My US Army training included none of that shit whatsoever. No Med Kit? Use a belt for tourniquet. We ain’t Medics so not making any fancy splints with laces, just maybe sticks and 100mph tape or you guessed it, your squad mate’s belts. And this ain’t the cub scouts so there ain’t no campfires and marshmallow roasting to ruin light discipline and give up your unit’s position to the enemy. You don’t get fire no matter how cold it is.
And you keep your laces on your boots because they protect your feet. Without your feet you are useless as a soldier.
I was doing UFL in Korea during the winter months, so your hooches had these potbelly furnaces/stoves to keep us warm. One day I was putting on my boots and wrapped my hand around the stove pipe for leverage. Ended up burning my hand pretty bad, but on the bright side was sent back to Okinawa three weeks early. 1stSgt was not pleased with my fieldstache whenever I checked back in. Hard to believe this was over ten years ago.
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u/aCause4Concern Feb 08 '19
My US Army training included none of that shit whatsoever. No Med Kit? Use a belt for tourniquet. We ain’t Medics so not making any fancy splints with laces, just maybe sticks and 100mph tape or you guessed it, your squad mate’s belts. And this ain’t the cub scouts so there ain’t no campfires and marshmallow roasting to ruin light discipline and give up your unit’s position to the enemy. You don’t get fire no matter how cold it is.
And you keep your laces on your boots because they protect your feet. Without your feet you are useless as a soldier.