![]() ![]() Helicopters and cargo planes, they all have limits as to how much weight each passenger can bring aboard. If you’re for the most part going to be riding aboard surface vehicles (Humvees, for instance) you could potentially pack more gear than you would if you’re primarily going to be hoofing it (that is, marching) to your objective.īut it’s a whole different story if we’re talking about rotary/fixed wing transportation. ![]() Next, think about how you’ll be inserted and then moved from point to point during the mission. ![]() On a short-duration mission you’ll need a smaller rucksack and can afford to leave behind gear you’d want to have if you were carrying a larger backpack on a long-duration mission. The requirements to ensure your survival in a short-duration mission are obviously different from those of the long-duration type. For discussion’s sake, let’s call the 24-hour version a short-duration mission and everything beyond that a long-duration mission. A 24-hour duration is typical, but so are 48- and 72-hour missions. If command doesn’t tell you how long the mission will run, use your brains to make an educated guess. With that in mind, there are three major things to consider as you draw up your packing list for deployment. ![]() Because you never know what’s going to happen until it happens, it pays to be prepared as best you can. So, you need to consider all the possible scenarios that could cause you to be on your own for an extended time, all the possible scenarios you could find yourself in should any part of the mission continue beyond 24 hours. The contents of that 24-h pack you’ll be lugging on your back may need to last more than a day, depending on whether the mission goes into overtime or-if you end up lost or isolated-on how long it takes to extricate yourself from that situation. So, before you start packing, you must carefully consider what’ll go inside your rucksack, since there’s only so much in the way of food, water, ammunition, and other essentials you can take along. Should something like that occur, you’ll only be able to rely on that which you’re carrying with you. The main thing to remember is that each item you pack ahead of deployment must in some way be capable of contributing to your survival for a bare minimum of 24 hours in the event you and/or your unit become lost or cut off at any point during the mission. ![]()
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