buck1032

Loaded with grape shot, that should be able to take out whole groups of the undead, post haste. LOL

MattCary, I should have stated in my last post that due to protions of SERE training and pretty much all of ATAHS being classified, I am not at liberty to discuss that nor will I even field questions about it.

From my perspective this is Bigbabysweets gig and I am just here to help. So when and where is up to him. With that said I do have the standard lessons plans from SERE, ie navigation, fire craft, water procurement, food (plant and non plant) procurement, plant ID and survival usage, traps and snares, shelters, improvised gear and some others that may or may not be needed. I do not, or will want to present myself as the know all end all of survival. There is always something to learn to help combat the 7 deadly enemies of survival, 1- Thirst 2- Hunger 3- Temp 4- Boredom and Loneliness 5- Fatigue 6- Fear 7- Pain/Injury We could go over the lessons as they pertain to us, in TN and we could do a round robin discussion as it pertains the lessons as well as other ideas that will help improve a person’s knowledge and skills. I do have a lot of plant books that could be passed around, but I am afraid that most of them contain info of the S/W portion of the US. For a little background on myself, I retired from the Navy in 05. In 97 I snagged a set of orders to the SERE school at NASNI. I taught Survival and Evasion (S/E) for 2 years and I spent my last year there in Training where I supported S/E and the RTL (the R/E portion of training). I also taught DEST (Desert Environmental Survival Training) and what was called at the time ATAHS (Anti-Terrorism and Hostile Government Survival). These days it’s called PTAHS or something to that effect. LOL And if we can make this happen I could burn a CD with the US military survival manuals for those that attend. Now about my online name, buck1032. My last name is Rogers and anyone who has spent time in the service knows a nickname can stick pretty fast. The 1032 is a 4/per rev vibe on the H-60 helo (I was an Aircraft Machinist Mate by trade) So Buck followed me around for 20 years. No one outside TN knows me by my given name, Dale. So feel free to call me Buck or Dale whatever strikes your fancy. LOL

Awesome! Congrats mom and dad! Enjoy the little lady while you can. You will blink an eye a few times then she will be walking and climbing over everything! Buck (stay at home dad to a 5 y/o son)

At this point in my life, it would be better for me if you set a date and let me work on clearing my schedule for that date. Who knew that once I retired and became a stay at home dad I would be this freaking busy. LOL

For fire starting, as with almost all skills takes practice. The more primitive, the more practice required to master that skill. All friction fire starting methods can take a long time to get started and they require the right materials under the right conditions to create heat to make a fire. I always carry a magnesium block, one in the truck, one in the car, one on each motorcycle. There will be naysayers out there that will dismiss the mag block. It can used to start a fire in just about any environmental condition. It burns at over 3k degrees and can be used to dry out your tinder and kindling. One other thing folks should think about in their kits is dual use items. It has already been mentioned that vaseline and cotton makes for outstanding tinder. In my first aid kits I keep vaseline gauze packs. While they have really fallen out of favor in the First Aid world they make excellent, readily available fire starting kits. Take the gauze, cut a small (1/2 in or so) X in the center of the package. Tuft up the gauze, light it with whatever means you have available and depending on the size of the X you cut a large gauze pad can burn like a candle for an hour or so. What I used it for when I was at SERE, on cold rainy days I would pull my gauze pad out, light it off with that mag block, sit on my knees and set that lit gauze between my legs to warm up my femoral arteries. When warmed, pick up the pad, fold it in half, extinguish the fire, slide it the pocket and move along. A very quick and easy positive attitude boost.

I understand that website is hosting your pictures, however I am not a member and cannot view them. This is what I get WhiteBlaze - Appalachian Trail when I click an image.

I am not a member of that site, therfore I am not allowed to view your attachments. I would like to see your holster, though.

You ever get over to Luling? Try City Market there and get the ribs. Your tummy with thank me.

Well let me throw my $0.02 in. I would like to join you all as I have a "little" bit of background in this area. I was a USN SERE Inst (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) in the late 90's. I could provide the resourses we used and offer up what I know as it pertains to the Survival and some of the Evasion portion. My problem will be whether or not I can make it and that would depend on how much lead time I had to plan on attending.

I wouldnt think having the top ranked dirty hotel in the nation would be a good thing. Forbes list of top 10 dirty hotels America's Dirtiest Hotels

While I love my stock seat on my Springer (I was riding a 73 Ironhead with the classic skinny king/queen seat, so ANY thing is more comfortable) try to sit on a few different seat before you buy the Sundowner. You may also might want to check out Mustang seats. I put one on the wifes Sporty and really liked it.

Congrats on the Road King! Is it stock? Stage 1? Built? Is it carb'ed or EFI? If you ride "easy" (no jack rabbit starts, or WOT blazzing) you should be pleasantly surprised at your MPG. When I long haul (800 mile days) on my 01 FX Springer I average in the high 40's.

2105 on 27 Jul

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What are friends for? LOL When I was in I LOVED getting any and all info I could about students. Back then (96-2000) the internet was a different animal and information was a bit harder to come by. Anyway, I checked out the USN SERE site and here's the list posted for them. It has changed from when I was there. https://www.netc.navy.mil/centers/csf/_documents/SERE_REQUIRED_AND_RECOMMENDED_ITEMS.pdf I am going to shoot you a PM.

That knife would more than sufficent. You could probably go to the 336th Training Groups website and poke around till you found the list of items one is allowed to bring. But please keep in mind there is a chance you could lose it. You will use your knife for more than cutting so if you are afraid of damaging your Gerber take something else. You are rather early in the process to be worring about such things though. Before you go there you will get the info you need to report prepared to train. Again I was a Navy SERE Inst. and your school may be a little different. You were allowed to bring cammie paint, flashlight, knife, what ever boots you want, etc. As far as boots go, if your issued boots will be steel toed, take something else. Trust me on that one. LOL

At this point I can guarantee certain people at Fairchild WILL read this thread in the future. LOL

Ding, Ding, Ding! We have a winner!

And I really, really want what ever "hunting" rifle the convict was using since it "could hit targets two to four miles away."

Boots and knives are subjective. What I like may not be the best for you. Do you think you will be going in the winter? That would determine what boots I wore. but what ever I wore I would make darn sure they fit well and were broken in. If the rules are the same I believe you are only allowed to take a fixed bladed knife. Also keep in mind that you may lose it so I would not take a $400 kife out there. You will also be allowed to take a flash light. Keep it small and use a colored lens. Red is good but depending on the maps you will be using it may bleed out the contour lines. When I was instructing there I kept a green lense on my map light. Yes I lost the ability to see vegatation on the map, but I was on that course every week for three years and I knew where the vegatation was at. LOL

Cool! I'll have to get my 4 year old son a Cricket one of these days. But till then his first two rifles were a Belgium Browning Safari Grade (late 50 manufactur) in 375 H&H and a Pre-64 Win Model 70 in .270. Yes I told the wife they were for OUR son.

I love this rendition

Awesome. LOL

I was going through boxes in the basement last week looking for stuff and ran accross a box of old cassettes and I have been getting reaquinted to Joan Armatrading this past week. http://youtu.be/TEKEX60kj7E