Ground team gear list
Your personal gear is split up into two sperate 'packs': your 24-hour pack and your 72-hour pack. Your 24-hour pack is your search load and survival gear. As its name implies, this pack should allow you to survive for atleast 24 hours incase you become lost and/or injuried while in the field. You 72-hour pack is your existance load. This should allow you to survive comfortably for 72 hours. The main points to note on both of these packs is that there is no 'right' or 'wrong' style of pack; rather, use whatever works for you, but be sure that you can carry it comfortably, because (especially in the case of your 24-hour pack), you will be wearing it a lot.
Your 24-hour pack, as mentioned, is your search load and survival gear. This is the pack that you will be wearing, or have within arms reach, at all times while in the field. There are no formal requirements for the type of gear that you use. Many people prefer military issue web gear, load bearing equipment (LBEs), or load bearing vests (LBVs), although a backpack will work fine. Use whatever works for you, just make sure you have the required equipment.
24-hour pack
-Items marked with a 'T' are required items for trainees.
- On your person
- Complete BDUs in accordance with CAPM 39-1, with BDU cap (T)
- Notepad and pen/pencil (2 pens/pencils are better than 1)(T)
- ALL CAP identification, including CAP ID card, 101 cards, ROA, First Aid, etc(T)
- Watch (T)
- Hankerchief or tissues
- Reflective orange vest (T)
- Comb or brush (T if you have hair that needs it)
- Ground Team Member's Handbook
- Signal Mirror
- Wistle
- Pocket or utility knife. NO K-Bars, Machetes, Rambo Knives, etc. Lethermans, Gerbers or Swiss Army type knives/tools are recommended (T)
- Search Load (web-gear, etc)
- First Aid Kit, containing
- 2 anti-septic cleansing pads
- Antiseptic ointment
- 6 Band-Aids
- Moleskin
- Rollar Bandage
- 2 large safty pins
- 4 gauze pads
- Triangular Bandage
- First aid tape
- Personal medication. Make sure your team leader knows about it and where you have it (T)
- 5 - 10 ft of Duct Tape (roll it around a pencil or stick)
- Large leaf bag
- 12 waterproof matches in a waterproof container (T)
- 1 chemical light stick (chemlight) (T)
- 50' of nylon cord (paracord) (T)
- Change of socks (T)
- 1 roll of flagging tape
- Flashlight with red lense and spare bulb and batteries (T)
- Spare flashlight
- Insect repellant
- Lip balm and sunscreen
- Tissue paper (T)
- Leather work gloves (T)
- Blank interview forms
- 4 moist toweletes
- Phone card, cell phone, or change, to call mission base
- 2 meals (T)
- Shelter material
- Coat if necessary (T)
- Poncho (T)
- 2 Quarts of water (T)
- Compass pouch and compass (T)
- Complete BDUs in accordance with CAPM 39-1, with BDU cap (T)
- Notepad and pen/pencil (2 pens/pencils are better than 1)(T)
- ALL CAP identification, including CAP ID card, 101 cards, ROA, First Aid, etc(T)
- Watch (T)
- Hankerchief or tissues
- Reflective orange vest (T)
- Comb or brush (T if you have hair that needs it)
- Ground Team Member's Handbook
- Signal Mirror
- Wistle
- Pocket or utility knife. NO K-Bars, Machetes, Rambo Knives, etc. Lethermans, Gerbers or Swiss Army type knives/tools are recommended (T)
- First Aid Kit, containing
- 2 anti-septic cleansing pads
- Antiseptic ointment
- 6 Band-Aids
- Moleskin
- Rollar Bandage
- 2 large safty pins
- 4 gauze pads
- Triangular Bandage
- First aid tape
- Personal medication. Make sure your team leader knows about it and where you have it (T)
- 5 - 10 ft of Duct Tape (roll it around a pencil or stick)
- Large leaf bag
- 12 waterproof matches in a waterproof container (T)
- 1 chemical light stick (chemlight) (T)
- 50' of nylon cord (paracord) (T)
- Change of socks (T)
- 1 roll of flagging tape
- Flashlight with red lense and spare bulb and batteries (T)
- Spare flashlight
- Insect repellant
- Lip balm and sunscreen
- Tissue paper (T)
- Leather work gloves (T)
- Blank interview forms
- 4 moist toweletes
- Phone card, cell phone, or change, to call mission base
- 2 meals (T)
- Shelter material
- Coat if necessary (T)
- Poncho (T)
- 2 Quarts of water (T)
- Compass pouch and compass (T)