How to Pack Your Ruck Sack Like a Pro | US Army Soldier Skills
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- This is probably the most comprehensive ruck sack packing video you will find. Before you ruck or go to the field, make sure you understand the basics of how to pack your ruck! It will save you TONS of pain. If you have any questions or some of your own TTPs to offer, drop it in the comments!!
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I love how 2/3 of our gear is never used but often still required to be carried.
"Rather have it and not need it, then need it and not have it"
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My Grandfather told me, when he served in recon they packed what they needed not what they felt like carrying.
@@CallMeGarber no no but there’s a difference when the place you’re going which is disclosed to you still should not require it 😂
@@CallMeGarber I was just about to comment this ……
BIG CHECK! Never EVER stuff the sleep system. You can only make it so small and it’s round and fucks up your weight distribution as things settle on the move. Don’t stuff it in the stuff sack, but make sure you bring the stuff sack in case you have to do a layout. You’ll get scuffed up for not having it if it’s on the packing list. Really great advice sir.
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Maybe put the sleeping system in a different trash bag at the bottom for easier access
@@TheSlayer. I just stuff my sleeping bag on the outside since I always need the extra space anyway
@@GrittySoldier jo what Rucksack is that and where can i get it ? Thx
Always handy to have a few bags handy anyway, store a couple of hammock/tent bags in your bags sack, drawstring ones are good but I carry various bags for various things, mesh for tinder collection, peg bags handy to chuck a pebble in and launch a line over a river/tree branch, a thick fabric one could be used for filtering/water etc.
In absolute agreement. The poncho is invaluable, indispensable, life saver! Whoever decided to eliminate it must not have spent much time in the “real” Army.
I don't know how many field problems I went on with just As poncho and two poncho liners! Add your chemical suit, which you nearly always had to wear anyway! Good to go!
Getting “rid of” the stuff sack has got to be one of the biggest tips for convenience. Can’t believe I’m just now learning this. 😭
Same brother
Good video, you should make one how to set up the ruck properly on the frame. That’s definitely something I wish someone would’ve taught me when I was a private.
I cannot even begin to tell you how grateful I am for this video! Last month I spent 3 out of 4 weeks in the field at Ft. Stewart Georgia. And it rained everyday except for 3!!!! Thanks to you all of my gear was 100% dry and I knew exactly where everything was when I needed it.
Guard or active?
This is the best rucksack stuffing class I've ever had. rotc cadet but this makes good sense and was worth watching thank you
Dude I’ve gave people the stuff sack advice for so long and nobody ever listens lol, helps so damn much
Great video, and coming from obvious experience. The only thing I would add is gallon sized zip lock bags for all clothing items. Being at Ft. Lewis and a rotation to Panama taught me this lesson. Even though everything is inside the trash bag, once you have to start digging into your ruck as it is actually raining things get wet. An additional bonus is you transfer your old funky socks/undies/t shirts into the now empty ziplocks to keep them from making everything else smell. Last benefit is you can burp out all the air and make things almost vacuum sealed for compactness.
I have a cheap vacuum sealer and keep my extra socks, underwear, and t-shirts in the vacuum-sealed bags. They take all of the air out and compress down like a pancake. 👍
Excellent point about load balancing. (1) Warning: baggies with a slider can not be waterproof. I used two big bags: one for sleeping bag, and one for clothes. You can just pull out the top bag on put it on wet ground without messing with everything. Redundancy on the waterproofing: gallon baggie with socks/underwear/t-shirt so you only open one complete set at a time and even if inside the bag gets soaked your clothes stay dry. Put dirty clothes in mesh, not air-tight, so they don't become toxic. Army issued waterproof bag will leak (you mentioned that in other video) or let water ooze through slowly. When you first get it, put it on the ground and hold it up while you fill it with water so you know where to patch. (2) Keep the rain gear / poncho outside of your waterproof / garbage bag. No need to open it up when raining, and rain runs off the folded poncho and down the outer sides of the bag. (3) Twist the top of the waterproof bag, then FOLD IT OVER, then tie it off. My gear could float in Swamp Phase and never got wet. (Earned tab in '77, we used leftover Vietnam gear with outer metal frame. Afterwards, bought, still have, all my gear so I turned back in pristine clean, never used, issued gear without a problem - worth it!) Load Bearing Equipment / L.B.E. ---> Fighting Load Carrier / F.L.C. ---> Tactical Assault Panel / T.A.P. and I bet the guy who thought of each of those got an Army Commendation Medal / ArCom. P.S. Has the Army stopped issuing entrenching tools and bayonets? No bad guys will ever hit us with indirect fire or close assault?
Hey sir, I still got issued an e-tool but no bayonet. Maybe some places still do but it's doubtful.
@@charlesbatkin9783 Bayonets are property book items, so they are controlled at the unit level and issued when it is needed.
I issued myself my own bayonet for my rifle. ✅
You saved my life with this video I no longer have to deal with that stupid big ball of sleeping bags 😂 thank you 🙏🏼
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I’m not even in the military, but found this video informative. I am getting into rucking though. Thanks for all the great content and I appreciate the men and women that serve.
I only ever packed a ruck like that for schools. We just slept 9 months out of the year in a poncho and woobie. Never carried an extra pair of boots. We cut down our closed cell foam pads and put them inside of our rucks. It opened up and made a cylinder to pack shit in.
BTW, when I was in the woobie was known as a poncho liner, and was not standard issue.
Ranger Rick's little green books?
Surprisingly this was an amazing refresher as it's been over a decade as a 13B who lived in the field and was remaking a bugout bag! This is 100% one of these best ways to load out your ruck, only thing I'd add is baby wipes as TP tends to go fast and take up more room + needs to be ziplocked for obvious reasons. Wet wipes are also great at cleaning yourself and easily disposable/biodegradable. Glad I came across your video cus you also had some amazing points, especially when it came to weight distribution and setting up your shoulder/back strap cus you'll definitely know if you did it wrong not even a mile in and you may not be able to adjust it on the fly!
By far one of my fav channels on RUclips. Crucial information for new soldiers. Thank you Sir!
Me: How much of my gear should I refer to as a "bad boy"?
Gritty Soldier: *yes*
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99% of the Army has changed in the last 35 years. The woobie was then known as a poncho liner, it was not issued; most guys did not have them but those of us who did LOVED them. I had 2, one of which I had sewn into my rain jacket. Never wore my field jacket in the field. We had different sleeping bags. Stuff a woobie into a sleeping bag, strip down, and you could sleep toasty warm on top of a track in the winter. Greatest invention known to soldiers after the P38. Ruck marching was unknown then, as a general Army concept. Maybe the leg infantry guys did it in the field. If I needed to know how to properly pack a ruck, this is the only video I'd need.
Funny how your invention actually turned into a real product the woobie hoodie!
The timeless woobie and the field jacket liner with sewn on buttons.
we always called it the ranger blanket, im not sure who actually used it as a poncho liner lol .. still looking for the zip versions in cadpat
@@husher5142 sew a sleeping bag zipper in yourself. Tie into poncho and slit it at the hood and sew in a second small zipper. Makes a 4 season poncho. Amazing piece of kit
I laughed when he called his MSS "old and archaic".
OK, so you have one of the best, most clear, and concise videos out there, so thank you, and I have looked at HUNDREDS of them over the years. The only thing I wish SOMEONE covered, was the *other* essential gear for deep field time. The stuff that is issued, and expected to be used by a solder, but clearly never used in training/schools (as NOBODY ever shows that stuff in these videos). The canteens, the canteen cups, that whole canteen carrier (e.g. Does it go on your TAPS, the back of your ruck, or on the waistbelt of your ruck?). The IFAKs, the tents, the sleeping pads, the MREs, the Entrenching tool, etc. Even the small errata and miscellany: compasses, lights, and bayonets, etc. If you could maybe just touch on it here as a comment, a brief breakdown of what is individual carried, and if so how much (0 canteens? 1? 2?, 9 MRE's for 3 days? Case by case?) Do these things typically go on the vest/TAPS now, or just selectively chosen and hung on the Ruck? Do the Assault packs get loaded up too, and then placed on the ruck, or are they put on the lid empty, and only loaded up from things within the ruck as required? What is crew-carried split among multiple soldiers (stoves?), and what is expected to be dropped in for you at a base camp? Or are these things only ever rarely used? If you could just help people see what is a deployment load ("Pack all the gear, you're crossing the oceans, now"), vs. a genuine field load ("You're heading out for a few weeks") vs a training field load, vs a Mission load ("Shove magazines, MRE's, hydration system and fork into the Patrol pack and go!") and just how a soldier manages all the... *stuff*. Thank you!
Great videos man, subscribed, thank you for the great information!
I really appreciate your content, and me and a couple of my buddies are starting your 13-week ranger school program. Thanks, you’re an stress/time-saver.❤
I love your videos please keep up the good work. It really motivates me so much to do better.
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Another great video ,I used Alice packs till 2004,then purchased a tactical tailor ruck ... great company sadly the founder passed .But they still make great gear...Keep rucking Gritty...
I ets in 95 our equip was antique. I love this equipment u guys u have today's military so much more comfortable to move around and not always trying adjust on the move
Best video about packing I've come across. Awesome tips. Thanks.
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Thee most informative videos. Clear concise and to the point. Shout out to the soldiers at the now decommissioned, 144th EOD (91 to 95)
I watch this video as as refresher every time I pack a ruck. Thank you for showing it in the application it will be used for.
Good stuff sir. Thanks for another spot on video
Getting ready for psych ops selection, this video is so helpful. Thank you!!
One thing I have always done that has always been beneficial is I put the molle waist pack that is issued on the front of the ruck and that is where I keep change of socks in zip lock bags and hygiene items, it always saves me a lot of time from having to loosen and unbuckle the top flap.
Thanks for the info. I like hearing this from someone who is a ranger. There was not much instruction in our unit but just the packaging list and just pack it mentalities.
Thanks for making the video .
Great info and the shout out for the boots! Ty.
Thank you sir for the information!!!
I love his videos he’s so funny without trying and informational
Thanks for the info. It’ll definitely save me a lot of backache in the future
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Good job. Short. Sweet. And to the point.
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Sheet... I've been stuffing my sleeping bag like this for the last 5 or 6 years. Nice to see I've been doing it right. 😆
Thanks for the help for a future Marine going infantry
👍 glad to help!
This was very helpful. Thank you.
After years of sucking, you come on tv and blow my mind. Keep the videos coming! You are inspiring, and a positive influence!!
Speaking as a Civvy, the first thing in the pack (after the placcy bag ofc) is a collapsible sink/bowl then my down bag loosely stuffed on top.
It provides a nice solid stable base and the look folks give you when you sit there having a footsoak at the end of a day...
Also handy for washing up and personal admin, as a forage bin, upturned over your boots at night it helps protect them from weather and bugs.
Great info. I totally agree, stuff sacks are (usually) worthless.
This definitely helped me this morning
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Thank you. That was helpful. 😎👍
Late here. But the passion is real. You can see it through the way you share info. Keep at it.
Thanks for shearing
Really good packing method. Agreed with the waist strap pointer. I'm 5'7" and tried it in upside-down position. It was uncomfortable that way after about a mile. So I switched back to original orientation and never had problems since.
How much do you weigh? Seems like the 5’7” guys that are stockier do better with rucking than the lighter ones. I’m 5’7”, 140, I’m a great runner, but throughout my Army career I’ve always had major back and shoulder problems from rucking.
I’m also 5’7 around 140lbs, and I’m currently a civilian training for WOCS (I’m going through street-to-seat WOFT), and I’m in a similar position to you.
I’m good at running, but rucking sucks a lot for me and I can never get it just right. My times are to-standard, but I’m always in pain in places that I don’t think you’re supposed to be in pain. My ruck packing and rucking form are definitely sub-optimal. Much to learn before shipping out to BCT and later WOCS.
Wish we had Utube and guys like you to show us how to do things. Very interesting video as always with yours
Thanks for the support! I’m just glad to be of use! New generation, new methods of military mentorship! 💪
The best knowledge 👌
HOLY shit dude been in for almost 4 years and learning this shit is amazing Cheers brother
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Sir coming clutch 💪🏾🇺🇸💯
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Great thank you
Thanks much for your efforts in making this block of instruction available. I'm lookin to tote more of my bushcrafty/woods tramping mess with me and this was helpful. d:^)
Outstanding.
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24:14. You can Even Put your phone in there. That sounds so strange to a 87~95 soldier. I love it ❤️❤️❤️🤔🤔🤔
You guys are so lucky to have these type of rucks, braces, hydration bladders and shit. When I was in, we only had Alice packs, ponchos and canteens. We didn’t have woobies and all the stuff ya get now a days. I was in the Army from ‘84 to ‘90. Nice to see that they are trying to make the mission a little safer and more comfortable. I was at the start of MRE’s. I loved them a lot. This new not digging so much. It’s ok, but I prefer the dehydrated and freeze dried stuff.
Great videos bud. Keep up the great work. Maybe we can get some people who wanna serve and save what we have left of our freedoms from those that hate their own country.
We are lucky, I won’t deny that!
alice packs are still a pretty sollid choice for rucking if you are carrying only like 25-35 lbs.
My poncho is one of my favourite bits of kit and gets packed everytime for everything.
Thank you ✅
With these skills I’ll be able to fit so much more of the ranger pack I’m about to win
Thanks
This is the way
Good video, thanks
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Man, I was hoping you would call your sleeping bag by its well known moniker. The Fart Sack lol. That is a lot nicer than the huge bulky, heavy one piece sleeping bags we had in the early 1990's.
Thank you good sir
Instead of a trash bag i would recommend a Kanoe sack as they’re a lot more robust and individually waterproofing items of kit with smaller kanoe sacks or clear resealable bags. It also pays to put your sleeping bag in the bivvy as if it does rain you wont have the fear of it becoming wet while removing it from the ruck. This is however from a british soldier and not an American.
C-Rats and shelter halves. Back in the brown shoe days.
I've on done a 3 year 11B contract and no one, from basic to ETS'ing at Bragg, ever instructed me on the proper way of packing my MOLLE 4K, lol.
"I'm packing this but I'm never going to use it" -the military in a nutshell
The view behind the house is beautiful. Wondering if this was outside Ft Carson?
When I was in Korea in 2017 they issued me a tarp instead of a poncho. Made sense, because the only time I have ever actually worn a poncho was at reception in 2002.
Damn, you guys got ponchos at reception? That’s high speed
hope you and David Goggins go live some day brotha and do a man to man about ranger school!
I forget the Army doesn't supply large W/P bag or Willy Pete bag its a waterproof bag liner for your ruck sack the older version are like $19 and are great worth the money I believe the current version is the MAC SAC like $29 either one is worth it. As for either bag both will make an awesome flotation device plus keep your stuff dry we also use ziplock bags for socks, Tshirts, underwear and bigger ones for BDUs it aids in flotation as well with the WP bag. I gotta say you guys are getting great gear stuff I could have dreamed for awesome video.
The waterproof bag worked great... blow it tie it off swim across mouth of Tigris river at night down in Panama. If the sharks bite you at least they'll find your ruck floating around lol
The trash bag is genius
Nice thing about being motorized/Mechanized infantry you get to bring the kitchen sink.
Darn. Great video, but I needed to know the best way to pack my tent and mat. I appreciate this video though because no one ever teaches you how to effectively pack your ruck.
What's the rucksack that you use? Where can I buy one of those? Love your videos!
im gonna need this im going to hawaii with the 25th
so, what you're saying is that the heavy stuff will go in the bottom. Shoot when I was in Viet Nan we were lucky to change clothes once a week LOL. We only carried the essentials, water and ammo a small med kit and maybe a change of socks. we did carry a poncho and liner if we thought it was needed , but most of the time packed fairly light. But let me add it was a very informative video and I will be looking to more and I will subscribe
Many Vietnam soldiers had foot issues from constantly patrolling in wet environments.
Agreed, I was R.O.T.C. from '72 to '76 and went in 1977. Training with all that gear is good; safety first and builds muscles. But look at pictures of soldiers in WWII, Korea, Vietnam (the sergeants in my rifle platoon) and they carry almost nothing but ammo and food. That's how we did it.
Has it ever been a time that you’ve had to pack a one or two man tent, and what about how much rations and ammo would you bring in the field for at least a week?
It’s been awhile, but I remember I had mine packed in such a manner that I could find anything I needed within a few seconds-in complete darkness.
I really want to get my hands on a molle 2 bag I think they are called I have used most styles except for that because I'm Canadian, and we got a lot of European style rucks but there has to be a reason they continue to use this bag
A video on the Op-Order process would be dope. Some whiteboard stuff maybe
Too easy
@@GrittySoldier have you been able to post a video about the opord process or anything like that? love the channel.
Nice video
Almost exactly like I pack my ruck. Main difference is I keep my poncho in a side sustainment pouch for easy access since I'm originally from the PNW.
I seriously question packing level 6 trousers (outside RPLs)....have yet to ever see a single pair worn
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Hey Sir, could you show us your ideal 11A Platoon Leader kit set up for deployments/training?
Yeah man I can work on that
I have never really had to ruck with my FLK or TAP in my ruck normally we ruck with it on as well as ACH and the annoying thing is rucking with the TAP or FLK the waist strap on the rucks are always annoying to clip it’s much better with the tap than the FLK but still annoying
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We always used to gortex to keep the dew off of us and our sleeping bag
Hey how are u doing there. Im a spanish paratrooper and i just wanted to say that u are so damn rigth imeverything you said. I liked that your instructors are kind of the same that the ones we have over here hahaha. Packing 80% shit you are never gonna use and the other 20% we could say ist mostly water xD Good video
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Great instructions. I put my wet weather gear in the top flap, with my land nav kit. WOKE Army doesn't need a poncho. The people who make those decisions never leave the comfort of their office. Non operational people (REMFS) do not do field exercises.
Not sure if its been mentioned or you are aware, but you can get 50L dry bags/canoe bags pretty cheap and you dont need to worry about it failing/tearing like the trash bags can.
I’m in CO so I bring my marshmallow top even if it’s not on the packing list and wear it😂
Hi, great explanation!! Where did you get your ruck?
Okay, where to put the full ballistic armor will be the question at the end from Ukrainian watchers. The answer is simple, it's always on a soldier. Regarding the clothes, my personal preference is a ranger roll. Each pair of uniform + socks and underwear is a single roll in a separate garbage bag to be double sure it's dry under any circumstances. All utility things from a jetboil and MRE to specific tools are separated into separate utility mole pouches. In other, following the same approach of packing, however, it's not a training mode but a real war environment. Because each mission which sounds like you gonna go for a few days to some positions ends with you living there for months and you need to take everything from your personal pack to chain saw. We don't have such a great supply chain near the frontline to have only personal bags. Also, you need a cat or as many cats as you can catch since tons of mice in tranches will eat your whole bag including the plastic frame, it's not a joke.
reporting to USCGA in two weeks, decided to go on a ruck with some local West Point cadets tomorrow morning. watching this last second to make sure i don’t cripple myself ☠️
With my camelback I like to just use the d clips to have it ride on the straps. With the d ring that’s furthest away from you above one of the rows of webbing to keep it high on your back. It’s allowed me to Singh those straps tighter than I could with a bladder under the flap because all the pressure is on the plastic d rings and not on the camelback itself.
“I have ACU; I’m old”
Laughing in woodland pattern…
biggest tip here was the stuff sack and the boots... I been doing it all wrong !
watching now that im out so im just seeing if theres anything i never did. literally the first trick of using a garbage to line your ruck and im kicking myself for nothing having thought of that.