10 Simple Military Survival Hacks Anyone Can Do!

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[@NewHampshireJack]

Every post offers a new skill, a better method, or as we see today, simple improvements that save time and perhaps a life. We appreciate the effort expended to film and edit these excellent videos

[@db8314]

@Andrew Thank you for your continued service, not just deployments but also through your KZbin content! CAT tourniquet: I was shown a similar method to what you demonstrated but instead of retention bands it used small diameter shock cord and a two hole cord lock. Pass one end of the shock cord through one hole in the cordlock and tie a stopper knot. The shock cord is placed beside the CAT run to the opposite end then coil the shock cord through molle around the CATand holding the straight piece of shock cord against the CAT when the whole CAT is secured pass the working end through the second hole in the cord lock. DO NOT TIE A STOPPER KNOT! The idea is when you grab the CAT you just pull the loose end through the cordlock, the CAT is freed from the shock cord. And you continue treating the injured. It works but I think I prefer the retention band technique you demonstrated!

[@johnbiddal5951]

Making the First Aid dressings easy to open is really useful advice. I always camp or spend time in the Woods alone, so if I am unfortunate enough to need a Dressing in a hurry that advice would be of real value. 👍

[@gregsanderson2470]

Even an old medic can learn new tricks. TY

[@joshcline8764]

Blood can make a lot of simple things we often overlook chaotically difficult. Phone touch screens are another great example.

[@ericdpeerik3928]

I literally have a phone which works in the rain. It also has IR night vision and a 22k mah battery. I live in the city 😂 but it's the idea that counts.

[@joshcline8764]

@@ericdpeerik3928 What phone is this? Every phone I have had regardless of the water proof rating has been a pain to operate when the screen gets wet. There are plenty of possible scenarios in any city where that would be an awesome phone.

[@SteveT--UK]

​@@ericdpeerik3928 if you need it , you got it ..... better than the other way around , 🙏🏻🫂.

[@idee7896]

THE BEST prep channel. PERIOD!

[@johnwyman5939]

Nicely done on video!! Dam good information!! Thanks!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🪓🔪👍👍

[@trooperjinthewoods4538]

Great information, especially for these times we live in. Thank you sir.

[@friendofcoal]

Again, some great tips for us. Thank you, sir.

[@JohnViinalass-lc1ow]

...bonus points on your post, soldier!...so, ahhm, 11/10 on the collective elements of your presentation!...

[@r.h.9338]

SHTF makes sense to me. Reminds me of Ranger Rick Digest. Keep up the great work.

[@anthonyconte2018]

I gotta watch all your videos very educational thanks for your service

[@willk605]

Thank you for the info! Keep'em coming

[@pB-vp3mo]

Another great video. thanks for sharing!

[@billgrant6175]

Love the tips! I used to have the little pocket, Ranger Handbooks, with the hand drawn pictures etc. Tons of hacks to make life easier.

[@dannycoe7605]

The coil with the flat wedding it's called a Daisy chain I've been doing it for years with extension cords of 50-ft or longer

[@nektarios6194]

Great job, thanks for your time. Greetings from Athens Greece!!

[@herbsmith6871]

Man... More great information and training! Thanks for sharing Major 🤠

[@bryanfaulkenburg462]

I was taught on sealed medical to enlarge the starter tear notches the using duct tape make pull tabs. While talking about tape when you use a piece of tape always fold over a little piece to create an easy to find tab on the roll.

[@TonyTwoNukes]

One of the most squared away and articulate dudes I've seen on the KZbin space. He's clearly a product of the regiment. Exceptional as always.

[@frankyturrizo4240]

We want another Altoid video with different items than last time

[@whit1678]

Such great content from a very skilled teacher!! Nice work Andrew!!

[@vincegonzales6196]

Old 11Bravo here..great info sir..I update my field info thru you..continue to give useful information thanks...Vince g 11B infantry.

[@donaldeugenealford4080]

Great video Andrew, proven methods that are reliable. 😎👍☘️

[@Damacles9]

Excellent tips! Thank you, sir.

[@hellsbells3945]

I would highly recomend making the knot on the band vice versa!

[@cordellkent4790]

Thanks for this Andrew. Great advice all around.

[@scribebat]

Some great forethought mindfulness stuff, especially for military. As a civilian (and one who rarely gets to go camping any more), a takeaway inspiration - just added a little tape dispenser to my fanny pack with a cheap little aluminum D-ring. Now i've got a way of quickly and easily adding pull tabs to those blankety-blank plastic bags in the produce department at the local grocery. 🙂

[@jeffhowell3310]

All of those were great tips, I will definitely incorporate the medical ones for sure.

[@_Justin215]

I love these videos

[@robertbrown5957]

Great video thank you Sir

[@paulzimmerman3895]

Great tips for prepping kit. Applying the detailed knowledge to making our kit more user friendly is always desirable. Totally appreciate you sharing the knowledge. Stay hydrated with clean water this week!

[@jonbroadsword7572]

A few decades short on using these for the military, but they will still work in my civilian life -- and I am definitely going to pass this video along to a friend's son who is currently going through Airborne School.

[@cindyjean3208]

Thank you, for these weekly posts… … proper nomenclature, you say??? 😁 Have a blessed week… See you next week, Andrew😊🙏🏻😍

[@OldNavajoTricks]

I salvaged the mozzie mesh from a hammock and stitched it to my scrim scarf covering half of its total area on 3 sides. It's useful as a veil/mozzie mask, waterfilter and the 'pocket' can be further stuffed with leafage for insulation purposes or the scrim used to lock in veg/scrag for camo purposes.

[@michaelmeadows5142]

Button compass on the protractor was a definite time saver in finding the butter bar LT. Potassium permanginate and glycerin was taught to me by my grandfather amongst other methods of fire starting such as magnesium shavings. I've carried the potassium and glycerin inside (as well as 99% rubbing alcohol for an alcohol stove) inside small reusable squeeze bottles or those old film canisters.

[@visionquest520]

Thanks andrew, preparing our gear beforehand so we can grab or use in a hurry might save a life but on a practical note we become more familiar with our gear. Some really useful tips. 😊

[@whatsupdate]

I’ve learned so much helpful information from you. My family and I are eternally grateful, thank you so much!

[@zacharyvieck8607]

Thank you sir. Great information.

[@FJB_GFY2024]

I enjoy how you keep finding interesting topics and you bring the best insight from your experience

[@CosmicTaco333]

Good vid. Thanks for uploading.

[@crusader.survivor]

Awesome video! Thank you! Could you perhaps show us military stitching/sewing techniques? When civilians do it, it's so weak and easily compromised! When I get ex-military family members to sew something, it's usually stronger than a factory setting!

[@Sh311Sh0ck3d]

Didn't your granny show you how to sew?

[@crusader.survivor]

Nice! Thank you very much! I will definitely replace my threads to 100% Nylon Upholstery!@@PS-zu5ww

[@najroe]

1/ use strong thread (as said, upolstery thread or TEX 45 nylon thread are good, holds about 3kg, then next step is 0.2mm braided fishing line (fireline, powerbraid...) holds 6-8kg 2/ use double thread in a loop when possible 3/ sew thread ends in, at start make the tag end (part from figure eight stopoer to end of threads) about 4-5cm, pull thread through until knot is against cloth, push needle through both cloth AND the two threads next 5-6 stitches to secure the start. 4/ finish like start by stitching back along for 5-6 stitches then cut about 2mm from cloth and carefully melt very end of nylon thread and push down (meltglue like action), wont work on fishingline but is good way with nylon or polyester. hope this helps. I have done some heavy hand sewing (sails, leatherwork...) and found these are useful techniques

[@najroe]

oh, for singke thread, to prevent needle from loosing thread if pulled through wrong push tip 5-6 times through the short end of the thread and pull down past eye, it will become a rough "spliced eye" holding needle captive

[@crusader.survivor]

Wow! Thank you for taking the time to teach me! That was very descriptive and it makes me confident now to sew leather and tarps! @@najroe

[@petezahrbock]

Super sweet video Andrew 📹! You give so many tricks. Good to go. Keep up the awesome work 👍

[@Uhnonuhmous]

One thing on the handcuffs, if the secondary lock is engaged, securing the cuffs don't tighten, a craxy outburst and hitting the cuffs against a wall. You may injure your hands or wrists but if unable to pick lock in other direction, hitting the cuffs against a wall disengages the secondary lock. But learn how to defeat zip tire and plastic cuffs. Those are going to be more common and plentiful for larger crowds of people. 👍 Great job here Andrew.

[@Renda004-gy3nx]

Perfect video. Thank you and greetings from the Czech Republic.

[@kimbersal1]

The way that you “coiled” the webbing is the same thing I’ve been doing with extension cords forever. You can just grab (the correct) end and uncoil it. Gear is so much cooler now. In my day, we were still working with a lot of Vietnam era gear. Hhhhhhh. Love your channel. I was Army 85-89 so I just missed Desert Storm. Thank you for your service.

[@jeffersonthomason-ry5di]

Man , I like those tips . I'm gonna experiment on my kit and see if I can incorporate them for me and my style . That was really cool .

[@heidi22209]

Ya won me over with my Bobby Pins. I have used them to pick locks.. and so much more. Dig the info. Thanks

[@jamespaul2587]

Great ideas. It would be helpful to install those bandage tabs in advance, to save valuable time when they are needed

[@johnnybushman651]

Thanks for the video Sir. Grate information. Love watching your videos. I was in the 82nd C.A.B. 84-87 as a door gunner on a UH-60. Watching you Sir. Makes me wish I went to Ranger school. Wish you could have been around then and talked me into it. Have a good week. AIRBORNE RANGER !

[@outbackowl3040]

Hi Andrew, greeting from Australia 🇦🇺 thank you for your time to make these videos.

[@adamedwards2261]

Thanks buddy 👊🏻🇺🇸

[@stevecallaway8457]

The way you coiled the webbing is what I did to water rescue ring while teaching lifesaving merit badge in Boy Scout Aquatic school. Also use for rope and extension cords. Memories!

[@chrismoore600]

Outstanding information well done sir.

[@benterwellen]

Ty, for sharing all this great info….

[@Greenhead24]

You have the type of voice you could lead people into battle with. I would listen to

[@lisamcqueen8509]

Great tips! Thank you, Steve

[@scottbee501]

After 30 years as a trauma nurse, in summary, I used tape more than anything including gloves. My first 5-7 years gloves weren’t required. Yep! Well done.

[@irvsstella]

The Camelbak hack is brilliant, I'll be doing it in 5minutes.

[@Gunn4u]

Once again you show tried and true skills from the military and how they roll over into civilian use. Great video Sir!!!

[@Rick-fz7tt]

Great info,🪖

[@loum3733]

OUTSTANDING!

[@UR2Compliant]

10:20 we always called that "daisy chaining"...we do it with long extension cords.

[@dennislogan6781]

I learned on radio show from the 40's you put a disposable razor blade in the heel of your boot. If you get tied up you can cut the rope and escape.

[@alanrice39]

Thanks Andrew , really appreciate demonstrating these hacks, these are so helpful, I do more than just watch the video, I apply some of these that are appropriate for what I’m doing

[@flavorchemist]

The Camelback filter is fantastic idea, thank you. Handcuffs how they function and opening fantastic. Steel bristles from street cleaners would be another alternative - barrettes / hair pins easy acquisition. More of this easy to find stuff great. Map hack great but many do not have any idea about where / how to get paper 1:50,000 maps. Some of these hacks imply easy supply / resupply of expendable like Military Bandages, Tourniquets and , Chemical Lights especially IR ones. Need to relate back to Civilian acquirable items. Very few have even seen these items even if in the Military. These items are seen more in Light Infantry (6 years) or SOF units - even Mech Infantry not so much (4 years). Liked and subscribed. Michael Fields, Major, US Army Retired

[@dennispoley6005]

Love to see gear in action. Great tips from people who are actually out there using their stuff.

[@JustInCases72]

Great video. Always nice to get new and better ways of doing thing in the wood

[@nauticalknotcraft]

Excellent video Andrew. All very practical. Thank you.

[@NikosKatsikanis]

legend

[@curtfward652]

Thank you for the tips. It could save a life.

[@Timberbeartrail]

Remember something no I don’t no matter where you are you are always around friend and foe, so how do you stop the the enemy from seeing it?

[@cameronscott5661]

Some great military ideas for civilians. Thanks for the tips!

[@gregdonner1378]

I noticed your method for hiding a handcuff shim in the seam of clothing and wondered If a piece of coping saw blade in the same fashion to defeat zip tie cuffs. A small roll of reflecting tape to mark any equipment would also work nice for signaling. What about small fishing lure cyalume markers in the page seams of note pages for night note keeping or map reading. Thanks again, Andrew, for your tips and advice. Great to hear of your new rank! Well done.

[@Lonewolf259]

Awesome video as always Andrew. Love the simple preps that everyone can do. Thanks for sharing. Cheers from Alberta!!

[@TripleAAA53]

AGAIN.. Outstanding Andrew!! Thank you !!

[@kevinedward1234]

Andrew, great video and info!!!!!!!!!!

[@unfi6798]

Cheers for the updates Major.

[@AncientRylanor69]

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[@lloydh1100]

Those are excellent tips! You always have great advice, thanks for sharing!

[@pnyarrow]

Hi Andrew. Thanks once again for lots of great ideas. Stay safe. ATB. Nigel

[@jenniferbauman4802]

Great video. Keep up the great work. God bless. From Glenn CATT. In Massachusetts.

[@StabbinJoeScarborough]

Love the format ! Thanks Andy !

[@KorumEmrys]

AWESOME AS ALWAYS!!! Thank You!!

[@stephenfewson7188]

Nice, simple video. Comment for you mate. G'day from Australia 🇦🇺

[@0bserver416]

As always, appreciate your videos.

[@Medicmike911]

I wish I'd have known about the tab pull trick for gauze when I was a working paramedic

[@mrkultra1655]

Thanks Andrew

[@detroitredneckdetroitredne6674]

Noman clacher, I want to school with a guy named Norman clacher. That boy could not catch your break. Thanks for your video, brother. Thank you for your knowledge and expertise. And hello from Romulus, Michigan.

[@Fish-ub3wn]

You're good, sir! Top craft, 10/10.

[@robinbonaventura4951]

Great stuff (as usual) Andrew...thanks and take care!

[@jamescrowe7892]

Very handy info. Thank you for all you do for us.

[@AndreFavron]

Pull tabs! Brilliant tip!! Thanx - If I may add a thought to your signal kit (i.e. landing zone marker) you might want to throw in four cheap yellow tent pegs to keep it flat in windy conditions where rocks might take time to find.

[@thomasbrandon5111]

Thanks Col.

[@canadafree2087]

Wow, I expected 10 things to buy but this was much better as 10 things to improve your gear. Not mentioned, using s shim only works on non-double locked cuffs. Also you don't want it to close as much as he showed, it can cut your circulation off. Ideally you don't want any click at all but a half-"click" as the shim only works when the tooth is pressing up the locking paw, so push the cuff in slightly without clicking it. A double locked pair of cuffs can be used as a punching tool, but since your enemy has the keys you may want to discard them so they can't be reused on you and hope they were the only pair they owned.

[@markdentoneagles5909]

Great job brother 👏 I really enjoy your videos GOD bless and Semper Fi

[@arkanglegeibriel]

0:24 Hook-and-pile? No results. Note though: Velcro started life as and is still called "hook and LOOP"

[@jamespaul2587]

He was inspired by Gomer 😊

[@azure6392]

Military always has it's own was. Cooks are "culinary specialists."

[@user-nb5qo6yb3l]

Very useful tips. Cheers mate 🇬🇧

[@dreb222]

Attach 2 to 3 feet of nylon webbing with a hand loop at the top to the back of your belt and run it up through the inside of body armor with the loop accessible to pull. This will create an easier way to pull you and drag you as a casualty versus pulling on your body armor.

[@woodstrekker6345]

Thanks Andrew. Great tips.