I definitely prefer KZread over Instagram when it comes to watching videos, so I’d appreciate more love coming to the channel.

You had me at "I would have been a marvelous explosion!" Thank you for your service and your viewpoint -vs- selling more crap to viewers like *some* channels do.

@zexnynex777

Жыл бұрын

We know its all Spiritus tho.

I love the way you put all this great information into context. Wish you’d put out mor vids! Keep up the great work!!

@Blakewater0326

Жыл бұрын

I'll be up and running again sooner than later.

Same lesson from many others. Thanks

Are you going to make a video on what all is in that rig? Love these longer format videos.

@Blakewater0326

2 жыл бұрын

Eventually yes. It needs some fine tuning, but it's about ready.

There are so many good info nuggets in this video, aside from the main topic... Nicely done sir.

I'm running the 2 layer system and it's a bit of a pain in the hide site but as a medic allows me to run a MARCH belt on the belt kit that has room for a couple mags, a smoke and a frag. This not only keeps my chest rig a little more slimmed down but prepares me to perform required treatments without having to dig into my ruck until we have earned the ability to give our casualties more attention.

@Blakewater0326

2 жыл бұрын

Myself as a team medic, my medics, and my SARC Corpsmen all just carried a slimmed down med bag, and each member of the patrol carried a beefed up IFAK. Doing so enabled the team med bag to be slimmer, and the SOP was to have your "go bag" out and on top of the ruck in the hide for breakout drill purposes. And as the "go bag" has the majority of mission essential items, its always right where you need it for access.

“I would have been a marvelous explosion“ ha ha that’s brilliant!

Thank you for your service. Your content in videos is great. Easy to listen to, no hold backs. Cheers

Real world experience is ALWAYS the best teacher!

Few channels go into developing a "community"; it'd be great to see more on that as a standalone topic. I always thought that a county-based mentality that liaises with the sheriff's department, maybe local law enforcement, search & rescue, schools, etc. as well as neighboring counties would be paramount. Guess I could get off the barstool and poke around other VFWs ;)

@Blakewater0326

Жыл бұрын

It starts with our neighborhoods and our friends' neighborhoods. Use the commonalities to tie in together, and reaching out to local law enforcement about setting up a volunteer group to assist with certain emergencies would likely go well with many departments so long as you're not offering tactical support.

Very well done...and stated...I appreciate your sharing of knowledge and experience. I share your and few other experienced operator's information with my tribe in my North Carolina Marine Corps League Detachment. We have young and old Marine veterans as well as vets from SF...Air Force Special Tactics, and Associate members from LE and all walks of life etc. Every one of our members state they learn something from every post/video you put forward. You and Fred from Counting Coup Tactical are our go to's. We all thank you sincerely...

Great info! So many people need to hear and train this information!

Answered some questions from another of your videos. Nice Nate

What the heck man, no sexy parts in this video with all your kit on?!?! Kidding. Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm happy people are starting to realize that generally speaking more ammo is better than less. Those micro chest rigs make good flat range training tools but I wouldnt ever want to be stuck with just 90 rds of rifle ammo in a hostile environment.

YOOOOOOOOOOOOO Great vid man.

Tanks for explainin' but with your extensive experience you don't need to justify shit (but some people need to hear it I guess)! Well thought out and clear 'why' of this and that. Your 'instructor' is shinning through! Doing a great job Marine! Semper Fi.

I really like this video format!

Really liking the channel

Please make more gear vids! Definitely enjoy the longer content while messing with my gear.

@Blakewater0326

Жыл бұрын

Will definitely be getting more up sooner than later.

Great content as always sir. This is hearty stuff

Great video learned alot,thank you

Appreciate you bringing this to us... Thank you

Lessons learned. Thank you. Keep rocking.

Great info!👍

Outstanding video, thank you.💪💪

Very informative… keep up the knowledge bombs!

Love the content, but also would love a garage gym tour man :) awesome gear in the background and Great Wall storage :D

More great info sir! Thank you!

Thank you for your service

Great info man. Keep it up

Thanks for the content sir. I enjoy hearing your opinions on considerations outside of active duty military use. Seems to be a tendency to wanna copy whatever the high speed low drag guys are doing and these tactics might not always be ideal for just protecting your family after the power has been out for a few weeks.

@Blakewater0326

2 жыл бұрын

The considerations are less about the *tactics* involved and more about Rules Of Engagement. For military application, hostile act/ hostile intent is often enough to apply deadly force. For Law Enforcement, and by extension civilians, you must be able to articulate an immediate threat to your life or someone in the immediate vicinity. Police have a couple other exceptions when it comes to public safety however, in either case you will find yourself at the end of an inquiry of some kind.

Looking more trim, buddy. Your journey is going well, it seems!

Great video. Very clear audio. I liked this format better because I didn't have to hear music, sometimes too loud on instagram, when you are talking.

@Blakewater0326

2 жыл бұрын

I'm still not sure what causes that, and it doesn't affect people consistently. Could be my audio or it could be IG.

Thanks, I learned something from this

A video similar to what RBT did with T Rex from you would be interesting, love to see your take on things. How things differ and how much is similar

@Blakewater0326

Жыл бұрын

Lucas knows how to find me, he's messaged me before. Redbeard did a good video, there's not much I would really add or take away to all of that.

Thanks for the video

Awesome stuff

Excellent.

Love your stuff @Blakewater, could you create a video on what you would expect to see from a civilian point of view, and what you should take with you? I’d imagine it’s somewhat similar in concept that you have no backup, QRF, or call ins, but you’re going to be working out of the local populace, your car, and houses. Taking 7 days worth of stuff in very overtly looking military gear into the woods to set up an OP/LP doesn’t really make sense to me.

Nice one 👍 received and understood OUT

Really hope you upload more often to KZread, or at least upload ur IG shorts on KZread! Love the congent

@Blakewater0326

2 жыл бұрын

IG reels are 60 seconds, KZread shorts are only 15 I believe so likely not. I will continue to post up long form content that will expand upon IG content.

Excellent info. Thank you.

@woodsghost9088

Жыл бұрын

OpFor may not be "thugs in beaters, post hurricane." It may be groups of thugs raiding ranches or farms (examples in South Africa and Venezuela). Or Cartel. So some contexts may require more mags. But your fundemental point applies: build out your logistics system.

In Long Range Reconnaissance and Surveillance LRRS in the Army in the 80s.. We carried 20 magazines, Minimum usually more. 9 in pouches on our belt, at least ten more in bandoleers right on top of our rucks. The Alice Large had three mag pouches on it's exterior. We'd fill those two. Ammo: "Better to have and not need, than need and not have." Even for an Active Shooter, some of those nut jobs are packing a lot of ammo... Why just have 3 mags on a plate carrier? Don't be the guy who radios he needs more 5.56 ammo.

Well said.

The problem these days a lot of people want to be like everyone else and think that is how it has to be I can tell you for riding in a gun mount for 2 years as a 50 gunner in Iraq my load out is way different now because I’m older and in a defensive mode. I’m hoping there isn’t a war here but I train for it only to feel better about myself so keep water and ammo on yourselves. Remember if you want to be a assaulter join the military and ask for the training if you don’t you won’t get any and train hard and keep fit and you will get more out of the service.

I'm an old soldier. The one thing I remember from training and experience. What's worse than running out of ammo in a fire fight. NOTHING!!!!

@Blakewater0326

Жыл бұрын

Maybe getting hit? Your point is taken though 🤘

Commenting a second time because I want your channel to get the boost: ~17:00 you mentioned logistics and mentioned not making this video longer by getting into that topic. Will you be getting into that topic for civilians in another video? If so, do you have any plans to break down military logistical approaches that would be feasible for civilians? Or how "what isn't feasible for civilians" can be adapted or possible changes to those approaches to make them workable for us? You brought up the topic of civil unrest and defending our homes, but how do you think, calling upon your time in areas where immediate and prolonged civil unrest were common place, things change in the event of prolonged civil unrest where people may be entrenched, defending themselves and their homes for extended periods of time? Or immediately after the period of unrest and there aren't things in place to secure lawful order and supplies when civilians start moving out of neighborhoods and outlying areas seeking supplies, building materials, and things of that nature?

@Blakewater0326

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I will dig deeper into the topic and go over my own setups, preparing for most likely and most dangerous courses of action.

@snakezulu7

2 жыл бұрын

@@Blakewater0326 I'm excited for it! Thank you for your time.

Love your work man, consider adding chapters to your videos. I think you have the potential to set off!

@Blakewater0326

2 жыл бұрын

I though about it for this one, and perhaps i'll go back and edit. It seemed too disjointed. I need to put up a piece of paper with the outline so I stay on topic.

I like a robust kit, mine can take 12. But it was designed around woods and steep river banks where I tend to shoot. So I opted for a modern LBE set up over a chest rig, mainly to keep my center of gravity a little lower which helps on steep and muddy. Never mind how handy a buttpack can be for a poncho and other miscellaneous items, so they don't end up in the dump pouch.

@Blakewater0326

Жыл бұрын

The dump pouch is often misused to carry extraneous items which don't belong on the fighting load. And that's why we have the Assault Load, the level of kit in which to carry mission essential items that don't need to be on the fighting load and provide a small amount of sustainment.

@presidentmerkinmuffley6769

Жыл бұрын

@@Blakewater0326 Yes I am aware, I had just listened to your tirade on dump pouches and their common misuse. Which I have seen but dont to participate in, as I have a large pouch, that is designed and designated for carrying miscellaneous stuff, a buttpack. It also allows room for a small bit of sustainment items (like one mre) so I don't have to be married to the assault pack.

@Blakewater0326

Жыл бұрын

@@presidentmerkinmuffley6769 what if I told you that your butt pack is, at least in part, your assault load?

Very smart

Great vid. New sub. Wish you were my neighbor

Perhaps it can help to explain 3 mag chest rigs as police/SWAT load outs. Most people dont understand the difference or NEED that differentiates a full military load out. They only see "looks cool/lightweight". Understanding that these gunfights can last hours is key.

@Blakewater0326

2 жыл бұрын

Even in hours long fights, we found that when you shoot to shoot accurately you don't end up blowing through your ammo. Its the guys that think "suppressive fire!" and burn down mags in the direction of the enemy that end up going through their load out in a single fight and start carrying 16 mags as an infantryman. The problem wasn't enough ammo, it wasn't enough training.

@philliplopez1501

2 жыл бұрын

@@Blakewater0326 4 tours with 3rd SFG(a)... pleny of training, plentof ammo, plenty of accurate shooting. High magazine kit setups were common years back during jungle/dismounted/no resupply missions in high threat areas of operation. Kits evolved down to 6-8 mags for mobility and to reduce heat casualties as we transitioned to desert warfare. We learned to augment our kits/rucks with trucks, heavy weapons and emergency go-bags. Still never saw a three mag setup until i saw police running light versions of the military kit. I agree that training is key when considering how many mags a kit needs.

@Blakewater0326

2 жыл бұрын

@@philliplopez1501 excellent points about larger load outs when external support goes down. That's the idea, and so many people think that the GWOT they saw on social media is "the way".

Great video, can you go over what you carry in the chest rig?

@Blakewater0326

Жыл бұрын

That will be an upcoming video, next week.

I wish some IBCT commanders would see this video.

Great content enjoy the point of view. I do have a question. Why don’t you have everything past the 7th or 8th mag in your ruck? You always seem to think out your kit so I may have missed that part of the conversion. When I do my work set up I do what I think I’m going to need in a fight based on previous engagements and what I bring to sustain me. But that sustainment is in a bag or truck depending. If I missed the why to have it on my person somone please hit me back with a time stamp. Thank you great video

@Blakewater0326

Жыл бұрын

Not sure if I'm fully understanding your question, and as I filmed this video quite a while ago I'm not remembering exactly what I said. However, if we're talking about my chest rig and why I have all my mags on there I do believe that I express I chose to carry my mags on my fighting load and free up space in the ruck. It saves me time and effort having it all on the fighting load rather than distributed. Is it THE way of going about it, no not really. Many guys chose to put 4-6 mags in their ruck, though many did so sloppily, and under the guise of just wanting an easier chest rig to wear. I appreciated the weight distribution as well. 12 pounds of mags, 4-9 pounds of grenades (based on whether or not I was carrying 40mm), 5 pounds of water, 2 pounds of radio; roughly 30 pounds of fighting load on the high end. With an 80-100 pound ruck on my back, those 30 pounds feels quite nice. And when I would drop the ruck for leaders recon or actions in a hide site, I hardly noticed the weight of my fighting load. There is always more than one way to skin the cat.

@germanweatherman

Жыл бұрын

@@Blakewater0326 awesome that does answer my question. Thank you and keep up the content and talking about your point of view

You meantioned your "network" are these all former military who are like minded or civilian that are like minded. As a civilian i have a hard time finding people who are like minded and are willing to prepare for events that could arise that would require the use of such gear and the responsibilities that come along with it.

@Blakewater0326

5 ай бұрын

Primarily former military and some still active. I have the fortune of still living outside of base, as do many others once they retire from the service. And thanks to my travels training people that network grows in number and geographic area.

How do you find people in your community down for this sort of thing of logistics? I've talked to many people about prepping and everyone seems to just brush it off, as something where you buy things to prepare for emergencies. I'm finally getting into shape to ruck with the gear and no one i know wants to take part with me.

@Blakewater0326

Жыл бұрын

1. Approach it from the stance of general readiness, such as fire extinguishers and alarm systems. Build that into natural disaster supplies, and so on. Not everyone will be willing to go to the same lengths as you, and that's ok. Do what you can, with whom you can. 2. Find cooler friends by attending classes and networking.

Does a FLC fall into this category?

Do you not carry a sidearm or is that like a thigh rig type usecase?

@Blakewater0326

Жыл бұрын

I didn't pull out the gun belts, though I did mention that plate carriers go with gun belts to complete the load out. If I'm wearing the chest rig going into the bush for reconnaissance & surveillance work I wouldn't carry a pistol. It isn't needed, and only serves to create more complicated equipment problem and more items to secure and be accountable for. There's context into the why of carrying a pistol in conjunction with a rifle or carbine, media and video games has folks believing it's simply standard when it is not.

@forestnfren8146

Жыл бұрын

@@Blakewater0326 Yeah i think i've fallen victim to marketing to an extent. Appreciate the response, it was kinda what i was fearing. That i essentially have a secondary platform i've built around - that i dont really need. im not kicking in any doors lol. mandatory camping seems more likely.

@Blakewater0326

Жыл бұрын

@@forestnfren8146 camping and recreational stuff I'll carry a pistol rather than a rifle or carbine. This way I have it should I need it, though it's concealed and out of my hands so I can just enjoy the trip.

Dope vids, incorporate some lifting / functional fitness if possible thx

@Blakewater0326

2 жыл бұрын

Lots of subject matter experts out there for that. I can do some videos on how at least I choose to train though, that may give folks a starting point.

@sapper3619

2 жыл бұрын

@@Blakewater0326 appreciate it, lots of subject matter experts but more interested in your mindset and approach towards the fitness aspect of things.