Kit Up! recently ran some articles that parked quite a conversation about bugging out vs. bugging in, g0-bags/bug-out bags(BOB)/SHTF (Shits Hit The Fan) bags and of course some of our personal preferences when it comes to kit. Now, you can believe in TEOTWAWKI, SHTF, WROL or Zombiepocalypse scenarios or not, but this is valuable, powerful advice we can all learn from.
For more information (not all of it quite as whimsical), visit their YouTube Channel or check out their website. Now, make no mistake: I’m not passing judgment on their content. I haven’t dug through there and looked. I just thought you all might get get some valuable insight from their urban survival vest. Tell you one thing I agree with for sure: you can have all the best kit in the world and be as prepared as it is humanly possible to be…but if you haven’t practiced, trained and rehearsed with everything you might need, you’re prepping to fail. Thorough training trumps gear every time, and practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.
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I agree with you on training and gear. You can have a $3,000 top of the line AR. But if you don’t have the right training on how to use it correctly, might as well be a paper weight. At that point, you are not an asset to society but a liability. This is the reason why every year, I always make time to take a big training event for myself. This is not just going to the range and shooting at paper targets, but actually taking some advance class where you learn how to deal with issues like malfunctions, transition, tactical reloads, shooting from cover, etc.
And training has a half-life. I wrote computer code for a living for a while, and that’s a skill with a definite expriation date. The only thing I can compare my (quite limited) combat skills to is that.
Agree with you 100% GN! Training is the most important key to a successful outcome. It’s something that is near and dear to me. It’s the reason why I consider myself a full time student no matter how much knowledge I may have or how skilled I might be. T9 brings up a good point in that these are perishable skills as well. Just because your an expert today or you took a super 2 year Special Ops course doesn’t mean your set. It just means you have a foundation to build on and the fundamental skills to learn more.
I always train with the gear I have on hand. That means running that gear in the environment during the time of day I’ll be operating. Preparation is key. The best laid plan won’t do you a lick if you haven’t trained to accomplish it.
All he needs is a general pouch with an ice pack and his bon-bons and he’s set to go. Gotta give him credit, he knows where everything’s at! No mistaking twinkies for nutty bars.
HAHAHA!! love it.. twinkie! right there!
What? No beer pouch?
Agreed. No hydration elements there. Beer pouch or Jack Daniels minis are a must!
Jack Daniels Minis bandolier!
2 words- camel bac. Wait that’s one word, but my point remains valid
Funny
Great!! Your last post sparked a post on the Texas Hunting Forum – most of the responses were food and drink related . ..
I meant the post on SHTF/bob bags
I meant the SHTF bag post
Finally! Probably the most realistic SHTF rig I’ve ever seen for the typical American!
FormerSFMedic this was a great comment!!!!!! and the very truth.I am glad someone out there knows what the real deal is. You get these guys who spent a few years in a whatever type unit write books then they are forever experts. You know what they say “those who can’t teach or write books”. GN right on brother! along with T-9 respect big time.
So….I poked around on their YouTube channel, and looked at some of the “Recommended Videos” from other users. Once again, any whack job with a web cam can get on YouTube.
The jerky running through the molle killed me. Why no candy pouch?, Sweet tarts and candy canes provide ample sustinance.
I do like “Bravo Company”.com chest rig they offer, not for everyone but fits the bill.
A well-trained man with an antiquated weapon that he’s intimately familiar with (for example: M1 carbine), will take out the under-trained (or completely untrained) advesary who is armed with all the latest Gucci “weapon systems”. Hands down. No sweat.