re the same and the puff suit would be warmer? Thanks dude.

German Stabsunteroffizier?

Bro chill with your zesty hands

Lots of good advice for anyone still serving. I do have one question, do you carry a pocket sized " survival tin " on your person ?

If you weren't attached to a unit and had more of a civilian point of view, would you change anything?

How much does it weigh? You’re running this with a belt and plate carrier? How much does the total Loadout weigh?

For missions when you are ditching the pack at the lp/op, when you would usually have an assault pack, what do you do?

tie that shel extractor to your LBE

Good video as always brother

Hi great , u lol😅😊😊

What do u do for a living?

Thanks… this helped

Thanks for the video; awesome as always and made a few notes to do. going to play with the two poncho liner design; though I expect mine will be a lot bulkier than yours looks; do you have them in some form of compression bag?

I too always run a broken shell extractor. Which OR pouch is that i dont have that one

enjoyed the vid keep it up

Love love love eagle industries gear. And ur pack is awesome!! Thankyou for ur videos!

Helpful vid, I will add a few things to my BOB. Thanks for the vid and your service.

Would like to know more about your EUD and it's integration into the radio. I currently run the Viper II ptt, Atlantic signal comtac v and juggernaut case with the glenair 804 connection with the 152 battery. I assume you have the prc163 and the trellisware for MANET. Would like to know more about what system you use and recommendations for C⁴ISR and dismounted soldier COMMS. Thanks 👍

Good stuff man!

Hey Man 👋 How do you sleep with two poncho liners, just wrap up in them? What temps can you take that to? Thanks 🙏

Looks like you do some cool stuff in your day job! What’s your MOS?

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Dude, I appreciate the setup and info. awesome rant! lol

How do you like that Bag really.

Doesn't seem to be a lot of room for the mission loadout... Also, poncho AND rain gear?

Nice setup.

Great to see the current great loadouts! Retired for 20 years now and it's cool to see what is being carried these days.

Thanks!

No hate just responing based on eIxperance, lots of good and interesting ideas, I'm pretty old school UK ex military guy. So bombs bullets batteries and essentials only. I See a lot of redundant kit taking up space and adding weight. My experance of airborne ops is probably different but we could not mount anything on the outside of our bags. I ike the two poncho liners and one tarp but for the same weight you could use a jungle sleeping bag and a tarp add your cold weather kit and you would have a good level of thermal insulation. Water if you are able to resupply locally then one filter and a means of chemical decontamination purification is all you need. No team kit, I assume you work in a small team and with mostly the same guys. Share the load. Very little space for all the extra crap the squad needs bombs bullets and batteries observation and targeting kit etc. One team weapons cleaning kit, one repair kit one posable kit. Frees up space for vital kit bombs bullets and batteries! I didn't see a first / self aid kit. Blisters and small cuts headaches from dehydration all suck. You talk about working from a FOB but there was nothing in your kit to help build or camouflage it. There was nothing in your kit to help camouflage yourself. Your respirator is no use in your backpack I don't know what you policy is but we had to be able to put our masks on with in 9 seconds. Regardles of what you may think it sucks to be a chemical casualty and it impacts the mission. The battle board nice for vehicleborne operations but its just weight and space for infantry or airborne ops nice but as you say not nessassery. Food, calories are a rubbish way to determine what food to take on an operation a calorie is just a measurement of the heat generated when a certain weight of food is burnt. Your food is arguably the second most important factor in determing how well you function physically and mentally on ops. Warm drinks hot food and the pure joy derived from them is without doubt one of the key elements when working in a cold or cold wet environments. Never underestimate the benifit of hot sweet drinks like chocolate or English tea. You were carrying survival rations I would almost double the size of that ration pack and the divide it to day 1 snack meal day 1 main meal and hot drinks. Day 2 breakfast meal etc... day three breakfast and snack. I like the trail mix we add a lot of chocolate and dried fruit and call it gorp. In some cases it's all I've eaten for a week or so. Always have a means to heat your food and drink mre frh are OK but honestly for a few quid you can do much better with a gas burner and a metal mug. Kit organisation managment if that setup works. Cool but I would recomend realy think about packing your kit so what you need is available at the time you need it. When mentoring new guys, who had all the nice civilian purchase gear. I would remind them that if you are out on ops and you lose your gear for whatever reason. The QM is only going to replace the issued items. I've seen guys with garbage sacks with their kit in because all their expensive kit didn't fit into the pack given to them as a replacement when their civilian bag failed. I know it feels and looks cool but the reality is if it breaks, fails or gets lost its your problem and if deployed you don't always get it replaced.

I love this channel Great shit Stay happy healthy and fluid

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Why is your water not empty?

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Keep the videos coming!!! Nice informational video.

Just a helping comment... 👌

Really like your work! Thanks

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Love the kit. It's giving me more ideas.

Any recommendations on a portable range finder?