Special Operations Preparation - Ruck Packing

[@whatever9042]

Green berets are my favorite. They love to teach. They don’t mind imparting their wisdom

[@calypsohandjack9278]

Its their primary job.

[@JokerX126]

Their primary job is building repore with locals. Secondary is then training those locals a militia. They are good with people and good at teaching.

[@aaronlevy6054]

Wisdom is part of the mind anyway 🇺🇸🦅

[@Rey_M]

@@dayton.sutphen_hockey7561 their*

[@JokerX126]

@@Rey_M is your life really that sad that you are going through comments and correcting spelling and grammar? Go get laid, get a life, or get a job you pathetic excuse of a human.

[@JokerX126]

Omg this guy was one of the cadre when I went to the prep course. He was a fucking phenomenal mentor to us. Endless knowledge and really knew his shit.

[@emmanuelperez2366]

Did you make it

[@JokerX126]

@@emmanuelperez2366 no I didn't. I was injured during selection and dropped. It's not that your going to quit it's if your body can hold up. Sometimes you don't have a choice.

[@JokerX126]

@@MLDRBRY well besides the fact I have a 2 year return before I can try again and it's been a year. It's not really what I want anymore. Long story but just have different priorities since I was a young gungho private.

[@JokerX126]

@Kyiv won't know till you try for yourself. I had one dude get permanent nerve damage in his right arm and hand from the weight on his shoulders and it pinched a nerve during team weak. One dudes kidneys failed and he nearly died and had to get helicopter evac'd to a hospital. Both I had known from basic training and we're in shape strong guys. Mine was not life threatening but enough to kill my performance. Some guys lose their map on land nav, others fail pull ups and can't get 7. There was a 15% graduation rate in my class. And in my basic training class, we were a class of 18x's. If you don't know, 18x is special forces recruit. There were over 100 of us when we started basic training. 3 guys that I know of got selected. They will find a way to get rid of you if it's not injury. For the record I'm just trying to be honest and help out guys who are wanting to attempt. Honestly it was still really fun for the most part. I know you probably hear injury stories alot because guys get dropped or quit and are embarrassed.

[@recondo886]

@Drago "Be All You Can Be". the only shame is not stepping up to try while questioning those that have.

[@ericfermin8347]

Experience is the best teacher, it tests you first then gives you the lesson.

[@Screwby_Jones6200]

My cousin was a SERE survivor in the early 2000's as well 1st Marines during Phantom Fury i had the honor of what it is to be a man and how to survive,Fuck i Love the Infantry.

[@evandavis8338]

This is Special forces not the infantry

[@ender1151]

The Army really needs to get with the times in regards to ruck sacks

[@crabtrap]

thx Sarge! also, i can attest to a wet ruck sux; i was on a 4day trip in the alleganny mtns and we got rained on the 3rd day. My ALICE pack felt like an engine block after about an hour of getting soaked

[@fordwk]

Thank you...haven't had to do this in years.

[@JustJoshinYouBro]

Thanks for teaching and thanks for serving.

[@toddjenest3212]

What's also nice about packing your gear in bags is that it helps your ruck float if you need to do waterborne ops. I've never seen that ruck; we still had the ALICE gear when I was active duty.

[@floydvaughn9666]

Alice canteen covers, or do they have a MOLLE version now? BTW, a molle SAW pouch works perfectly for a 2 qt canteen. But it should go lower.

[@reallyhappenings5597]

I think those older 2 qt canteens will be around until they issue a new 2 qt. it's a good size

[@Mocha69A]

Exactly how this infantryman has done it for many years.

[@burtbiggum499]

Careful with rubber bands they dry out and snap in hot dry environments

[@JustJoshinYouBro]

Do they still issue them with external solid frams? Those things made life 1000 times easier.

[@hvacsoldier1554]

I’ve been rucking two 2QTs on the lower sides of my ruck for 16 years. It looks weird on top, but maybe I’ll try it.

[@TrentLee-i7s]

Wish I could be on y’all’s side again

[@thecrusadingcasual3497]

Is just threw a giant bag of wooden pellets that weigh about 40 lbs into my ruck so i can starts ruck sack march training. Pray I don't break my back.

[@DigitalAdvocacyResearchAgency]

Why no sustainment pouches? 🤔

[@JokerX126]

You don't use sustainment pouches in selection. also they aren't authorized for airborne operations or halo jumps. During selection you attach 2 qt canteens where the pouches would be.

[@fallenangel2156]

I like the part where he told you what to put in it.

[@ASTRO_NAUTIKAL]

How did this guy pull the short straw required to basically explain how a paperweight works.

[@jasonjust-jason9489]

SF is so cool! I can't wait to pack my own rucksack just like SFC Carpenter! I bet that beret is so comfortable out in the woods! Have a good one! hahaha

[@12counterdog]

if this is sarcasm, you're embarrassing yourself lol

[@soothingmeow22]

I can tast the salt

[@majestic._]

pack heavy items high? i thought it was to pack towards the middle and close to the spine

[@reallyhappenings5597]

both

[@lto412]

I’m confused because he says to have the sleep system easily accessible at the bottom, but then have the heaviest items at the top. The sleep system is pretty heavy so how would that work

[@analabatearm]

The MMS System (Military Modular Sleep System) weighs 3 pounds but a PRC-113 radio for example weighs 16 pounds.

[@treyellis3]

Yeah what he said, the sleep system is not gonna be the heaviest item in your ruck.

[@sfctapia4529]

Sleep system could mean a woobie? Or a gortex jacket? Not always a sleeping bag.

[@fataloath]

Sleep system definitely does not weigh more than 7 lbs. (Weight of a 117G- no battery or a 200rd pork chop of 5.56 for the SAW)

[@thopkins2271]

@Duffelbag Drag A) you likely don’t have the complete system. But B)even if you do, you don’t want to just look at the weight. Compare the weight of similar volume. There is unlikely to be something else that large that weighs less. Also, it’s the last thing you need to remove from the ruck. So in addition to it being light for the size, it also makes good packing sense.

[@aaronlevy6054]

Undisclosed forest 🌳🌳🌳🇺🇸🦅

[@aaronlevy6054]

@Kyiv North of there ⚡

[@aaronlevy6054]

@Kyiv you are thinking of the Marines, the majority of S.F. training is on or around North Carolina, then wherever they send you for finishing schools, for example I had the good luck of doing Navy Dive training at Pearl Harbor & all around Oahu 🏝️🇺🇸🦇⚡🌹

[@aaronlevy6054]

@Kyiv thank you! Victory, Prosperity & Peace ☮️🕊️🇺🇸🦅🌹

[@cagrangersealninja3720]

Just wait till you go to the ninja course 👌

[@trevorxhernandez]

What’s that liner he’s got in the ruck? I noticed he had some sort of hard liner in there keeping the ruck open wide

[@Dissame6730]

It looks like a sleeping mat. He probably cut it to the height of the ruck, and used it as a liner to keep it from folding in. Don't know how common it is to do that, but it looks like a nice way to have a sleeping mat without it hanging off the ruck or taking up a ton of space.

[@Jake-fo6rd]

@@Dissame6730 It's more for maintaining regular shape of the ruck and holding it open to be able to access your shit faster/better. He's probably never taken that thing out.

[@treyellis3]

@@Dissame6730 it was common for marines to do that when I was in. Better than having it dangle on the bottom of your pack and makes it easy to retrieve items.

[@jaredwiggins539]

GoArmySOF I've got a MOLLE Ruck myself just like the guy in this video only difference mine's a medium sized OD (Olive Drab) Green 3 Day Pack that I'm trying 2/working on turning in2 as much a Urban Wilderness Hybrid on the exterior as possible with 2 CamelBak Maximum Gear Bottle Pouches Foliage Green attached on2 top right side/top left side, additional Foliage Green/Urban/Wolf Gray/Grey MOLLE Pouch each attached on2 CamelBak Maximum Gear Bottle Pouches Foliage Green, 1 OD (Olive Drab) Green MOLLE Pouch each attached on2 bottom right side/bottom left side, 1 Foliage Green/Urban/Wolf Gray/Grey MOLLE Pouch attached on2 right shoulder strap or left shoulder strap, 1 OD (Olive Drab) Green MOLLE Pouch attached on2 right shoulder strap or left shoulder strap, final few MOLLE Pouches: 1 Foliage Green/Urban/Wolf Gray/Grey, 2 OD (Olive Drab) Green 2 attached on2 front pockets & 1 attached on2 MOLLE/PALS webbing below front pockets! Just how concealment effective in the wilderness during all seasons as well as urban environments/cool/neat does that look/sound 2 ch'all?

[@DonHavjuan]

lol. toy soldier.

[@sebjones1566]

Why haven't you got large rocket pouches.

[@dirtymotovation]

What ruck is that? That the molle 4k?

[@agr9432]

Large MOLLE Ruck

[@nickmail7604]

Interesting, he explained absolutely fuck all except to put the weight on the top of the main compartment so that the weight is on your shoulders, and not like everyone else will tell you, like keep the heaviest items midway up your main compartment and as close to your back as possible, so that the weight is transferred down the frame and onto your hips via the hip belt (or kidney pad as per this mans description), thus taking the weight from your shoulders and back as is the whole point of the frame and hip belt.

[@willieluv]

No sustainment pouches on the side?

[@mrj6676]

No they suck and get stuck on everything

[@johnrodriguez3870]

SFC Carpenter: I like how You added the 2 Quart Canteens to the Rucksack. I AM Prior Service USMC and US Army (1987-1998),and ,2 Quart Canteens came in handy in the Field , and, Downrange..... Hooah!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🗽🗡️⚔️🔫💣💥🔥💀☠️

[@keiths5931]

Thats just how they arrange it at SFAS. They did it with the Alice packs as well. I guess it is kinda practical. I hope that "hooah" is being sarcastic.

[@tangomikemike289]

@@keiths5931 get him SF man. Smoke em’

[@keiths5931]

@@tangomikemike289 Oh I am not SF. That's a civil affairs/psyops patch which I am no longer in. I'm a former ad Marine and AD BRO dude in the army who remembers them setting up alice packs the same way for sfas back in the mid2000s. Please don't associate me with these fine warriors. I don't rate.

[@tangomikemike289]

@@keiths5931 oh awesome. Headed into ARSOF soon myself.

[@keiths5931]

@@tangomikemike289 Good stuff.

[@jackchn23]

Why would you want the heaviest items up top? Wouldn’t be easier to carry if it were closer to your waist?

[@gagefain7002]

Puts a lot more stress on your lower back as well. Having those heavier items towards the shoulders helps alleviate that stress and keep your momentum shifted forward and not backwards.

[@alphabears6342]

I was always thought that the heaviest item had to be closer to your back, down mid shoulder.

[@gagefain7002]

Alpha Bears heaviest items at the top

[@muriloninja]

@Kyle D Yep! Army style of rucking with the "lean" throws people off if they have no clue. Wanna learn how to ruck, talk to Army guys. Fuuuu!

[@GB-uu1yd]

Heaviest items on top? Hmm not sure about that.

[@shemmac4700]

Which bag is that? Molle II ruck?

[@reallyhappenings5597]

yes

[@soothingmeow22]

Looks so weird with out the side pouches

[@dragomxsoldier]

Is this backpack to big for a 5'4 foot person

[@sidoz3541]

No definitely not anyone can carry it. This small female medic I knew was 5’1

[@GD-tn3ez]

Only if you sit down in it...

[@garystefanski7227]

Why didn't they just make it waterproof? Too much like right? Lol go army

[@lovaravonimanantsoa8583]

😎

[@aaronlevy6054]

How in the name of God did I even survive let alone pass my training?! It must have been the faith in God 🇺🇸

[@davidbuell8164]

IDK either. But we got it done. God looked out for us

[@a-b4172]

I rOlL mY sLeEvEs uP

[@michaelkaldas7456]

cern here i come !

[@robertevans8126]

shared

[@hintoflimetostitochip7978]

Instructions not clear... My ankles are broken.

[@AmazonWebService98]

what a tiny ruck

[@GarciaDK]

Yolk of your shoulder.......Hoah..

[@JJO117]

Interesting how the US military set-up their pack. Looks like a sausage pack. I Prefer the Alice pack design like tactical tailor etc.

[@armynurseboy]

This design is more in line with civilian hiking packs, which are more linear. This puts the load closer to the body and upwards do it sits on the hips. The old ALICE packs expanded away from the body which tended to pull you off balance and place the weight on your shoulders.

[@sfctapia4529]

K. I. S. S.

[@zensukai]

Hmm, I am not sure about the weight factor. Adding weight to the top makes your ruck top heavy and can mess with your balance. I was always taught and have been doin git for years -- to have the heaviest items at bottom of your ruck, this way the weight is lower and more central to your core. Plus it puts the majority of the weight on your hips/hip belt then on your shoulders; your hips can carry more weight and for longer periods then your shoulders.

[@L3G3NDHIMSELF]

Nah

[@zensukai]

@@L3G3NDHIMSELF Well, there is some true grade 6 feedback.

[@Droid6689]

Real super basic stuff. Kinda a beginner course

[@based9930]

The beret is cringe.

[@L3G3NDHIMSELF]

Lol you know how hard it was to earn it? You’re cringe.

[@nacholibre1962]

Bottom line: If you need to be show how to pack your ruck, you have no business trying out for SOF. Just saying!

[@flubdreload2818]

That’s a pretty ignorant thing to say. Some people are just looking for a more efficient way to pack their rucks, especially if they haven’t really rucked outside of BCT/OSUT. A lot of people who go to selection aren’t infantry or a combat MOS.

[@MadDogRigs]

Lmao so unnecessary

[@heriv4671]

I do this thing's when I was 16

[@paulhetherington3854]

Hey Army, terrorists-- CO-V-IT--> You got caught, by Swedish commander-- of submarines.

[@thegoodnewsguy1315]

Paul Hetherington ?