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Here are my post form the other site. Tell me if they sound irresponsible... I am in Italics hes in blue
OK Darren,
Heres the straight scoop(USMC). For the most part, its anything goes. Your command know your gear sucks and usually encourages Marines to get better stuff, provided it it tactically sound and isnt a replacement for manditory safety gear like eSAPI's. The rule of thumb is BRING YOUR ISSUED GEAR TOO!!! As long as you have your issued crap, they wont jump in your ass should your personal gear fail. In one case there was a Marine who had a 12X scope with built in Night Vision on his M16!!! No one said anything to him. Dont bother your command about this, unless there is a question about legality i.e. firearms (no/go). If youre worried, display it when you do your final deployment inspection and if they ask, just tell them you want to get a leg up on the enemy. Youll be fine. I have seen thousands of Marines/soldiers with personal gear |
this is where it gets ugly...
"Its been a while since youve gone to the field hasnt it?"
Are you assuming I haven't because I told the poster to err on the side of caution when attempting to purchase replacement gear? No..... Im asking you if its been a while because the gear your talking about is out of date... Who still wears Kevlars that take the old foam pad? They have been phased out. I have a $180 foam pad set up in my Kevlar and I love it. It also happens to be safer then the original gear, and came through in a pinch when we would be hit by IEDs. And BTW camelbacks are manditory now. I have yet to see a Marine or Soldier on a real world patrol with an LBV and canteens. Thats why I asked when the last time you went to the field was.
"For the most part, its anything goes." I still stand by this remark. Sorry if it went over your head. But let me put it back into context for you..."For the most part, its anything goes. Your command know your gear sucks and usually encourages Marines to get better stuff, provided it it tactically sound and isnt a replacement for manditory safety gear like eSAPI's"
This ends all debate about me supposedly telling the original poster to not wear his or her safety gear and losing SGLI benifits. And BTW that is bogus anyway. Knew a Marine who got a piece of schrap in the neck and died. he wasnt wearing his neck protector and his Family got the full $500,000.
"Dont bother your command about this" I dont know anybody that would worry about getting a better set of mag pouches, a drop pouch, High speed boots, tactical gloves, better daypack, high capacity camelbacks, a $300 tactical flashlight, or even a $5,000 dollar scope. No one would say anything because they know its not made by the lowest bidder and its better. It also show pride in your job and I would encourage any Marine in my squad to buy what ever made him feel comfortable, again as long at it is tactically sound. i.e. of a tactical color and made tough. also not noisy or interfering with normal movement. Notice I said ask your chain of command, which, as I hope you know, starts with a team or squad leader. (I happen to be an infantry sqaud leader thank you) I did not say take it directly to the command level. BTW, telling a troop that anything goes, and to not bother asking if they will be within regs or not is one of the most irresponsible things I've seen someone post on this forum. Come on, that is just being dramatic. This guy could show up head to toe in black hawk gear and all thats going to happen is that fellow Marines/soldiers will tease him as a "gear-queer" Infact most of the guys want to check it out and see if they might want something similar. It not like I told him a way to decieve a drug test, or told him to go UA/AWOL. Keep things in perspective.
"If youre worried, display it when you do your final deployment inspection"
Or ask ahead of time and avoid wasting money on something that is potentially a no-go. What would be a no-go anyway? You seem to be an expert on tactcal equipment, so enlighten me... Better yet, ask your chain of command what is go/no-go and post the list. This will be interesting. |
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Doesn't look bad to me. You like to argue a lot huh
Sidenote: If you are talking about tht new Gentex LWH with the new suspension system, we dont have those yet, still have the old one.
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