Basics of Go Bags / 3 Day Assault Packs 

My wife keeps correcting me. "It's not a 3 day assault pack. It's a diaper bag." Basically... my setup is different from your setup.

I asked my girlfriend, why cant she be like you... clean shaven, wear flannel and tactically savvy.

"If you have a girlfriend. Which, you guys don't." He knows his audience so well xD

I'm having issues cutting hot pockets with my tac knife in low-light settings (basement). I'm not here for advice, I'd just like to complain.

One thing nobody posts about in medical bags is immodium. Most soldiers in history have died of diarrhea. It only takes three days of diarrhea to die from dehydration. While you should be fine drinking filtered + treated water and eating only food you brought, if you have to eat someone I mean something sketchy or if someone in your party has diarrhea one to five immodium could save their life. Not to mention all that tainted faeces everywhere on their clothes, in their hair, on your face, in your food, and on your fingers could make lots of people sick and die. Again, I wonder why nobody talks about this? I bought a few hundred generic immodium at costco for 10 bucks. I carry 100 in a watertight pill bottle and it hardly takes up room. Highly recommend, will save your life, you can't look cool if you shit yourself to death. Don't shit yourself to death, carry immodium.

My go bag basically has to not get me a felony in CA

"If you don't have a Leatherman, you're wrong." Well said.

I would have a girlfriend but my fiancé won't let me.

Low blow dude, I had a gf once but then she found out and got a restraining order

"...extended ops. Like when your mom goes to work and you're in the basement all day..." Hahahahahahahahaha!

Instructions unclear, filled hydration bladder with whiskey, ate my assault pack

It’s been 4-6 years since you’ve done most of these types of videos.. you really should update them.. from long range packs.. to assault packs to this.. chest rigs plate carriers and belts.. all these are old and not out dated but lot to learn in 5 years time and a lot of things you’d change or update over that time.. hence why I’m here going back through older videos cause I’m looking to improve, update etc while also remembering why I do have certain things I have although most of the time they are unneeded and trying to not remove Serrano basics items that serve dual purposes..

I personally like to keep my go-bag set up for when my mom forgets to pick me up from my airsoft game.

My pack is full of caprice sun and trail mix for my next airsoft/larping session

Can you do a 7 day pack? My mom is going on vacation to Puerto Vallarta.

CBRN guy here, I love those new lotion decon kits because I get to end my class with "it puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again".

Dont forget crayons for snacks, marines.

A lot of these things are useful, but there are two mains things that you will need most: 1. Water 2. Ammo You don’t know what a shitty day is until you’re in the middle of a firefight and realize you’re out of ammo.

"If you've ever cut your tan undershirt into an ascot to make it appear like you are wearing a shirt under your uniform during the summer months, go ahead and 'like' this video. If you have ever told the Brigade Commander's daughter that her feet smell fantastic, go ahead and smash that subscribe button because you are in the correct community for that sort of thing."

"If you have a girlfriend." HAHAHAHAHAHA "Which, you guys don't." Wow wtf rude.

I love the professional tone, layered with sarcasm.

"if you guys have a girlfriend...... which you don't"..... classic!

"There are larger ones but I prefer smaller ones" that's great news for me. Because.......

Kudos to a professional soldier who has apparently overcome the PTSD of having had to endure the horrors of combat and who has chosen to truly help others in a positive way. A Gulf War reconnaissance scout

"If you're on extended ops like your mom..." quit listening and started laughing

What kind of crap kit is that?! Way too much junk bro. Here's what I do: Grab a box of pop tarts, a couple of sunny d's from the fridge (this is important; you do not want to bring warm sunny d, trust me), throw that in a pillowcase, kiss mom on the cheek on my way out the door, jump on my schwinn and haul ass. It's never let me down.

Even the backpacks are assaulting people.🤦‍♂️

Me: Hey, I have a girlfriend... Garand: You dont have a girlfriend. Me: (sad face)

I slapped my own butt and kinda liked it...so I hit the subscribe button

"You slapped you buddy's butt during an equipment check and he likes it" i dunno seems gay to me

when the flexicuffs came out is when i started questioning how well i would be able to explain this shit to an officer pulling me over

I need a compilation of the start ''subcribe if you'' things, they make me laugh a fucking lot

You should know how much my wife loves you and your videos. You create these wonderful videos where you just list off all kinds of expensive stuff for me to buy.

IFAK/tape life hack taught by a squared away combat medic in Afghanistan. Use tape to make a pull tab on all of your plastic wrapped medical supplies. Even if the packaging has the easy tear open notch tape along (above) the tear notch, fold the tape back onto itself at your desired length (making the pull tab), and tape back onto the packaging. whether your hands are sweaty, bloody, etc..... it will assist with opening the packaging. furthermore rolls of tape should always be folded back onto itself making a pull tab for ease of use. trust me on this.

Love your humor :)

What goes into a day pack? Easy...poncho liner, Thor batteries and snacks.

Me: Hello are you interested in joining my religion? Person: Look man get away from me i'm just trying to get to work Me: *forcibly shows garand thumb video* Person: I'm interested

I have a buddy in the navy. He is wondering if they make a delta bag that fits two grown men?

My Mom says I'm the best French kisser... Now I'm going back to my tactical assault safe room... the basement! Ahahaha!!!

When i worked private security I accidentally cut my hand while playing with a buddy’s karambit. The boo boo kit was hastily made the next day.

there should be a compilation of all the intros.

"They always slayed at the bars because of their stupid accents." Lost it on that one XD

When you are going to dads for the weekend but mom makes you take all your clothes with you to airsoft so he can pick you up after

If I had a go bag, I'd put you in it and deploy you when it was go time.... Or if some bum touching was in order

You're a Savage! "If you're mom goes to work all day and you're left in the basement" damn dude. Good stuff lol

I swear I have a girlfriend guys.

Hey just thought I'd say this, but ibuprofen like all NSAIDs has a blood thinning side effect. Which of course, makes it harder for your blood to clot if you suffer a life-threatening hemmorage. I suggest carrying paracetamol as your every day pain-killer instead as it has barely any known side effects aside from potential liver damage if you overdose hard. I salute that you carry extra IFAKs though, it sorta melts this medics heart to see people doing that.

as a young person home alone in his basement, i feel attacked.

I slapped my fellow airman everytime before their sortie. Awkward at 1st, now it's a tradition. We all loved it. Only apply for males tho. #nohomo

It would be great if Garrand was actually an extreme air soft guy that somehow pulled this stuff off

This video was made 4 years ago, and the backpack hes reviewing still says "coming soon" lol

Go bag time Here in Florida Mosquito net Bug spray Extra mosquito net Mosquito head covers More bug repellent Gatorade

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My mom's gone for the night. I DON'T HAVE AN INLINE FILTER

We don't all live in moms basement. Most of us are old retired grunts with nothing better to do but relive our youth and prepare for the Apocalypse. I use my old issued assault pack that I love and use too. I also have a medium and large ruck packed and ready. (Pathetic, retired 5 years now and still packed for the field) I enjoy your videos and look forward to them, Keep them coming, not cumming.

My girl A.L.I.C.E. Is gonna get jealous....

I spent my 8yrs in the 1st506 and made so many jumps when going light we still weighed in at around 60lbs if gear but never regret a moment of it CURRAHEE

When you're on a jump and you slap your buddies' 4th point of contact on "sound off for equipment check" too hard...and they look back and just kind of smile. Yep. Unless it's thursday.

nice now i know what to buy with my moms credit card when I larp. Thanks dad! I know you aren't my actual dad, but my real one wont talk to me anymore

Three things you were missing that could come in handy in a CBRN situation were gyger counters for the different types of radiation, a CBRN suit and filters for your M40

At the beginning you discuss your hesitancy to discuss because there are so many different applications. I am not in the military, law enforcement, or anything else like that and I am OLD! LOL The reason I like your gear reviews is to see if they can be applied to hunting, bushcraft, hiking, mountaineering, and so on applications. For example, pants, shirts, boots, and now backpacks. So, it is a tactical to practical thing as well. I enjoy your whit, dry humor, in addition to the good gear info. Thanks!

My prostate was throbbing the second i saw this new video

The Cannae Phalanx is a good pack. The extra side pouch is an add-on from Cannae called the EDC 9x6 Storage Pouch which MOLLEs onto the open pocket on the side. There's MOLLE on pretty much every square inch of the thing. Consequently, it is definitely not a "gray man" pack. Anyone who sees you with it is going to assume you're packing, and dirty hippies on hiking trails or at civilian campgrounds will give you dirty looks. But if you let dirty hippies change what you do, you're not really an American.

"...civilian type set up..." *5 magazines of ammo*

What can I pack my airsoft BB's in so they don't shake around and give my position away to my dog?

When your food hits the ground like a magazine

"If you dont have a Leatherman, you're wrong." Hahaha!

That last butt slap was ok, Jumpmaster!

I don't relate to the "If you've ever" at the beginning but I do have something similar. I was on a camping trip with a couple friends and showed them how to light a cigarette with someone else's cigarette. The way you do it is you both take a drag in while touching the tips of the cigs together. They lit each other's cigs a little too often and they both had lighters.

Finally made a reference to us airborne boys in the intro! Striking THOTs from the sky!

Only one lighter? “Two is one, one is none”

Woah now I need an excuse to be outside for 3 days

Garand has brought out the weirdest and most funny shit in this community I love it

Your right, my girlfriend wouldn’t enjoy flexcuffs... but my Boifwendo might :3

Japanese Love Pillow Review when? I'm not going to stop asking, because I'm a sad and desperate man.

Who else sees a new garand thumb video and knows that the comment section is going to be fuck all?

Today: Ya know I really would like to throw together an emergency bag for the truck just in case I need to get to my family in an emergency, Garand Thumb is a smart dude, let's see all the gear if I decide to go broke. 10 min in: WTF I'm going to die before I can get downstairs to my truck now. I'm not prepared for any type of gas attack at all!!!! I need to rethink my whole life now!

came for the knowledge stayed for the comments!

Old CDs can be free signal mirrors, if repurposed from an NCO's drawer, where they have sat unused for 6 years.

I run all crye and Gucci stuff, yet my assault pack is a 20$ amazon's choice I got from a secret-Santa 7 years ago. The thing hauls, and I am attached to it, as I've used it every single day for most of the past decade. :)

Tell me the intro music or I start buying condor unironically

Interesting choice of gear. **You should mention that long-term storage of any sleeping bag or puffy clothes means letting them lay FULLY open and UNcompresed. Otherwise loft (thickness) and therefore insulative value will be lost when stored compressed. Most good sleeping bags come with a large storage bag of about a 10 gallon size. You had a lot of First Aid gear. But the BEST First Aid preparation to have is training and more training. Just speaking as an EMT/Ski Patroller.

An air mattress or something similar is essential in cold-ish weather. It works well with a quilt (to save space and weight, and to not feel trapped in a sack in hostile territory). Goodnight when you carry an extreme weather sleeping bag, but sleep directly on the ground. You'll freeze even at moderate temperatures. A bivvy bag or poncho+liner is also quicker and less noticable than a tarp. Also have anti diarrhea medication and water purification (filter and/or tablets). Some caffeine or pre-work out powder, sportsdrink powder. And off course a water bladder, you probably pack that outside the pack, so you have it on you when not wearing the pack. For underwear, wear synthetic or merino wool. No cotton. Carrying extra underwear isn't absolutely essential in a 3day pack, socks are. It might be a good plan to pack a regular underpants and wear a thermal in slightly colder temperatures. Switch when temperature will likely go up. Great video.

Cannae have the backpack you used for this video? (see what I did there?)

"3 to 10 to 50 times more effective" "or if you guys have a girlfriend, which you guys dont..." Best quotes from the whole video lol Bahahaha your a savage @Garand Thumb

i make sure my to go pack, has hot pockets. mission essentials

Papa garand thumb notice me so I can have the power to slay THOTS

Years ago, when I represented a different pack mfg., I purchased Tactical Tailor 3 day packs for myself. 40 years ago, I was hoofing through central, southern and eastern Asia. My pack weighed 19 pounds and I ate locally. Thereafter, for years, my situation in the US was that I would carry sealed and locked down duffel bags with gear in the car and an empty pack. In an urban setting, I would have to go to ground or underground if shtf and take the time to assess what specific gear I would need to put in my pack and also change clothes. It is nice to have a go bag at home or ready to go, but I simply could not use that approach. Now, I am at a stage that I am old enough to be your grandfather. Can't do miles with a 40 pound pack.

Great advice about backpacks and how to run them with these videos. I appreciate it, thanks. How would you pack a civilian EDC self-defense backpack? One meant to not look militarized (camo colors, mollee straps, etc.), but still be an effective tool (bullet proof plate to use as a shield, 1st aid kit, etc.), the kind people who go for the "grey man" approach would use when they want to be prepared, but look like every other sheeple walking around. That should cover the civilian scale of this topic The only other question I can imagine is covering how to pack a ruck you're going to do a HALO jump with, or make a covert SCUBA infiltration like the commercials they always show on TV, etc. That should cover the military scale on this topic. All the videos you shared seem to focus on ground based movement An entire video on hydration systems and or armor plates in backpacks would also be cool

New Garand Thumb video? All work stops.

Drink the blood of your enemies, Marine Corps what's up. -daddy Garand thumb

I love your content so much because you always clarify that there is more than one way to skin a deer. My LRRP 3 day bag kit is set up completely different from something that would be used in more Urban or clandestine environments (those are mainly used when I am at CAGTF/MOUNT). You would think that is obvious, but from what I have encountered from different training exercises, people do alot of dumb shit.

Came for the gear, stayed for the gay.

"if you have a girlfriend; but you guys don't." Damn that hits close to home

Watching 6yr old grandthumb videos with what he looks like now is wild 😂

I unsubscibe just so i could hit that sub buttom like a buddy's buttom

This viewed base is hilariously screwed up.

Used a poncho with an emergency blanket to substitute a sleeping bag before. The poncho buttoned up so you could still bust out and the thin and shiny emergency blanket is good at keeping heat in and takes up less room tan an actual sleeping bag, and since its inside the poncho it wont give you away.

New drinking game take a shot every time he says "so"

Does dressing like a 12 year old boy on his first day of school keep bad guys from shooting at you or is this something you do to for attracting dates.