Why These Are The 10 Best & Cheap Military Survival Kit Items For Beginners!

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[@alglen9208]

Major Andrew, are you retiring?

[@EliteExteriorPaintingCalgary]

Thanks Andrew always enjoy Your instruction

[@nachtfuchs3927]

The canteen cup in the thumbnail looks like a Mandalorian helmet 😄

[@Aarons-Animals]

Lol, I thought the same exact thing

[@paradyne1T101]

That would've been cool if it was!

[@ZombiePumps]

Caught my attention 😂

[@josephsrandom8395]

Double take

[@Braysonc33]

I thought that too

[@chrismoore600]

I was in the 82nd in 1987 the E tool was one of the best pieces of equipment that actually worked. Thanks for the flash back.

[@trooperjinthewoods4538]

I took a sip every time you said cheap ! Now I can't walk straight. Great video,sir.

[@oldredcoonhound2182]

Exactly how cheap is that stuff 😅

[@AldoSchmedack]

Do it again tonight, but eat a small McDonalds Oreo McFlurry each time he says cheap. ❄️🥶❄️ Brain freeze! 🤣 😊

[@jeffclark8555]

How many times can the word cheap be used? Seriously good info. When I was in Scouts in the late 80’s we all had surplus gear (mostly ALICE). I forgot how versatile those old flashlights are for fire starting. Now I need one 😂.

[@lukefitt56]

I’ve been on this planet 33 years and I still can’t figure out why we love kits so much. I always get excited when Andrew puts one out though 😂

[@plls5]

Don't change Andrew. You're a good one.

[@AldoSchmedack]

Agree 100%

[@NewHampshireJack]

More quality information in thirty two (32) minutes than many Y/T channels would touch on after hours of blather. No non-sense, straight to the point! Thank you.

[@jasonprairie9968]

Nice video, Andrew. We used to wrap the old black commo wire around the handle of the angle head flashlight between the switch and end cap. Then we still had the spare bulb inside and the commo wire can be stripped for snare wire, lead wires for starting fires, or shelter building. Kind of like 100mph tape. Multipurpose. Hooah.

[@jasonprairie9968]

Just as a FYI, commo wire was two solid flexible wire insulated side by side for the old radios used to make linear antennas.

[@jenningsrozzell7557]

Thank-you for reminding me I'm a dinosaur...😝​@@jasonprairie9968

[@dthreadjr]

Thank you for caring brother!

[@jackspurgeon6550]

I came up with another use for the thermal blanket. Put it between the poncho liner and poncho when using it as a sleep system

[@Nunya9876]

Doe it make a lot of noise?

[@racerk99]

Super good idea. I AM going to try that.

[@BushcraftExplained]

Just be careful not to retain too much moisture. The thermal blanket is also a moisture barrier.

[@dfernandez3482]

WOW dude, make sure they give you credit in the history books for that one 😂

[@asmith7876]

Hehe, learned decades ago as a young Army Corporal at 23, signing for $1M of equipment, if it ain't on the inventory list it belongs to ME 🤣🤣🤣.

[@AdventuringJD]

CID has entered the chat

[@chrismackay8314]

Cheap ha ha appreciate your humor (and content). I exercised the candle under an emergency blanket trick with my kid after he was cold from swimming in a cold river.

[@supertom8552]

Always a great survival video! Thanks Andrew 👍

[@cindyjean3208]

RSFC Sunday… Great “cheap” video with invaluable information!!! Always something new to learn 😁 Until next Sunday- be safe and thanks for this channel and all the time and energy you put into it😊❤️

[@alanrice39]

Been using military surplus gear for over 30yr, made to take lots of abuse, also the clothing is great for the outdoors. Back in the day this is bout all we had. Now I know how to use my gear better by watching these videos, thanks Andrew. Wear my OD green field 7months of the year. Every year I stock up on military surplus at the two big flea markets I go to.

[@maxpower3050]

I absolutely love cheap but useful survival and camping equipment videos. I joined in 91 as 11B, and every bit of that kit works and is in my garage. Can’t fit in the field jacket liner anymore. Excellent 30 minutes of instruction, sir.

[@DanielBelliveau-y5x]

As usual good tips and tricks for gear and its uses , thanks ! ! !

[@donalddosch1656]

Ah! memories. All good stuff. Still have all of that stuff and always will.

[@dallasbryan9959]

Great video Andrew! If you can't find the sand bag an alternative is a woven feed sack. Most farms have them laying around, I know I do. During WW2 the farm boys like my uncles had them sent to them so they could make a field expedient cot by cutting the corners open and inserting two poles so they didn't sleep on the ground.

[@josephthennes4656]

Great stuff. The etool can be cooked upon. You can make char cloth from the bandage. Many years ago I glued a compass to the top of a match safe & did like you had said with the fish kit, actually had multiple ones for various things, they fit perfectly in the Allen choke tube pouches, they held 3. Thanks for your time.

[@williammccaslin8527]

You beat me to it about cooking on an E-tool, just got to make sure its clean of all debris

[@josephthennes4656]

@williammccaslin8527 I wouldn't necessarily cook on his. Lol

[@dammitdan106]

The Mylar blanket saved me from hypothermia, prevented casualty formation. Highly recommended versus the ultra-folded, compact, single ply version. Reusable. Multipurpose. Pack wear resistant. Cheap enough.

[@rayjay848]

Never thought of a sandbag for foraging. Great tip!

[@jastrapper190]

They sell conversion kits for the old angle head Fulton flashlights. Comes with an LED bulb and battery adapters to allow the use of either D cells or AA batteries. The conversion makes the light much brighter, much lighter (if using AA), and extends the run time significantly. Highly recommended to turn the old flashlight into something much more capable and modern.

[@dgunearthed7859]

Nothing to convert it to rechargeable 18650 batteries?

[@jastrapper190]

@@dgunearthed7859 I don’t know that battery type…. But I run mine off of just AA Enloop Batteries (both the black high capacity and the white regular ones) which are rechargeable. I think theoretically you could run them off a plethora of battery types if you can “fit” them into the housing and find a suitable bulb that will also fit and be compatible for the voltage/current it needs.

[@Joinordie718]

Who sells the conversation kits sir. Thanks 😊

[@jastrapper190]

@@Joinordie718 costs 15.00 to 20.00 but if you use your light fairly often or have used it for many years (as in my case)… you will find that the GREATLY increased efficiency will pay for itself in short order. The same set of D batteries will last FOREVER with a high efficiency LED bulb. Or you can use AA’s with the included “battery adaptors” in the kit.

[@jastrapper190]

@@Joinordie718 I use my angle head light as an emergency light hanging next to the garage door. If the power ever goes out it’s right by the door light switch where I can just turn it on and because you can hang it and the way the light is oriented it works well for this purpose. To provide light until I can get into the house to put down groceries or whatnot until I can get my headlamp. I recharge the batteries twice a year and I could probably stretch that to once (because I don’t turn it on very often).

[@jammer2isme]

Dunno about PTSD, but I was suddenly back in 1991, could smell the squad bays at MCRD San Diego at night, and remembered that extra Fire Watch. I STILL have my first issue US MX-991/U A personally customized moonbeam (blackened with a Sharpie) with most of the tailcap inserts. Most because we'd take the clear lens covers off and put some Kiwi on them and then scrape it away to make a Bat Signal. Good times.

[@Richard-f4b4r]

Your videos are very comprehensive! Thank you!

[@stuartniven2401]

Awesome!! Thank you for all you do, Andrew!

[@BUZZKILLJRJR]

It sounds crazy but when I was a kid I literally had a kid almost exactly like this I had been given as gifts for a scouting kit a canteen with a canteen pouch a bag and E tool, P38, poncho and a L shaped flashlight, I used it for Scouts I used it for playing army with my friends I absolutely had a blast with that equipment I wish I still had it today but it lasted forever I dug holes and chopped down tiny trees and all kinds of fun woodsy boy stuff when I was a kid 😂 and if a 10 year old kid can't break it a grown-ass adult sure as hell won't either!

[@ricks4361]

Lol yep. Mil surplus outfitted a lot of Boy Scouts me included back in tha day. Had most of this. Great times.

[@arthurdorst8406]

I still have my woodland camo M65 from my National Guard time. Great piece of kit.

[@budprepper3811]

Flashlight in the face, fireguard! Hahahaha how true 😂

[@jastrapper190]

The field jacket liners can be “doubled up” to provide much more warmth than one would think. The air space in between the two functions as triple insulation (in addition to the two garments themselves or another single layer of equivalent thickness). Not all of them come with “buttons” allowing the use as a stand alone garment but it’s a simple sewing project to attach a few military buttons onto them to allow closure. Like the poncho liner they’re really light, compressible, and warm for their weight/bulk. Great kit.

[@SgtMcCullin]

Yeah I tried with 3 liners, and the huge old skool parka hood. The M65 is now toasty af.

[@AlexCantlow]

Hoodie, summer bomber duck down lee cooper winter jacket british smock im too hot 😂​@SgtMcCullin

[@OcelotSF]

There are different types of ponchos too. Ones that aren't even saving you from wind.

[@jastrapper190]

@@OcelotSF what are you trying to say with this statement? I’m aware that there are many different “ponchos”. Most every poncho out there is going to block the wind… because most are designed to block rain. You would be hard pressed to find a material that could stop water but also didn’t block the wind as well.

[@OcelotSF]

@jastrapper190 whatever you say bud. Waiting for you in ukraine with ur "advanced" knowledge.

[@CharlesRhoades-v6u]

I never knew you could use the flashlight as an improvised fire starter Thanks

[@supertom8552]

The canteen kit is fantastic ! Absolute minimum! + fire

[@richardkibler3870]

Great starter kit Andrew,Thank's for your time on this,It Alway's helps to have the knowledge,Can never have too much knowledge.Cheers!

[@bugoutbrad8395]

I feel safer, doing bushcraft and camping. After watching, your videos Andrew. Thank you. Cheers 🍻

[@yfelwulf]

Murphy's Rules of War - Your weapon was made by the lowest bidder 😮 Those jacket liners are a blessing in the cold.

[@timpearce4255]

Thanks, good helpful instruction. Picked up a few new to me ideas.

[@flyyinryan]

"It'll cause PTSD because the worst thing in the world is that light shining in yer face..." - IMMEDIATELY shines light in face, classic Andrew!

[@balioutdoorandbushcraft]

Thank you mate for showing the people that you can assemble a great kit without breaking the bank. Well done and i always enjoy all your videos man

[@nazaninnaderi3783]

Thank you for the excellent explanation of the difference between the different paracord types, totally new information for me. The info about the flashlight and different ways to start fire was also very useful and appreciated, thanks.

[@blackhatbushcraft]

The face paint as a flame extender, I hadn’t thought of that one before 👍🏻 Awesome information as always brother! Blessings to you and your family!

[@BanhMiBH]

This video is a game-changer for beginners! I love how you broke down each item with practical tips and survival hacks. The creativity in repurposing military gear for bushcraft is inspiring

[@Tony-zp8xn]

So much nostalgia in this video, and a range of emotions from hatred of the heavy bulky flashlight that has crap durability, to affection for the more useful companions like the field jacket liner and the canteen cup. I've since picked up a Heavy Cover titanium canteen cup and lid, which is so much lighter than the steel cup. The field jacket liner was probably, and likely still is, the most awesome piece of snivel gear ever, second only to a wool commando sweater.

[@clarkleakins879]

Still have dads 1950 field jacket with liner. He always wore it while riding his dual sport motorcycle. Warm and tough and pockets for his must carry items.

[@hanumarn7882]

You should do a short and show how using the parabolic lens from a flashlight to start a fire. I have read about that too, but never seen it done. Using a magnifying glass is easy, but parabolic lens… 🤔 Thanks for sharing!❤

[@andyviana162]

Thanks Andrew for always good info and a clear and simplified presentation for us novices. These videos are also an example of how to teach in a way that's easy to learn

[@r00taccount21]

Thank's Andrew. Cheap is important in this uncertain situation

[@DrSafely]

The best suggestion by far was pulling your jacket into the sleeve to use it as a pillow

[@JoeDixon-h9c]

I still have all that stuff, plus the paracord I purchased later, I seen its utility a long time ago, again Andrew and excellent video. Keep'em coming. " Semper Fi!"

[@charleswalter2902]

That sandbag also works for sitting or kneeling on a wet surface or preparing tinder on a dry surface. This was a great video and your channel is one of my favorites. As soon as you post a video…..I’m on it.

[@johnoudin5646]

Great video Andrew!.. Bringing back great mems from the 70's when I used to frequent an Army Surplus store as a boy. Still have all the clothes and gear (I think most were from the Korean war). My favorite item is a mosquito net hat that still works!

[@robertlarsen6516]

Killer vid. Excellent tips. Subbed.

[@OtherThanIntendedPurpose]

I have used everything on your list. I was in from '85-'94, and some of the old stuff is so much better than the stuff they gave us later. I was in when they went from the M65 to the gortex jacket, and the gortex was a POC. I initially was issued 3 sets of BDUs and 2 sets of OD green, I still have my OD M65, with the liner in it, and it is still one of the toughest jackets I have ever had. this year for Christmas I received a woobie hoodie, and I have barely taken it off since. the feel of the woobie material takes me back, but it is also warm as hell for the weight. I remember sitting on fire guard wearing the "smoking jacket". this whole video was a trip down memory lane for me. I still have some of the "extra" issue items, that I didn't have to turn in, and a few things that between basic and ETS they just stopped issuing, so they didn't want back ( two items that stand out are my Large alice with the 3 pockets that were perfect for poggie bait or a can of pop, and my aluminum cot.

[@811NJUtilityLocating]

That M-65 field jacket is in amazing condition!! I'm quite envious! It has the correct 1980's era od green subdued nylon zipper (hard to find these days)! After market copies of the M-65 are produced with a brass zip now. Great video Sir!

[@glennhunt9650]

You could do videos on surplus gear every day and I wouldn't complain. I always look forward to your new drops. Thanks for all your time and effort!!!

[@jastrapper190]

Great info and video. Many thanks.

[@arnsnicklefritz9634]

We love you Andrew

[@Rareone167]

That flashlight is a valuable tool. Very Good Content as always. Thank you.

[@lesliemckinney8565]

Love your Lord of the Rings analogy. Nice to meet another LOTR fan. As always excellent video

[@thomasbrandon5111]

Col. I still have most of the old skool stuff, lol. Wish I could have kept my foul weather jacket when I got out. Thanks as always

[@d......____]

Your job is amazing 🇧🇷

[@SwiftAndSureAdventures]

Outstanding video. That's why us brits always swapped our kit with you spams. Your kit was actually useful😂😂

[@leemessman6865]

Great video as always, didn’t think about using my e-tool for a spark

[@nameredacted9477]

Nice video! Always enjoy your content, you are able to pack years of tips/training into 30 minutes. 👍

[@MarkJeffries-jr4ii]

Great video! Loved the “cheap” intro!

[@就事论事-6767]

wahahaz .. like the birds in the tree .. cheap cheap .. cheap cheap .. 🤣🤣🤣

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

"Its your turn for fireguard." NO NO NO NO, WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT!

[@paul7754]

The 'core' of military surplus items. Have it all except the match safe. Great video - thanks!

[@Joinordie718]

Major Andrew an excellent video on cheap surplus items sir👍🇺🇸

[@fivelakeoutdoor]

Very cool, this Bundeswehr/German Army folding shovel! I know the thing, after all, i dug a few holes with it during my time on duty! 🇩🇪🤝🏻🇺🇸

[@johnmachner6450]

Thank you learned so much probably watch it again .

[@wolfman2702]

Great information, as always I learn something new and valuable from your presentations. As soon as your pulled out then old D cell flashlight I was ready to neglect that in favor of modern LED lights until you showed the multiple fire starting capabilities it has. Thank you!

[@mdettman1]

Love the field jacket liner!

[@rogueraven7603]

You like the Nalgene bottles because the army ones are available. Liked the pillow trick but usually if you have the field jacket liner you’re wearing it.

[@squatchtopicp.a.]

The casualty blanket could be used to hide from thermal optics due to the mylar. Could be used for that purpose when building a low profile shelter being the underlayer of the roof. Now it reflects heat transfer in your shelter, keeping you a tad warmer and blocks thermal signatures when hostiles are scanning.

[@denofearthundertheeverlast5138]

I've always loved those OD Green 90* flashlights

[@JohnnyHildebrand1969]

Great tips, some new ones since I got out of the service after the Cold War. Thank you and God bless.

[@kennethcruise7635]

Great info , appreciate your time .

[@mikeoxley6303]

Nice one andrew good content

[@nvadallcorb5667]

😂great video, really funny and useful completely. I learned plenty of stuff. Really good 👍

[@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft]

Glad to hear it!

[@lloydh1100]

Excellent info! I'm going to look into those smoker's jackets. I've seen them but never knew they were that cheap!

[@billybob6784]

Thanks for the video. Always great! 👍

[@NichGatton]

Another great video brother!

[@shawnadkins9467]

Awesome video!

[@user-yu1zp2vu9x]

Thanks for sharing.

[@mknightmare2024]

I'm not the only one that blew on my phone screen when our esteemed instructor sparked the flint off of the e-tool onto the char cloth, right? RIGHT?!? 😂 Love your content, Mr. Ogle! (Sorry, I'm not certain of your rank). Keep it up!

[@clintonmartin-tq9tl]

Andrew, another great video! I’m sure we may have crossed paths, back in the day. Getting ready to retire myself, thank you for sharing and breathing life into some often over looked items.

[@ReasontoLiveAdventures]

Simply put, another top shelf video.

[@cb3391]

Great for vets too ☕😉

[@savage_the_wild]

Good stuff as always. Was gonna suggest a drinking game everytime you said "cheap" but you would've destroyed our livers in the cold opening alone.

[@OregonMike]

You can cheaply upgrade that full size flashlight to an LED. just search evil'zon for a "2 cell led" replacement bulb. The led will give you quite the lumen boost. Buy two leds store one with cushioning in the spring at the bottom of the light. 👍

[@RealityCheckGA]

Gerber and Ames are the best two models. Don't get cheap knockoffs.

[@280zjammer]

“It’s your turn for fire guard.” 🤣 I must be sick. I miss that.

[@robertnelson1098]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH . ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR CONTENT..😊😊😊😊😊

[@jenningsrozzell7557]

An easy, cheap upgrade to the angle head flashlight; subsitute the bulb with one from MagLite. It's a bit of an improvement. Make sure to match the battery to the bulb 2 vs 3 "D" cells...

[@keithoszmanjr4802]

I often remind people that military gear is made by the lowest-bidding contractor. It doesn't mean it's bad it's just not the best. I miss living near a surplus store. I always bought up all the combat gause and triangle bandages because they were 25 cents each. Too cheap not to have in your kit. Great video as always

[@Texasprepper]

Excellent video!

[@ManoliKvideos]

00:59 1.) Entrenching Tool 04:47 2.) Angle-Headed Flashlight 11:38 3.) Field Dressing 15:00 4.) ParaCord 18:12 5.) Match Safe 20:36 6.) Canteen 23:00 7.) Sand Bag 25:00 8.) Casualty Blanket (Mylar tarp) 27:04 9.) Military Cravat 28:25 10.) “Smoking Jacket” (field jacket liner)

[@iandaniel9985]

Just thanks ......if I had leaders like you when I was in I would have hoped ship

[@TheGingerBreadMan1987]

Class in session 🇺🇲⚔️

[@scotts7009]

Outstanding!