Steve, I have been following your videos for months. 3 years ago I was diagnosed with throat cancer. Long story short (for now). I finished up 7 harsh weeks of Chemo and Radiation on October 14th. I actually haven’t had solid foods since my 53rd birthday in May and probably want for at least another 6 months. It will depend on my tongue and throats ability to swallow. Right now, everything in my throat is fried from the 35 treatments. But as crazy as it sounds I have found some incredible joy in your videos. I have watched them all some multiple times. At the moment my tastebuds are not working, so I could not taste food if I wanted to. But you my friend give the absolute best description of meals, spices, smells. I love your humor, I love your willingness to try things that you know are going to taste horrible. You my friend are the master MRE host. I chose you to be my inspiration through this journey. Please keep,it up, do not change who,you are. Please forgive my poor grammar. I will just blame it on a liquid diet and lots of medication. You don’t even have to post letter this it’s ok. I just needed you to know you are doing things for people in the world that far exceed anything you ever intended. Thanks and God Bless.
Hey ruzelme2, That is an amazing road to healing and recovery - I am very sorry for the pain and difficulty you are going through. But am glad these videos can take the edge off of the pain and discomfort you are dealing with. I hope your healing goes as smooth as possible and you can eat some solid foods soon! Thank you so much for this inspiring message - I will always work hard at bringing you new videos to enjoy. Take care and see you around!
ruzelme2, I hope you're doing better bud. "Lord, have mercy and bring healing to this man, my brother in Christ. Restore his taste buds and ability to eat and enjoy his food. Give him hope. Give him your peace and long, healthy life. Amen" Sir, if you read this, please give an update. I want to hear how you're doing. RJ
PS - my mistake on the IR light and chem light - those are only viewable through night vision - huge thanks to Bushcraft Survival for the tip! Learn something new every day. No wonder we couldn't see those - kinda wish I'd had a night vision option on the camera to view them! Maybe next time.
While we are on the subject: those tinder blocks will light with a flint striker, you just have to use a knife to shave off bits of it and light the bits first, then light the rest of the block with the burning bits. After the block is on fire you can add a few sticks and make a larger fire. I have a bunch of those in my camping and survival gear.
Steve1989MREInfo i want to say something weird that i noticed. Your fingernails are in much better shape and i appreciate uou putting care into them. I approve.
Hey Steve. USAF medic here. The self adhering bandage is called coban. It’s used as both gauze/bandage securement, and as a pressure application source for improvised pressure dressings. It’s used in hospital and in field. Thought you may enjoying hearing about it.
Packed in Harrisonburg, VA at Friendship Industries. Great company! Every person who works on these kits have a disability. Proud of the USAF for contracting with them.
I've been to Virginia Industries for the Blind and they do similar work. Not packing these kits specifically but they employ blind folks to do similar types of work for gov contracts.
The IR chem lights were used weekly for us in Afghanistan (Marine) When you attach an IR chem light to a cord and spin it fast enough it looks like a glowing circle for the helo pilots overhead. Its actually called a "buzz-saw" We used them all the time for re-supply as the area we stayed at was inaccessible for ground vehicles. Great vids man!
Improvised but it’s something that’s taught to be used as night time beacon for a landing zone. We also used a very powerful laser we called the “Dazzler” to mark the LZs
I am a USAF Aircrew Flight Equipment technician, I deal with these specific modules as part of my job, the new survival and medical modules are slightly different, lacking the water purification tablets. The chem stick is not visible to the naked eye as it produces an IR glow. Just as a bit of extra information these modules are not issued by themselves to aircrew, instead they are tied in to a larger survival kit/vest. The types of kits/vests are determined by the type of aircraft they are to be used on and the components inside the kits/vests are determined by the MAJCOM/base.
Whine and cheese filled with morphine. I know, your survival vest knives still had the cork pullers for the Merlot in their helmet bags. Huge respect for your crew chiefs, not to be fucked with.
Thank God an expert weighed in. I was flight crew on C-130s and C-141s and I was cringing at the descriptions, but then again we had the old cold war era survival kits.
I love how the bug repellent says to keep away from children... if you have children with you behind enemy lines then you've got bigger things to worry about than them getting hold of the bug repellent.
Hey everybody, it's great to be back & things going back to normal after Hurricane Irma. All is well - and my apologies in the delay on videos. This week we are starting with this USAF SERE kit and a Portuguese Navy 24hr Ration. And I have more videos ready to hit publish including a 1950 survival ration with cigarettes. So stay tuned! Hope you all are well, including those who were hit from hurricanes Harvey & Irma. My thoughts are with you and all the best to things getting back to nice & normal. -Steve
Steve1989MREInfo hey been watching your videos the past few days already subscribed I've always wondered what did our soldiers eated back in the day and with your channel I finally been able to find out
Steve1989MREInfo I've been waiting and I'm glad your back :) p.S I work with someone that was in the army from 77 to 88 and he said they would eat the rations that were packed in ww2
Steve I was in the special forces and I've been in several SERE situations. I want to inform you about the chemlight. It is believed that impromptu rave parties (even when in hostile environments) can help boost morale. Other packs included whistles, kanye sunglasses and glitter canons. Users are expected to make their own music.
I feel like when Steve goes to family reunions, when they have dinner, he dumps the food plate onto a tray he brought and describes it to his relatives
Information for you about the QuikClot Combat Gauze; the blue zigzag line going down the middle of it is an indicator that can be seen with an X-ray, so when someone with a deep wound finally makes it to a hospital, they can see the extent of the damaged, the depth of the wound and what to expect before pulling it out. It seems like you enjoy learning about these things and I’ve always thought that was kind’ve interesting.
The other day I was hiking through the woods, I looked down & there was a 3-4 foot long snake slithering between my shoes. I stood still while remaining quiet until I heard a noise from it... I had to say "NICE HISS"
The orange capped light is for regular night vision, so you can see at night - the red light is hard for the bad guys to see at a distance, but lets you see and your eyes can adjust to the darkness after you turn if off pretty fast - the light that did not seem to work, was the IR light and can only be seen with NVG’s
Love watching this kind of stuff. Signal mirror is surprisingly easy to use, just think how easy it is to use your watch face to direct sunlight when it hits it. Always fun to blind your friends like that, same method just a bigger reflective surface. Shine the light on your hand while held in front of you and point your hand at search aircraft. Viola!
The H bandage is built to absorb up to a pint of blood so you’re not track by your blood trail if you’re shot. It can at least get you a good half a mile depending on how bad the wound is, before you start dripping again, but most ppl pass out about a pint and a half into bleeding and that’s when you know they don’t have much time left to get to a MASH. You’re body stops after two pints of blood.
Steves top ten; 10 ".M' kay" 9. "Thats rank" 8. "Thats a hard hitter" 7. Random smiles at camera when smoking cigarette . 6. "Something new ....or old" 5. "See ya" 4. "Cool" 3. "Lets get this out onto a tray" 2. "Nice Hiss" 1. "Nice"
dj22356 I would drop 5 for Lightly Sweet™, and possibly drop another for Standard. Good choices, a nice balance of expressions, exceptional quality, some of the best out there, OK. 👌 👍
Your sound and graphics editing for your cup and drink stirring sounds with your spoon clinking are literally perfect. One of my favorite parts of your vids, other than the fact that it’s a new vid!
The sticky camo wrap, its called coflex, we actually wrap our horse legs with it and use it as a medical wrap. You can get it pretty cheap in any color at your local farm store, tractor supply, and it says its for horses but its awesome to use on kids when they have a sprain or what not. I always have a box of different colors on hand because it will hold wires together behind your tv and entertainment system or wrap a bat handle with and then use the sports tape and makes it softer. Whats really nice is the coflex is stretchy and sticks to itself, no extra tape or pins needed on the go!
Funny how all the Kits on Ebay DO NOT list the Leatherman as part of the pack. Bullshit. They are keeping it for themselves and pretending it didnt come with one.
That “standard light” you thought was broken was actually a top secret energy weapon. You unknowingly killed the neighbor’s cat and three birds flying by.
The lil "do-all nubbin" on the Leatherman Squirt is a phillips screwdriver. Works pretty well in a pinch. I used mine earlier today when I was swapping bits and pieces in an old computer :)
I was confused by the black-and-white face reflecting in the small "cap mirror" at 6:40 for a couple seconds, and thought you had snuck something in there; but then saw your T-shirt was the source LOL
I loved these. I was USAF Para Rescue for 15 years. You are correct like Christmas. You know who really love them, 9 year old grandsons wanting to be USAF one day. It is the ultimate Christmas present for a kid.
We had a hurricane in FL around that time last year - all that was left in the stores was Fiji. So when I stocked up on water, there was a surplus of Fiji in the house.
@@Steve1989MRE Artesian electrolytes. Also, it's pronounced more like Kay-oh-lynn vs cow-lynn. It's basically twice baked kitty litter, being Kaolin clay. Same stuff gets superheated and spun like cotton candy into Kaowool refractory insulation for furnaces. Fun stuff. Basically just a metric ton of surface area for platelets and coagulation factors to bind, and virtually nobody is allergic to it, as opposed to some of the other rapid coagulant materials that are based on chitin, most often derived from shellfish.
Red light is not infrared. Is to be used during night operations to read maps and etc. that way the enemy is not as likely to see your position as a normal flash light would give your position away immediately because of how bright it is. The other light that doesn’t work however is a infrared light that can only be seen through NVGs or any other kind of night vision device. If you turn all the lights off and you turn the light on and hold it up to your eye you will be able to make out the infrared light but just barely.
Also a note, the infared Cylalume Chemlight would likewise not be visible to the human eye or that camera he's using that has a hot filter to block infrared range light.
Steve1989MREInfo anytime man I come from a long line of military men sadly couldnt join due to a crohnic illness but I'm still very interested in all things armed forces and your videos just have that wholesome, genuine, love for your hobby and educating people. There have been times I've come across rations with others wondering how old they are and needless to say they were impressed with that bit of random info! Keep doing what you do brother, may your rations cans hiss, and your trays be full.
The 1960s pilot survival kit you reviewed had more versatile medical contents to meet pilots needs, with the exception of modern stuff like the combat gauze
Came here late to this video but glad someone squared you away WRT the proper terminology, function and use of those IR VS Visible Red finger lights. If you send me the "Non-functional" one I can check it out and let you know if it is still viable then ship it back to you. Lemme know if you want to proceed. It's always good to see folks who never served in the Military take an interest in what those of us who have served or are still serving are supplied with to do our jobs. Keep up the good work, Sir.
Great pack. Though, we humans can't see Infrared light with the naked eye. We can sense it, just not see it. That light was literally just red. And it's red, because it's intended for night purposes. The human eyes can see most at night with a red light, due to the longer wavelengths of the light, whilst it remaining much less bright and less noticeable because of it. Whilst we see more differences in colour from greens to blues, which eventually form all colours into white light. The brightest, and most noticeable. With that said; if the red light is particularly powerful, you can see it for miles, as the human eyes are also most sensitive to red colours. So that little torch wasn't nearly powerful enough for, let's say, a search party 100metres away to notice, but a flare would be up to five miles or more. hence why emergency flares are red. Ontop of that; red lights like those effect our natural night vision the least. So you can use them without having to readjust your eyes again. And, of course, there's the added advantage of red lights needing much less charge to operate.
Yes, my thoughts exactly. The camera couldn't pick up the glow stick's infrared because of the IR blocking filter that cameras come with. I've seen some people remove those to make a very rudimentary infrared camera, but I've also seen a surprising number of people think that infra red is just, well... red 🤦♂️.
The best thing to do with the flint wheel, which you can also do with any flint style lighter, is to rotate the wheel slowly on an angle. Enough to grind the flint to powder but not fast enough to cause it to ignite. Keep the wheel turning till you've got a little pile of flint dust and then, holding the flint wheel close, strike it properly so it sparks. The sparks will hit the flint dust pile and cause it to flash creating good localised heat for lighting tinder. :)
That is really cool that the Leatherman Squirt PS4 is included. I have a few of them. They're great tools. It's one of those "don't leave home without it" sort of things. It's so handy, one resides in my tool pouch at work.
15:49 From the look and your description, that's basically an ACE bandage. Good for wrapping sprains, possible use as a sling if you have enough length, and you could use it to keep gauze in place (the use you suggested).
I'd really like to see a 4 inch section of a chainsaw file, added to kits like these. Maybe take a page out of those laser cut metal survival cards as well. A couple of fish hooks, a spear point and or frog gig, I've seen them with handcuff keys as well. Also, the lack of cordage upsets me.
I'm amazed there was no needle and thread in the med kit for closing any major gash wounds. And equally suprized there was no pain reducing medication even as simple as paracetamol advil etc.
Hi , in a pinch he has 4 daiper pins , and alcohol swipes , it's a speed stitch , also of note , after a solid smack adrenaline covers the pain quite well about a minute and a half . Two bandanas to apply pressure .
Tnx (again) for opening these … i watched this in a jumbled order (Vietnam, WOII, This), and i must say that there are clearly some changes made in regards to both the gear in these types of kit, and the amount of it. F/e the sunburn thing, it's almost a laughable amount if you were to actually need it, unless you just need to SERE for a day. Same with the bug repellant tbh… Again, really appreciate you opening these types of items and filming them.
No Steve you don't need to put it on a tray! Ha! All in all pretty good. I am dissapointed the reg led didn't work. Ty man! As always upbeat and happy! It's why I watch!
Steve, I love your videos. I am a USAF enlisted aviator and I found your videos when I was in initial qual training a few years ago. I was shooting the shit with our aircrew flight equipment guys and they asked if I wanted to pick through their old/soon to be expired gear. Picked up one of the medical kits in addition to some other goodies. Excellent to keep in a bug out bag considering I am familiar with the contents inside. Keep up the great videos
When using the wetfire cut them in half. When you do that it makes them easier to light with a fire striker. You can also get them from Wal-Mart in the camping section.
I didn't check if anybody already ststed, but i guess the black "not working" LED-light is actually a IR-Light for use with NVG. Great review also, really enjoy it everytime!
Freezing the signal light MAY bring a small bit of life to the thing. It has worked for chemlights in the past in my experience. Love your content Steve, thank you so much for sharing
Given how much technology has changed since Vietnam, it makes sense these kits would be tailored for ensuring a speedy search and rescue, but the lack of pharmaceuticals especially compared to the '67 kit is really surprising. I'd have expected at least a 24-hour supply of non-thinning OTC painkillers, anti-diarrheals, and energy gel...unless I'm missing something, and there's a mission-specific survival kit to be paired with this.
Love the 1-800 number on a couple of the items. "Hello? Yeah, I'm about 100 miles behind enemy lines and I had a question about your moist towelettes...." 😄
the Chem Light is to be used at night and it is a IR Chem light that can only be seen with night vison gear like the little IR led light not the little red light
Well, it's better than what we had in the 80's. This looks what MAC pilots and their aircrews get. Combat pilots get the vest. Do to budget costs, everybody else gets nothing. Ground crew and security forces get jack shit. We had to supply our own survival gear. I got a first- aid pouch and empty plastic container with a note of what items that I should carry in .
Diebulfrog79 all aircrew get a survival vest with these two kits in them. Fighter pilots wear the vest while they fly by heavy aircraft pilots have their vest in a container on the aircraft.
Back in the late 70's and early 80's. We bitch so much, that the joint forces put out a report in Nov 1979 about the state of survival gear in the army, the navy, and the air force. (See Google) It was a total mess, There would be outdated kits going back to the Korea War, or no kits, many had notes kits will be coming that was dated 1969. No quality control, some kits were rotten by heat, aged, or moisture, worse kits that had vermin in it. Sometime during budget cuts, you got a "survival manual" that came out of your pay, a nylon first - aid pouch with an empty plastic container with a note of items that you can find at the base PX. Only pilots and their aircrew got training and gear. After 1982, things got better. No more damned notes.
The sticky camo wrap is the same stuff that can be found in an equine supply store. Southern states and tractor supply co have it in multiple colors. Usually rather inexpensive.
The chem light probably needs snapped. I could be wrong on that particular one. But, chem lights need snapped to break the module inside to mix with the rest to create the illumination reaction.
When it's IR, it looks bright as regular white light under NVGs. Naked eyes and regular optics like cameras can't see it, but anyone with NVGs can, even peer enemy forces. I like using them during night flights under goggles. IR chemlights are great for marking positions.
Steve,
I have been following your videos for months. 3 years ago I was diagnosed with throat cancer. Long story short (for now). I finished up 7 harsh weeks of Chemo and Radiation on October 14th. I actually haven’t had solid foods since my 53rd birthday in May and probably want for at least another 6 months. It will depend on my tongue and throats ability to swallow. Right now, everything in my throat is fried from the 35 treatments.
But as crazy as it sounds I have found some incredible joy in your videos. I have watched them all some multiple times. At the moment my tastebuds are not working, so I could not taste food if I wanted to. But you my friend give the absolute best description of meals, spices, smells. I love your humor, I love your willingness to try things that you know are going to taste horrible. You my friend are the master MRE host.
I chose you to be my inspiration through this journey. Please keep,it up, do not change who,you are.
Please forgive my poor grammar. I will just blame it on a liquid diet and lots of medication. You don’t even have to post letter this it’s ok. I just needed you to know you are doing things for people in the world that far exceed anything you ever intended.
Thanks and God Bless.
Hey ruzelme2,
That is an amazing road to healing and recovery - I am very sorry for the pain and difficulty you are going through. But am glad these videos can take the edge off of the pain and discomfort you are dealing with.
I hope your healing goes as smooth as possible and you can eat some solid foods soon!
Thank you so much for this inspiring message - I will always work hard at bringing you new videos to enjoy.
Take care and see you around!
ruzelme2 Hope you are well God keep you in his grace
Steve1989MREInfo your Channel is the best MRE Channel in my humble opinion your a great culinary Historian
ruzelme2, I hope you're doing better bud. "Lord, have mercy and bring healing to this man, my brother in Christ. Restore his taste buds and ability to eat and enjoy his food. Give him hope. Give him your peace and long, healthy life. Amen"
Sir, if you read this, please give an update. I want to hear how you're doing. RJ
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PS - my mistake on the IR light and chem light - those are only viewable through night vision - huge thanks to Bushcraft Survival for the tip! Learn something new every day. No wonder we couldn't see those - kinda wish I'd had a night vision option on the camera to view them! Maybe next time.
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While we are on the subject: those tinder blocks will light with a flint striker, you just have to use a knife to shave off bits of it and light the bits first, then light the rest of the block with the burning bits. After the block is on fire you can add a few sticks and make a larger fire. I have a bunch of those in my camping and survival gear.
Steve1989MREInfo i want to say something weird that i noticed. Your fingernails are in much better shape and i appreciate uou putting care into them. I approve.
If you want to see the IR light, you can use your cellphone camera. Cellphone cameras will show an IR light source as a bright white.
+Tim Woodbridge who says that
Hey Steve. USAF medic here. The self adhering bandage is called coban. It’s used as both gauze/bandage securement, and as a pressure application source for improvised pressure dressings. It’s used in hospital and in field. Thought you may enjoying hearing about it.
I still love the israeli bandage
Steve should add an element of realism to this. *cuts his leg all up & opens the medkit* "Ok, lets get this out onto a gaping wound.....NICE!"
bwahahahaha...lets test this tournekit....slams arm in the door.
LMAO
Needed that today! Great comments
Nice hiss
@@aaronrichards2842 nice!
Packed in Harrisonburg, VA at Friendship Industries. Great company! Every person who works on these kits have a disability. Proud of the USAF for contracting with them.
That’s racist.
@@xploration1437 what-
I've been to Virginia Industries for the Blind and they do similar work. Not packing these kits specifically but they employ blind folks to do similar types of work for gov contracts.
@@sd5706 he's kidding
@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 That's sexist. You must be part of the matriacrhy.
The IR chem lights were used weekly for us in Afghanistan (Marine) When you attach an IR chem light to a cord and spin it fast enough it looks like a glowing circle for the helo pilots overhead. Its actually called a "buzz-saw" We used them all the time for re-supply as the area we stayed at was inaccessible for ground vehicles. Great vids man!
Was that improvised by the ground men or was it designed for that purpose homie?
Improvised but it’s something that’s taught to be used as night time beacon for a landing zone. We also used a very powerful laser we called the “Dazzler” to mark the LZs
I am a USAF Aircrew Flight Equipment technician, I deal with these specific modules as part of my job, the new survival and medical modules are slightly different, lacking the water purification tablets. The chem stick is not visible to the naked eye as it produces an IR glow.
Just as a bit of extra information these modules are not issued by themselves to aircrew, instead they are tied in to a larger survival kit/vest. The types of kits/vests are determined by the type of aircraft they are to be used on and the components inside the kits/vests are determined by the MAJCOM/base.
Thank God because that kit seemed incomplete.
What flight vest do USAF pilots wear ???
Whine and cheese filled with morphine. I know, your survival vest knives still had the cork pullers for the Merlot in their helmet bags. Huge respect for your crew chiefs, not to be fucked with.
Thank God an expert weighed in. I was flight crew on C-130s and C-141s and I was cringing at the descriptions, but then again we had the old cold war era survival kits.
Was wondering if the aqua tablets would be replaced with "life straws", a water filtration system.
*Steve bites bandage*
-Ughhh oh God, it's stale and...I gotta take another bite
*Bites plastic packaging*
Nice wholesome, plastic undertones.
sadbuttrue319 you gotta love Steve
Hahahah Alberto!
That is perfect
Hi I'm Lucy, You have 176 subs with no videos or playlist, that's good work.
The Wandering Dovahkiin idk she is hot. An who isn't horny?
I love how the bug repellent says to keep away from children... if you have children with you behind enemy lines then you've got bigger things to worry about than them getting hold of the bug repellent.
it's probably not made exclusively for the army.
@@alexm566 It was just funny to see.
7 hours of bug repellant. That isn’t very long.
@@BlackSoap361 It's enough for a reasonable sleep.
@@BlackSoap361 that entire kit looka cheap as hell anyway. Compared to the SR21, this is a walmart survival kit right here. Wouldnt trust my ass on it
Doctor: Congratulations Steve, you became a father.
Steve: Nice, let's get this out onto a tray.
aleksandar maksic nice!
Brst je mogao nokte da iseče, gledqj na početku videa
****RIPS UMBILICAL CORD**** nice hiss!
Steve I can see you at a family gathering. "Hey Grandma, the turkey and dressing look great. Let's get that on a tray."
nice
okay
Steve1989MREInfo And this is why you're awesome; you even know what kind of joke we're going for.
@@jakzine540 the man doubles as a meme of himself
Nice! 🤗
Hey everybody, it's great to be back & things going back to normal after Hurricane Irma. All is well - and my apologies in the delay on videos.
This week we are starting with this USAF SERE kit and a Portuguese Navy 24hr Ration. And I have more videos ready to hit publish including a 1950 survival ration with cigarettes.
So stay tuned! Hope you all are well, including those who were hit from hurricanes Harvey & Irma. My thoughts are with you and all the best to things getting back to nice & normal. -Steve
Steve1989MREInfo Steve! Im glad you didn't die!!!
Oh, that's right, you live in Florida, don't you? I hope your place is okay!
I wonder what happened to you Steve I finally get another Steve mre video
Steve1989MREInfo hey been watching your videos the past few days already subscribed I've always wondered what did our soldiers eated back in the day and with your channel I finally been able to find out
Steve1989MREInfo I've been waiting and I'm glad your back :) p.S I work with someone that was in the army from 77 to 88 and he said they would eat the rations that were packed in ww2
The signal item is IR also and cannot be seen with the naked eye. Need NVG’s to see it. Same as the “not working” finger light.
afaik he put the camera into IR
Agreed. I thought it may have worked but couldn't be seen by the naked eye
Steve I was in the special forces and I've been in several SERE situations. I want to inform you about the chemlight. It is believed that impromptu rave parties (even when in hostile environments) can help boost morale. Other packs included whistles, kanye sunglasses and glitter canons. Users are expected to make their own music.
This comment is winning still
Good thing there's a bottle opener on the multitool!
@@Scubadog_ There are bottle openers everywhere. The grooves beside the blade in an M-9 bayonet are for opening bottles.
Remember when these used to come with cigarettes, amphetamine, and a massive knife?
Them good ol' days
I suppose the regular sized knife is now supposed to be worn in a scabbard on the vest or belt for quick draw, same with cigs XD!
Usually those are worn on the pilot now. Go pills, too.
Que crocodile Dundee
Juul pods will be next
I feel like when Steve goes to family reunions, when they have dinner, he dumps the food plate onto a tray he brought and describes it to his relatives
Sergeant Serendipity ...and plays a tune for everyone on his solo cup!
Sergeant Serendipity
ASMR BBQ
"How's the food, Steve?"
"...Nice!"
I just love the stirring and musical spoon editing
My favorite part 😁
Information for you about the QuikClot Combat Gauze; the blue zigzag line going down the middle of it is an indicator that can be seen with an X-ray, so when someone with a deep wound finally makes it to a hospital, they can see the extent of the damaged, the depth of the wound and what to expect before pulling it out. It seems like you enjoy learning about these things and I’ve always thought that was kind’ve interesting.
The other day I was hiking through the woods, I looked down & there was a 3-4 foot long snake slithering between my shoes. I stood still while remaining quiet until I heard a noise from it... I had to say "NICE HISS"
"Let's get that on a tray"
Lmao
The orange capped light is for regular night vision, so you can see at night - the red light is hard for the bad guys to see at a distance, but lets you see and your eyes can adjust to the darkness after you turn if off pretty fast - the light that did not seem to work, was the IR light and can only be seen with NVG’s
"I just need to put this on a tray. Nice! I feel better now."
We all do.... we all do
Glad I wasn't the only one!
Must remember, when in an emergency get every thing out on to a tray!
Love watching this kind of stuff. Signal mirror is surprisingly easy to use, just think how easy it is to use your watch face to direct sunlight when it hits it. Always fun to blind your friends like that, same method just a bigger reflective surface. Shine the light on your hand while held in front of you and point your hand at search aircraft. Viola!
9:08 Love how the compass reacts to handcuff key.
The handcuff key is probably the most important thing besides the Leatherman and ir locating lights.
Lol, no.
Yeah, who needs water purification tablets when you have a leatherman and a handcuff key?
@@briandudzik8407 me nigga
@@txm100 well when you're handcuffed by the enemy you'll probably find it to be rather important to escape.
@@100GTAGUY i mean the whole point of the kit is to try not to get caught in the first place.
The H bandage is built to absorb up to a pint of blood so you’re not track by your blood trail if you’re shot. It can at least get you a good half a mile depending on how bad the wound is, before you start dripping again, but most ppl pass out about a pint and a half into bleeding and that’s when you know they don’t have much time left to get to a MASH. You’re body stops after two pints of blood.
7:10
Bubble wrap for high intensity situations
That is exactly it - pop when feeling stressed
You can throw it at enemy guards to distract them and sneak through the door
I like the videos. but I can make a safe bet that Steve has shot semen in his own eye...
Makes a good mini pillow when you put it in the pouch on top of a flat stone. Along with the gauze bandages from the med kit.
Augschburgball you also can use it for diving. Just pop it and catch the bubble of air
Steves top ten;
10 ".M' kay"
9. "Thats rank"
8. "Thats a hard hitter"
7. Random smiles at camera when smoking cigarette .
6. "Something new ....or old"
5. "See ya"
4. "Cool"
3. "Lets get this out onto a tray"
2. "Nice Hiss"
1. "Nice"
dj22356
I would drop 5 for Lightly Sweet™, and possibly drop another for Standard.
Good choices, a nice balance of expressions, exceptional quality, some of the best out there, OK. 👌
👍
"a match made in heaven"
"can't go wrong with those"
"very savory"
"they don't make 'em like they used to anymore"
"not bad"
"Instant Coffee type II" heard him refer more than a few times that something "smells" or "tastes" or "could use some" of that.
+dethaddr -- Blasphemy! It's "Coffee Instant, Type II"
12:07 “I need to put it on a tray of sorts. Nice! Now I feel better.” Died
Your sound and graphics editing for your cup and drink stirring sounds with your spoon clinking are literally perfect. One of my favorite parts of your vids, other than the fact that it’s a new vid!
The sticky camo wrap, its called coflex, we actually wrap our horse legs with it and use it as a medical wrap. You can get it pretty cheap in any color at your local farm store, tractor supply, and it says its for horses but its awesome to use on kids when they have a sprain or what not. I always have a box of different colors on hand because it will hold wires together behind your tv and entertainment system or wrap a bat handle with and then use the sports tape and makes it softer. Whats really nice is the coflex is stretchy and sticks to itself, no extra tape or pins needed on the go!
If Steve ever got a pet snake he would lose his voice complimenting its hiss.
_Let’s put it on a tray_
"Hissy, are you going to eat that shed skin?"
@@Mr.Everything *a great, crispy crunch*
If he got a mute snake, he'd sadly exclaim "No hiss".
Funny how all the Kits on Ebay DO NOT list the Leatherman as part of the pack. Bullshit. They are keeping it for themselves and pretending it didnt come with one.
ArmaGuyz most sellers don’t sell the survival module, it’s the most prized portion due to the little tools.
the leatherman I had a look at the price just for the tool here in Australia $70 just for that alone
How would they get it out without you knowing?
@@barretthompson4755 $35 here in the states
@@shanedonohue821 everything is expensive here in Aus, but $35 id happily pay that.
I love how you embrace the meme
Little tray, nice!
That “standard light” you thought was broken was actually a top secret energy weapon. You unknowingly killed the neighbor’s cat and three birds flying by.
I watch Steve’s vlogs late at night before bed, they’re strangely relaxing 😌
The lil "do-all nubbin" on the Leatherman Squirt is a phillips screwdriver. Works pretty well in a pinch. I used mine earlier today when I was swapping bits and pieces in an old computer :)
I love that Leatherman Squirt - I see it being the most used thing out of that kit for me.
I just got a 55 inch smart tv
now I can see mres like I never have before
....Nice!
YES me too!! it's glorious
I hope that he put it on some sort of tray first.
the dude I wish my tv was smart, mine is stupid as fuck.
*opens the TV*
NICE HISS !
"Kinda smells like artificial fish bait..." Steve can really give a life to his descriptions.
I was confused by the black-and-white face reflecting in the small "cap mirror" at 6:40 for a couple seconds, and thought you had snuck something in there; but then saw your T-shirt was the source LOL
toadelevator I thought the same 😂😂
I loved these. I was USAF Para Rescue for 15 years. You are correct like Christmas. You know who really love them, 9 year old grandsons wanting to be USAF one day. It is the ultimate Christmas present for a kid.
Yes! I'm at work rewatching some of your old videos, nice timing with the fresh piping hot video brother!
Hey Chris! I am glad I could have some new ones out to ya man - and I have more throughout the week so stay tuned
Steve1989MREInfo Right on! Can't wait man
*adds fiji water to electrolyte drink*
We had a hurricane in FL around that time last year - all that was left in the stores was Fiji. So when I stocked up on water, there was a surplus of Fiji in the house.
@@Steve1989MRE Artesian electrolytes. Also, it's pronounced more like Kay-oh-lynn vs cow-lynn. It's basically twice baked kitty litter, being Kaolin clay. Same stuff gets superheated and spun like cotton candy into Kaowool refractory insulation for furnaces. Fun stuff. Basically just a metric ton of surface area for platelets and coagulation factors to bind, and virtually nobody is allergic to it, as opposed to some of the other rapid coagulant materials that are based on chitin, most often derived from shellfish.
@@Steve1989MRE NICE
@@Steve1989MRE ayeeeee. Purified water with the electrolytes! Bonus
Red light is not infrared. Is to be used during night operations to read maps and etc. that way the enemy is not as likely to see your position as a normal flash light would give your position away immediately because of how bright it is. The other light that doesn’t work however is a infrared light that can only be seen through NVGs or any other kind of night vision device. If you turn all the lights off and you turn the light on and hold it up to your eye you will be able to make out the infrared light but just barely.
Some older style cameras, like a Sony with Nightshot can see infrared light easily. So can surveillance night cams.
Also a note, the infared Cylalume Chemlight would likewise not be visible to the human eye or that camera he's using that has a hot filter to block infrared range light.
@@Twitchy-Idjit i tell you what let's play hide and seek at night... You turn your flashlight on and we will see how long you can hide with it 🤣🤣🤣
@@Twitchy-Idjit yep... In your car otw to school
The red light lets you keep your night vision vs a white light where your eyes have to readjust
Your videos help me fight my anxiety and depression issues. Thanks man
I dont know why but I find these videos highly satisfying. I cant stop wanting to see what hes gonna open next.
Two videos in one day!!!!! How could I be so lucky!!!! Glad your safe Steve!!!!
It's great to be back and with new videos, Josh! Thanks man
Steve1989MREInfo anytime man I come from a long line of military men sadly couldnt join due to a crohnic illness but I'm still very interested in all things armed forces and your videos just have that wholesome, genuine, love for your hobby and educating people. There have been times I've come across rations with others wondering how old they are and needless to say they were impressed with that bit of random info! Keep doing what you do brother, may your rations cans hiss, and your trays be full.
"I'd probably never get rescued"
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Nice!
The 1960s pilot survival kit you reviewed had more versatile medical contents to meet pilots needs, with the exception of modern stuff like the combat gauze
I was thinking the same thing while watching, this is garbage compared to the vietnam era one
Came here late to this video but glad someone squared you away WRT the proper terminology, function and use of those IR VS Visible Red finger lights. If you send me the "Non-functional" one I can check it out and let you know if it is still viable then ship it back to you.
Lemme know if you want to proceed. It's always good to see folks who never served in the Military take an interest in what those of us who have served or are still serving are supplied with to do our jobs.
Keep up the good work, Sir.
Great pack.
Though, we humans can't see Infrared light with the naked eye. We can sense it, just not see it.
That light was literally just red.
And it's red, because it's intended for night purposes.
The human eyes can see most at night with a red light, due to the longer wavelengths of the light, whilst it remaining much less bright and less noticeable because of it.
Whilst we see more differences in colour from greens to blues, which eventually form all colours into white light. The brightest, and most noticeable.
With that said; if the red light is particularly powerful, you can see it for miles, as the human eyes are also most sensitive to red colours.
So that little torch wasn't nearly powerful enough for, let's say, a search party 100metres away to notice, but a flare would be up to five miles or more.
hence why emergency flares are red.
Ontop of that; red lights like those effect our natural night vision the least. So you can use them without having to readjust your eyes again. And, of course, there's the added advantage of red lights needing much less charge to operate.
I thought human eyes are most sensitive to green colors.
Yes, my thoughts exactly. The camera couldn't pick up the glow stick's infrared because of the IR blocking filter that cameras come with. I've seen some people remove those to make a very rudimentary infrared camera, but I've also seen a surprising number of people think that infra red is just, well... red 🤦♂️.
@@dougalachi red is the colour of blood and meat. We recognise it better for such reasons.
"a build in signal mirror.." 6:41 a freaking ghost
Da fuck I’m scared
@@QuigleTheGnome IKR
You are KILLING ME with the spoon-to-glass edits!!! XD
I have too much fun with it I suppose :)
It's almost ASMR like... ever think of doing an MRE-ASMR hybrid video?
The best thing to do with the flint wheel, which you can also do with any flint style lighter, is to rotate the wheel slowly on an angle. Enough to grind the flint to powder but not fast enough to cause it to ignite. Keep the wheel turning till you've got a little pile of flint dust and then, holding the flint wheel close, strike it properly so it sparks. The sparks will hit the flint dust pile and cause it to flash creating good localised heat for lighting tinder. :)
That is really cool that the Leatherman Squirt PS4 is included. I have a few of them. They're great tools. It's one of those "don't leave home without it" sort of things. It's so handy, one resides in my tool pouch at work.
15:49 From the look and your description, that's basically an ACE bandage. Good for wrapping sprains, possible use as a sling if you have enough length, and you could use it to keep gauze in place (the use you suggested).
Me 5 minutes ago:
-Ok,gotta sleep and give my last lesson to get my university degree tomorrow.
Steve posts *TWO* videos!
-Well,holy fuckballs....
Mister_Greek good luck tomorrow :)
One step more bro. Good luck c:
Good luck!
Stinky Weirdo good luck!
Good luck!
Really impressed with the fire tinder and the handcuff key is a sweet touch
Woah Steve, two in one day, That's looking pretty . . . .
...Nice!
Mkay!
Steve1989MREInfo I've been having a shit week, thank you for making me laugh.
Silenced Lemon hope your week gets better bud.
The stirs and taps of the spoon make my day everytime
The Chem Light is in the IR Spectrum so invisible to enemy ground troops but visible to SAR using NVGs. The "broker" finger light is also IR
Those THUMBNAILS THO!!!
raekmike hahaha looong
raekmike I knew I wasn't the only one. My grandpa played banjo and his were the same way.
This kit really needed a set of nail clippers.
haha we are just glad that you are back!! I love your channel, keep up the amazing work sir!!
Steve1989MREInfo haha! You don't have to wait for them to come in an MRE 😩 I've told you about this!
Cheers for the video man!
I'd really like to see a 4 inch section of a chainsaw file, added to kits like these. Maybe take a page out of those laser cut metal survival cards as well. A couple of fish hooks, a spear point and or frog gig, I've seen them with handcuff keys as well. Also, the lack of cordage upsets me.
I'm amazed there was no needle and thread in the med kit for closing any major gash wounds.
And equally suprized there was no pain reducing medication even as simple as paracetamol advil etc.
Hi , in a pinch he has 4 daiper pins , and alcohol swipes , it's a speed stitch , also of note , after a solid smack adrenaline covers the pain quite well about a minute and a half . Two bandanas to apply pressure .
In the old days a lot of these kits had morphine syrettes in there...
Tnx (again) for opening these … i watched this in a jumbled order (Vietnam, WOII, This), and i must say that there are clearly some changes made in regards to both the gear in these types of kit, and the amount of it. F/e the sunburn thing, it's almost a laughable amount if you were to actually need it, unless you just need to SERE for a day. Same with the bug repellant tbh… Again, really appreciate you opening these types of items and filming them.
Because of Steve, I appreciate the hiss of opening new containers and packs, and always acknowledge the "nice hiss."
On the flip side, I get a little concerned when theres no hiss...
With respect. I think the red lamp is just a red lamp. Not infrared.
Red lamp/light is usually fir reading your map at night. Least it was in the two armies I belonged too. Lol
@@daviddirom7429 nice reddy brek glow around you lol..amateur...
@@cityboy9301 wtf is reddy brek?
Ready Brek is instant oatmeal cereal.
Quikclot and an Israeli bandage has saved more lives than seatbelts. Nice video brother.
Both amazing modern first aid inventions. Always good to have in your kit . Thanks for watching man
In the full kit, at least with the Army, a smal PRC radio was included as well. It has a range of like 5 miles I think depending on terrain.
in the Navy we carried prc-90
No Steve you don't need to put it on a tray! Ha! All in all pretty good. I am dissapointed the reg led didn't work. Ty man! As always upbeat and happy! It's why I watch!
"Kind of smells like artificial fish bait. Not bad."
It puts the sun-x lotion on its skin or it gets bitten by mosquitoes again
It does this whenever it's told.
Jeremy Shipp joe dirt lmao
Those H&H bandages are awesome. I got several off amazon, same exact packaging. Takes very little space in first aid bag
Fantastic. just what I need to "evade" and "resist" boredom
Hahah! Nice.
Steve, I love your videos. I am a USAF enlisted aviator and I found your videos when I was in initial qual training a few years ago. I was shooting the shit with our aircrew flight equipment guys and they asked if I wanted to pick through their old/soon to be expired gear. Picked up one of the medical kits in addition to some other goodies. Excellent to keep in a bug out bag considering I am familiar with the contents inside. Keep up the great videos
When using the wetfire cut them in half. When you do that it makes them easier to light with a fire striker. You can also get them from Wal-Mart in the camping section.
The guy that made this MRE watched inspector gadget the night b4. I like
Cue the Inspector Gadget theme song
Steve blessing us with more M R Reeeee reviews.
THEMilkSHAIKH RRRREEEEEEEEEEE
The cylume stick is for night vision goggles only. Wish you used a pair of NVGs then you'd see
The old kit and the new one here make an awesome set of videos. I hope you didn't go broke getting this one to show us!
I didn't check if anybody already ststed, but i guess the black "not working" LED-light is actually a IR-Light for use with NVG.
Great review also, really enjoy it everytime!
I forgot: the human eye is not able to see Infrared(IR). So the red one is just red for low detection purpose
Freezing the signal light MAY bring a small bit of life to the thing. It has worked for chemlights in the past in my experience.
Love your content Steve, thank you so much for sharing
As a man in the military, I always carry a multi tool with me. It comes in use all the time.
Given how much technology has changed since Vietnam, it makes sense these kits would be tailored for ensuring a speedy search and rescue, but the lack of pharmaceuticals especially compared to the '67 kit is really surprising. I'd have expected at least a 24-hour supply of non-thinning OTC painkillers, anti-diarrheals, and energy gel...unless I'm missing something, and there's a mission-specific survival kit to be paired with this.
The Vietnam kit was superior, IMO
exactly my thoughts
Stay awake tablets :))
Pilots were more expensive back then
Love the 1-800 number on a couple of the items. "Hello? Yeah, I'm about 100 miles behind enemy lines and I had a question about your moist towelettes...." 😄
Steve your videos are so chill and relaxing plus I learn alot really enjoy the content so keep it up
the Chem Light is to be used at night and it is a IR Chem light that can only be seen with night vison gear like the little IR led light not the little red light
I'm gonna save this video for tomorrow, I'm sure it will age well.
Well, it's better than what we had in the 80's. This looks what MAC pilots and their aircrews get. Combat pilots get the vest. Do to budget costs, everybody else gets nothing. Ground crew and security forces get jack shit. We had to supply our own survival gear. I got a first- aid pouch and empty plastic container with a note of what items that I should carry in .
Maybe you joined The A-Team instead of the US Air Force.... ;)
Diebulfrog79 all aircrew get a survival vest with these two kits in them. Fighter pilots wear the vest while they fly by heavy aircraft pilots have their vest in a container on the aircraft.
Back in the late 70's and early 80's. We bitch so much, that the joint forces put out a report in Nov 1979 about the state of survival gear in the army, the navy, and the air force. (See Google) It was a total mess, There would be outdated kits going back to the Korea War, or no kits, many had notes kits will be coming that was dated 1969. No quality control, some kits were rotten by heat, aged, or moisture, worse kits that had vermin in it. Sometime during budget cuts, you got a "survival manual" that came out of your pay, a nylon first - aid pouch with an empty plastic container with a note of items that you can find at the base PX. Only pilots and their aircrew got training and gear. After 1982, things got better. No more damned notes.
Christian chavez you are correct. I'm Air Force AFE. We inspect and repair this stuff at least a couple times a week.
Adam Pringle same here brother AFE out in the west coast. Mostly on the parachute rigger side but I've worked on vest for a long time.
If you have a clipper lighter and the fuel runs out but you still have flint. You can pull out the flint striker and use it to light tinder.
The sticky camo wrap is the same stuff that can be found in an equine supply store. Southern states and tractor supply co have it in multiple colors. Usually rather inexpensive.
The chem light probably needs snapped. I could be wrong on that particular one. But, chem lights need snapped to break the module inside to mix with the rest to create the illumination reaction.
Hey Jared - I snapped it but didn't realize it's one of those chem light that can only be seen with night vision.
Steve ! My man, thanks again buddy!
Hey Craig! Always great to see ya around man. Hope all is well! :)
I love your videos so much
Right on, thanks WP!
As soon as I saw ceralyte I got really excited. We chugged that stuff in airborne school. Tbh I loved it but most people hated it
The irony when you get an advertisement for a food delivery service similar to Hello Fresh, at the start of a military ration video 😂
"Oh yeah, that's lit!"
Why yes, Steve, yes, all your videos are "lit."
Just what I needed before bed nice !
Hey Kyle, perfect timing! Not bad
It's crazy how much more thorough the med pack for the Vietnam era one you opened was. Way more useful stuff in it than this one.
I was thinking the same thing while watching, this is garbage compared to the vietnam era one
When it's IR, it looks bright as regular white light under NVGs. Naked eyes and regular optics like cameras can't see it, but anyone with NVGs can, even peer enemy forces. I like using them during night flights under goggles. IR chemlights are great for marking positions.