Question for you vets out there

[88m]

The Ruck thread got me feeling a bit nostalgic tonight. I got to thinking –always a bad sign- what was 2 things I never ever left behind and had to have with me. I am talking none issue here btw.

1. Was my leather man I would have been lost with out this handy tool and to this day always have it with me.

2. Tabasco sauce. Without this fiery red potion of life I would have surely starved to death. I used it on everything to the point I remember putting it on T-rat bread pudding and not being able to tell it wasn’t eggs and meat lol.


So what 2 things NONE ISSUE did you always have with you to make life just a bit easier.

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[ecbaatz]

Me it was my Kershaw knife and a mini-maglite. It gets dark on a submarine when the lights go out.

Eric
EM1(SS) retired

[phaed]

baby wipes, and prescription oakleys.

[SIXTO]

Leatherman and a 20 dollar bill.

(the 20 allowed me to get pretty much whatever else I might need from someone who had brought it)

[AZ Husker]

Spare cigarettes for trading.
A real can opener (not the knuckle busting P38) for opening C-rations

[walvord]

My P38 and ration card for cigs, booze, & gasoline. I was in USAEUR.

[raevan]

I was in at adifferent time and place but I always had my Buck 110 folder and
Opinal #8 folder.

[SatCong]

I was in at adifferent time and place but I always had my Buck 110 folder and
Opinal #8 folder.

Are you Navy?

[retsupt99]

An 'ironed' cloth napkin, and a 'two-room' suite...

I was a Coastie Officer...

[Final Option]

Swiss Army knife (carrying the same one for 30 years) and a small flashlight.

[Cupcake]

Bologna sandwich. I can count on one hand the number of times I couldn't get to a chow hall. (USAF)

[LastManOut]

A Buck folding knife (razor sharp and smooth to open) and a Zippo.

[shunt]

Gerber Gator on my belt and a p38 on my key ring... I still carry both with me..

[David in FL]

+ 1 on the Tabasco sauce.....

.....and, laugh if you like, but once we went to the Kevlar helmets, I always carried a small metal mixing bowl with me. My wash bowl..... I still have that sucker and take it to my daughter's class when I talk every year on Veterans Day. The kids love it!

[ronwill]

Originally would be a P38, however, when MRE's became the meal of choice it would be the Tobasco sauce. Without that sauce many meals would have been throw aways. I also still have a mini Leatherman that I've kept for many years.