Steve, I was a pilot in Vietnam. Was there all of '71. By that time, they probably realized that if you were shot down, there was no real chance of "Escape and Evasion" after just a few hours at most. So they replaced that kit with a second radio in all our survival vests. If you landed alive and managed to not be immediately captured or killed, you had a chance of a helicopter rescue using the vest's radio. So the radio was the most important bit of gear in the vest And a second radio was the very needed backup to the first one.
Hey Rocky, I'm glad you chimed in on this one. Was hoping you would! That makes much more sense as an addition of kit than a bunch of little gadgets. You had one of the most dangerous jobs... and thank you for your Service. I'm going to pin your comment so folks can read this - too important not to see.
Steve, I was a pilot in Vietnam during 68-69. Here are a few notes that might interest you. The pen gun flare you demonstrated was found not to have the altitude and push thru tree branches that was required to do its job, so it was quickly modified to take newer "gyro-jet" shells (small rocket motors) which put a spin on the projectile enabling foliage penetration and reached a 1000 foot altitude. It was much more effective. I believe the colored cellophane was an early attempt to solve problems with the signal light. The blue filter was to use when signaling SAR (search and rescue) because the plain white light when flashed looked too much like gunfire and occasionally resulted in unintended outcomes. The red filter was used to produce infra red light which could be detected by new equipment installed in SAR choppers. Shortly thereafter (About mid 68) the flashlight you demonstrated was replaced with a larger high intensity strobe light which used less battery power, and came with a shield and filters which could be specifically aimed at rescue choppers without revealing your location or presence to the bad guys. All the survival gear was nice, but the only thing that would get you out of a nasty place quickly was communications with rescue forces. First and foremost was your radios, your chute had an automatic location beeper which started as soon as it opened (It could be disabled), next came your handheld radio(s) which had a silent beeper as well as voice capability (Many carried two with spare batteries), then the strobe and mirror, and finally the gyrojet. However a lot of situational discretion had to be used with flares, as when used, you told every bad guy within 5 miles that there was a downed airman in the immediate area.
Both you and Steve refer to infrared. Changing the color of light with a piece of colored plastic does NOT change the wavelength which is what would need to happen to make it infrared. Red light is just useful in that it gives you enough light to see by but is less easily seen by enemies. It also doesn't screw with your night vision as badly.
Kayley Hoyt Infrared light is invisible, and is present in white light emitted from a flashlight. In fact, in some flashlights, such as incandescent bulbs, there is more infrared emitted than visible light. The purpose of the cellophane is to make the visible light less obvious to the enemy, while the choppers detect your infrared and rescue you.
"Nobody ever photographs these out of their collection.I think it's about time somebody does." And that is why we really appreciate your online museum, Steve. It feels as though you're taking us around a real exhibition and picking out the things you know we really want to see.
I swear, I opened a can of pears last night, and as I pierced the lid with my opener, it hissed and I said, "Nice hiss." It just came out of me as natural as could be. Nice.
The most impressive thing in the whole kits...are the elastic bands. I've never seen a rubber band last longer than 3 years before rotting or popping or melting.
Good rubber bands can last for hundreds of years... I know people who make balsa wod planes that use rubber bands and they swear that the best rubber bands are from the 1930s...
At .12 seconds, Air Force pilot in blue with the handlebar mustache is Robin Olds. I met him in the early 1990’s and stayed in contact with him on and off until his passing. Amazing pilot and man.
@@johntorrez714 I read his biography done by his daughter and another writer (I don't know where I put it right now) based on a lot of his notes. His daughter promised him she would get it done as he was in his last days. It went into a lot of detail about Ubon, and what you guys meant to him.
This may have been mentioned before. The cellophane red and blue items were indeed light filters to put over a flashlight. The red one was to keep night vision reasonably intact while reading maps perhaps. The blue one was to use while signaling rescue helicopters to allow the helicopter pilots to differentiate between muzzle flashes from the enemy and the flashlight of someone needing rescue.
Seeing these survival kits is just kind of eerie and surreal. Putting yourself into a situation like your plane gets shot down and you're then stuck in the jungle or something and you're just on your own...with this kit as your only hope. It's really eerie to read the messages of encouragement in the instructions. It's like you can sense in them that the people that made this kit and the soldier reading the instructions knows there's a good chance he's not going to survive, (and the kit knows the soldier knows it, the soldier knows the kit knows it). But, "Here's the playbook and the game plan...Execute the plays and keep it competitive so there's a chance we can pull out the W."
Exactly! When one realizes that the people who were packing it up back then are long gone, or if they are still here, and they were 20-something back then, they have grandchildren who have already gone through college...
I was trained on this kit in Navy flight school at Pensacola in 1983; P-3C Orion Navigator/Communicator. Never saw one in the fleet. This is still a superb survival kit! 1. The sponge is compressed. If you dip it in water it will expand in size many times. Useful for baling out your liferaft or collecting drinking water from jungle leaves. 2. "Pencil Flare" not pen flare. Be very careful. Cock it before threading on the cartridge otherwise it might touch the firing pin and take off your hand. 3. The predecessor Navy survival kit in 1966 was similar but smaller and packaged into two clear hard plastic waterproof boxes. My dad kept his after his Vietnam tour in RA-5C Vigilantes, RVAH-7, on USS Enterprise in Fall 65-Spring 66. p.s. That kit had two morphine syrettes.
From what I saw they are Nitrile, which takes years of uv exposure before degrading. Many of todays are Latex which quickly degrades after yes roughly 1-2 years of exposure to average light or touching certain other things.
I dont have experience with it but i've heard older, more natural rubbers could sometimes last a long time as well, provided they werent in a corrosive environment or exposed to sunlight.
Thank you for saving the cans/etc. and not throwing them all out once you're done with making content. The respect and enthusiasm you have for history really means a lot and I wish more people were like you.
Rod Unknown -- The correct name for the ''gyro-jet'' shells is a '' Foliage Penetrating Flare '' , AKA '' The Pocket Rocket '' . The device was a small finless rocket powered by JATO propellant and launched out of it's container tube . Above the JATO propellant was a time-delay and then the flare . There were several different styles - Red Flare , Orange Smoke , Flare / Smoke Combination , & Aluminum Chaff that could be seen on RADAR . The ''nosecone'' was actually just 4 Exacto-Knife Blades that allowed the rocket to cut it's way up through the jungle canopy . The reason I know all this is because my first job after getting out of the USAF (1966) was at a Munitions Plant and I was on the ''ground floor'' in the Research & Development of the Foliage Penetrating Flare . I have in my possession one of the very first Prototype units , and the very first Color Photograph of a completed unit .
@@dolanddrumpf6344 Also a hockey player. Same time period, too. Joseph Henri Richard was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played centre with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League from 1955 to 1975. He was nicknamed "Pocket Rocket" after his older brother, Canadiens' legend and fellow Hockey Hall of Famer Maurice "Rocket" Richard.
Steve, if you are still reading comments on this old video, here's something you should know. NEVER screw the flare onto the launcher. ALWAYS screw the launcher onto the flare. I noticed that you held the launcher steady in one hand and turned the flare with the other hand. In doing so, you had your hand over the flare, and in the event of an accidental firing you would have had a whole new problem to add to being shot down. You hold the flare steady with your finger tips, hand to one side, and turn the launcher with the other hand to screw it on.
Usually its 5 or 6 of those 30 seconds for 30 minutes of content, and since the FCC doesn't regulate those ads, they usually have their volume jacked up 200%. No thanks. I will block them until the day they stop being really stupid. I support content creators through Patreon instead.
I watch the ads everytime on all channels that i have subscribed to. And if i love the channel very much (like Steve's) i will click on that ad too ;) But i wonder why i dont get ads here very often 🤔
The sponge especially was a great idea that you never seen in survival kits today. Almost every morning, I go out to the company parking lot to clear away a ton of morning dew off of my car. (I work nights.) Seriously, there is enough dew on my car to literally ring out 2 cups of water into a container if I wanted to. Obviously most surface areas in a tropical setting won't be as big as a car, but you could easily ring out a good amount of fresh water off of (non-poisonous) plant leaves into your mouth to stay hydrated.
LOVE this idea!! An album, possibly laid out by year, with all the photos he takes and descriptions of each. That'd be such a unique coffee table book!!
Those wire saws were part of US airmen kits back to WWII. Chuck Yeager sawed his way out of a Spanish small town jail after escaping from France where he had been shot down. The Spanish police put him in a cell, he sawed the bars of the window, got out and went to the town's only hotel where he checked in, had a bath and a meal and went to sleep. Once the police found out where he was, well, they just let him stay there until the envoy from the US embassy arrived.
Munrais Sounds like Yeager.. He sure had balls of steel that served him well after the war to break the sound barrier and later ride in my favorite flying rocket, the X-15..... now that was what you called flying by the seat of your pants!!
Steve, thank you for this video. My Dad (Steven R Parker) was USN and he flew (and fixed) helicopters, he did two tours of Operation Phoenix, got out in '68 and married my mom the same year... i get emotional about this type of thing... i don't agree with the politics behind Op Phoenix but I have tremendous respect for the men and women who served. My Dad's service shortened his life; he died of cancer directly related to agent orange exposure in 2019.... he NEVER, NEVER talked about his service, all i have are a few scribbled words... i have to wonder if he ever saw the internals of a kit like this. So, Steve, thank you for allowing me to feel closer to my dad at a time of his life where he was at the top of his game, so to speak... thank you.
I was SERE instructor in the military and have collected a lot of unique survival items but I have never seen one of those kits. Cool stuff! I believe those colored bags were to cover a strobe light so the flash didn't look like gun fire to rescue aircraft. I could be wrong. The SDU-5E strobe light later came out with a blue directional flash cover and then an IR cover.
That was my first thought. That the blue and orange bags were to put over the lens of your flashlight. The included twist tie being to help secure it. I have a Vietnam era MX-991/U flashlight so I know just how easy it is lose the included lens filters. Cant imagine how easy it must have been to do so while trying to survive in a jungle full of hostiles.
no wonder you shake when you make these videos you're opening something special to you and other collectors that would never do this. I'm glad you get a rush out of it though at least you get to have some fun and actually see and use some of the items and then are cool enough to share it with us.
I love the fact that he actually goes through all these as those that have NOT served or even those that have but never seen these items can finally see them. The MRE's survival kits, even going as far as eating the older era MRE and other countries MRE's, he gives us a pretty good idea and picture of these items that the public is very curious about. then he puts it on YT which is absolutely great because this will literally be the "go to" source for info on them. True a collector would cringe at this but in the long run they could see it as "a necessary evil", for the rest of us it's a real treat! TBH, this MAKES me want to buy MRE's.
FYI: Bob Ross was a master sergeant in the United States Air Force back in the 60's. Got tired of yelling at people and vowed never to do it again once he got out of the military.
My step dad was a pilot in WWII, Vietnam, and Korea. He showed me one of these packages once. His was complete, but he knew some guys that had to use them.
Hey Admiral! This one was really special - I hope you like this one man. Everyone, SUBSCRIBE to Admiral Preparedness - he is a buddy of mine that has done the "30 days on MRE's" test - he is the real deal. Check his work out - he has a very down to earth channel that shares his knowledge of prepping and survival. It is very relaxing and I can promise you'll learn a few things from this man's wisdom.
'In a survival situation behind the frontline of the enemy, you do-not-want diarrhea...' I can hardly imagine a situation you'd say something along the lines of 'Damn, a diarrhea infection would be pretty dope right now'
severe constipation…you can have constipation so bad it just hurts and hurts, and makes you uneasy and irritable. after 2 weeks of that, your food is rotting in your intestines or it can compress your waste, and it becomes like a little ball of sand paper and can cause cuts and all sorts of problems…diarrhea feels pretty good after that. take diarrhea over constipation any day.
What you are doing for military historical posterity is so important and inexorable. You are the man, and I think you are so important to humanity. Thank you.
Dude I subbed to you years ago when you had like 10k subs I just came back after years and happy to see you skyrocketed to 2 million. You deserve it man well done.
What I like most about your videos is that you give us a look at the military's views on survival kits over time. They built kits for specific geographical locations (ie Vietnam in this case). But it's interesting to see similar items included from WWII to present day.
Amazed at the number of things that they packed into those two packets. My brother was in Vietnam as a cook and brought back a number of utems from the second packet. He gave the sewing kit and several other little trinkets which I carried for years in my purse. Used the sewing kit more times than I can name.
I was in a unit called C.I,L,HI (central Identification Laboritory of Hawaii) Part of the J.T.F.F.A. (joint task force full accounting) We brought back the remains of our fallen soldiers going all the way back to the Civil war here in the states ... But it was mostly concentrated in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos ... We took Doxycycline for malaria Once a day for 30 or 40 days straight Then after we were back we took another drug I forget what its called ... It was VERY hard work but it was worth it, Bringing home our fallen hero's with full honors !!!
That’s the promise we make to those who go into harms way in the service of our great country. 🙏🏼 Thank you for going into harms way to keep that promise.
I’ve watched many of Steve’s videos, but this one really hit me hard. It really personalizes these men and what they went through during war. Wow!! Quite sobering.
And when we see( Vietnam vets) some of these vids...quite a trigger n aggravating ... leaves one in ( recall) mode for days/ weeks! But, thanks! Your efforts to share are mostly well received!
Really cool Steve. My Dad was in Korean and Nam, he passed in 2012. So this stuff really connects me.to his world...Thanks for sharing with us friend. Great job, I just love it, so interesting!!! Best of luck to you friend! Wishing you the best!
This has been one of my most favorite videos of yours Steve ol buddy!!! This was so so interesting. I told my dad about you and your channel and now we watch your vids together. He was in the army during Vietnam as he was drafted. He loves all this stuff. Thanks for creating something that has really strengthened our bond. Keep em coming Steve!! NICE!!!!!😘😘😘
My heart goes out to all our veterans but the Vietnam Veterans have a special special place in my heart. Many of them were drafted some of them volunteering to go and some who were already in the military yet they had to fight a war weather they wanted to or not and instead of being welcomed home when they got back they were spit on, food thrown and them, lives being threatened, and many forgot by the government. My family, all of them fought in Vietnam and the hell they went through over there and the hell they got when they came home was just horrible and my heart breaks for each and every one our Vietnam Vets! my special thanks to them!!! Much love to you all!!!
Klank Fan Club actually I think that the focus of the video is criticizeing (for the good or the bad) the military survival kit and not a forum for the political debate regarding the pros and cons of the Vietnam war!! You people need to get a life for the love of God
I have family members that served in Vietnam, two of them where wounded. When they came back home they where treated like animals! They where called child killers, loosers and other words to though to describe, I was a kid back in the 70s when they used to broadcast the war on TV, the images where heart breaking and hard to watch. I couldn't never imagine what this guy's whent through in that kind of environment! When they came back home they didn't want to talk not even mention Vietnam! They would go into a rage! One day in 1981 I was so naive i ask one of my cousins how was the war in Vietnam! Till this day I regret asking him about it! He whent into a rage that I've never seen before, he grabbed me picked me up and with the rage in his eyes! Told me "never...never f-fing ask me about Vietnam!" He wanted to beat the crap out of me! Luckily the family was in the house, and my brother stopped him from doing so. He took off pissed off and didn't want to come over anymore to visit! After a while he finally came around, and I approached him, I told him to please forgive me for asking and for upsetting him, I didn't meant too! He finally forgave me, and told me I will never understand what they whent through that war, he said he lost many of his friends and in the process trying to save one of them got wounded. He did ended up with a purple heart that he said he didn't want or deserved. Now year's later I do get it! And understand what this guy's where put through, back then not many people told them "thank you for your service!" Now its more common to do so and the right thing to do! War is a terrifying event that traumatized most of them. A lot of them became homeless or committed suicide, ptsd is something they will never get over it. To any of you who served Vietnam or another war! Thank you for your service to this great nation 🙏 🇺🇸✌❤
This is so awesome! Two of my Uncles were in Vietnam. One was a Top Gun in the Air Force, and the other was in the Army and received a Purple Hurt. It's really incredible to see the things they would've had during such difficult times. Thank you for doing this.
@yakacm This is actually a misconception. There is a TOP GUN "school" in the marines, which is what many are familiar with it because of the movie. However, the term "Top Gun" when it comes to the military has to do with being the "top" or "the best" at a particular thing (in layman's terms). So, with that being said, YES, it IS possible to be a Top Gun in the Airforce. Hopefully, that helps explain things better. Take Care! ❤️
@yakacm PS- there are actually schools that all branches of the military can attend, having to do with "TOP GUN" training. This, however, doesn't mean that everybody who attend IS a Top Gun. It's simply a school/training one can go through.
That bottle of leech repellent was pure gold. As guys went through it like water. Sleeping on the forest floor in the jungle with leeches walking all over you. In humid areas they hunt on land.. Nightmare!
Hey Steve..thank you so much for sharing this with us all...i cannot believe how much this kit goes for on ebay nowadays!!..well over a $1000 ...sheesh
My grandfather served 3 1/2 tours in Vietnam. His 4th tour was cut short because he got stabbed with a bayonet through his left left lung. Then they found out he had some medical issue (i cant remember exactly what it was) as a result of agent orange. His stories were crazy as fuck. Seeing that wire saw reminds me of when he told me he used one of those as a garrot to kill a VC in 1969.
Had to rough it a few times as well eh? Fucking cold as fuck, being eaten alive by bugs, it's fucking raining and the wind is blowing.. Oh and you Forgot your poncho back at home! I really hated that trip...
My father had some of those same arrow heads for hunting back in the 80:s. They were meant for wooden shafts which would be shaped into a taper with a pencil sharpener-like tool (it had two different tapers, one for the head and one for the nock) and came with a razor-like cross blade which was inserted in the thin slot in the middle of the head.
Steve, I was a pilot in Vietnam. Was there all of '71. By that time, they probably realized that if you were shot down, there was no real chance of "Escape and Evasion" after just a few hours at most. So they replaced that kit with a second radio in all our survival vests. If you landed alive and managed to not be immediately captured or killed, you had a chance of a helicopter rescue using the vest's radio. So the radio was the most important bit of gear in the vest And a second radio was the very needed backup to the first one.
Hey Rocky, I'm glad you chimed in on this one. Was hoping you would! That makes much more sense as an addition of kit than a bunch of little gadgets. You had one of the most dangerous jobs... and thank you for your Service. I'm going to pin your comment so folks can read this - too important not to see.
Thanks for the heads up man! I thought I did before. :)
Thank you for your service Rocky.
mdo686 anywhere to see the contents of that package?
thank you for your service rocky
Son: Dad, why is my sister called rose?
Steve: Because your mother love roses
Son: Ah thanks dad
Steve: No problem coffee instant type 1
Underrated comment lol
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Let's get you out on to a tray!
Steve, I was a pilot in Vietnam during 68-69. Here are a few notes that might interest you. The pen gun flare you demonstrated was found not to have the altitude and push thru tree branches that was required to do its job, so it was quickly modified to take newer "gyro-jet" shells (small rocket motors) which put a spin on the projectile enabling foliage penetration and reached a 1000 foot altitude. It was much more effective. I believe the colored cellophane was an early attempt to solve problems with the signal light. The blue filter was to use when signaling SAR (search and rescue) because the plain white light when flashed looked too much like gunfire and occasionally resulted in unintended outcomes. The red filter was used to produce infra red light which could be detected by new equipment installed in SAR choppers. Shortly thereafter (About mid 68) the flashlight you demonstrated was replaced with a larger high intensity strobe light which used less battery power, and came with a shield and filters which could be specifically aimed at rescue choppers without revealing your location or presence to the bad guys. All the survival gear was nice, but the only thing that would get you out of a nasty place quickly was communications with rescue forces. First and foremost was your radios, your chute had an automatic location beeper which started as soon as it opened (It could be disabled), next came your handheld radio(s) which had a silent beeper as well as voice capability (Many carried two with spare batteries), then the strobe and mirror, and finally the gyrojet. However a lot of situational discretion had to be used with flares, as when used, you told every bad guy within 5 miles that there was a downed airman in the immediate area.
Rod Unknown thanks for your service sir
Both you and Steve refer to infrared. Changing the color of light with a piece of colored plastic does NOT change the wavelength which is what would need to happen to make it infrared. Red light is just useful in that it gives you enough light to see by but is less easily seen by enemies. It also doesn't screw with your night vision as badly.
Didn't they try to weaponize Gyrojets?
Kayley Hoyt Infrared light is invisible, and is present in white light emitted from a flashlight. In fact, in some flashlights, such as incandescent bulbs, there is more infrared emitted than visible light. The purpose of the cellophane is to make the visible light less obvious to the enemy, while the choppers detect your infrared and rescue you.
Thank you for your service to keep me and my family safe
"Nobody ever photographs these out of their collection.I think it's about time somebody does."
And that is why we really appreciate your online museum, Steve. It feels as though you're taking us around a real exhibition and picking out the things you know we really want to see.
I swear, I opened a can of pears last night, and as I pierced the lid with my opener, it hissed and I said, "Nice hiss."
It just came out of me as natural as could be. Nice.
Ross Elliot I've done the same thing a few times And every time I catch myself say it I'm like Damn you Steve!
Ross Elliot yea everytime I Fuck my cat and it gets pissed off, I'm like "nice hiss"... Damn you Steve!
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Lmfao
I swear every time i make dinner and go to serve up I say "right, lets get this out on a tray" haha!
I said "Nice Hiss" whilst opening a can of coffee over the weekend. Steve's gotten into all of our heads!
The most impressive thing in the whole kits...are the elastic bands. I've never seen a rubber band last longer than 3 years before rotting or popping or melting.
Good rubber bands can last for hundreds of years... I know people who make balsa wod planes that use rubber bands and they swear that the best rubber bands are from the 1930s...
At .12 seconds, Air Force pilot in blue with the handlebar mustache is Robin Olds. I met him in the early 1990’s and stayed in contact with him on and off until his passing. Amazing pilot and man.
I thought he looked familiar. Loved watching Dog Fights with his episode being my fave.
I spotted that picture too. Olds was bad ass He had a hell of a career and tells some great stories.
The Bulletproof Mustache. RIP GENERAL. 🇺🇸
Robin Olds and Chappie James were my Wing COs in '68 when I joined the 8 Tactical Fighter Wing/ Ubon, Thailand
@@johntorrez714 that’s awesome!
@@johntorrez714 I read his biography done by his daughter and another writer (I don't know where I put it right now) based on a lot of his notes. His daughter promised him she would get it done as he was in his last days. It went into a lot of detail about Ubon, and what you guys meant to him.
This may have been mentioned before. The cellophane red and blue items were indeed light filters to put over a flashlight. The red one was to keep night vision reasonably intact while reading maps perhaps. The blue one was to use while signaling rescue helicopters to allow the helicopter pilots to differentiate between muzzle flashes from the enemy and the flashlight of someone needing rescue.
Seeing these survival kits is just kind of eerie and surreal. Putting yourself into a situation like your plane gets shot down and you're then stuck in the jungle or something and you're just on your own...with this kit as your only hope. It's really eerie to read the messages of encouragement in the instructions. It's like you can sense in them that the people that made this kit and the soldier reading the instructions knows there's a good chance he's not going to survive, (and the kit knows the soldier knows it, the soldier knows the kit knows it). But, "Here's the playbook and the game plan...Execute the plays and keep it competitive so there's a chance we can pull out the W."
Nice
Never give up
@@marklisbon159 never let down
Exactly! When one realizes that the people who were packing it up back then are long gone, or if they are still here, and they were 20-something back then, they have grandchildren who have already gone through college...
@@bionicfighter4046 Nice little hiss
I was trained on this kit in Navy flight school at Pensacola in 1983; P-3C Orion Navigator/Communicator. Never saw one in the fleet. This is still a superb survival kit! 1. The sponge is compressed. If you dip it in water it will expand in size many times. Useful for baling out your liferaft or collecting drinking water from jungle leaves. 2. "Pencil Flare" not pen flare. Be very careful. Cock it before threading on the cartridge otherwise it might touch the firing pin and take off your hand. 3. The predecessor Navy survival kit in 1966 was similar but smaller and packaged into two clear hard plastic waterproof boxes. My dad kept his after his Vietnam tour in RA-5C Vigilantes, RVAH-7, on USS Enterprise in Fall 65-Spring 66. p.s. That kit had two morphine syrettes.
nice! a sub-hunter!
If it wasnt removed prior to steve getting it.....I'm sure he wouldnt advertise that on you tube😂🤣 here is some morphine......😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣 hed get a strike
@@vickiakascottswife1929 He showed the amphetamine...
Thank you for your service and for your explanation!
What about the red and blue pouches?
Incredible the rubber bands are not dry rotted today's rubber bands get that way in less than 2 years.
From what I saw they are Nitrile, which takes years of uv exposure before degrading. Many of todays are Latex which quickly degrades after yes roughly 1-2 years of exposure to average light or touching certain other things.
@@RetroCaptain Very interesting!!!
I dont have experience with it but i've heard older, more natural rubbers could sometimes last a long time as well, provided they werent in a corrosive environment or exposed to sunlight.
I was thinking that too!
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Thank you for saving the cans/etc. and not throwing them all out once you're done with making content.
The respect and enthusiasm you have for history really means a lot and I wish more people were like you.
Steve belongs in a museum, as some sort of tour guide or curator. So passionate!
Jack Knight He is a curator of a museum- a virtual museum contained in this RUclips channel.
Well said@@ganymedeaerospace4580
Steve: *gets a snake*
"Wow nice hiss!"
😂
Hiss hiss fucko
♥♥♥
Steve: *Trying to get an old pilot's radio to work*
"Oooh, that's a bad hiss. Yeah, no doubt."
Jimmyjohns Official let's get this out on a tray
I'm not saying ''mandatory'' but I *highly encourage you* to continue doing this sort of gear reviews, PLEASE
we'll bang, okay?
Report back to the ship ASAP
Imagine alertness tablets just being a pouch of cocaine lmao
They're a whole lot more like meth. They practically ARE meth.
more like adderal/meth
Dextroamphetamine..
Old school speed
"Nice" lol
Amphetamine tablets....let's get this out onto a tray...Nice!
eric p + We were issued the speed too, a few times. Less jerky than coffee.
The German Army and The Japanese Army both issued a Version of the same pills!!!
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Meth*amphetamine. A whole 1.25 grams, at 80 bucks a gram thats a solid score.
eric p lets crush these up real quick....
shoots flare
"nice"
goes back inside
25:19
"nice"
@paleolithictech care package inbound
Here's something exciting! Lol
26:05 opens kit... a few hours later💥...been wanting to do that for a long time
Rod Unknown -- The correct name for the ''gyro-jet'' shells is a '' Foliage Penetrating Flare '' , AKA '' The Pocket Rocket '' . The device was a small finless rocket powered by JATO propellant and launched out of it's container tube . Above the JATO propellant was a time-delay and then the flare . There were several different styles - Red Flare , Orange Smoke , Flare / Smoke Combination , & Aluminum Chaff that could be seen on RADAR . The ''nosecone'' was actually just 4 Exacto-Knife Blades that allowed the rocket to cut it's way up through the jungle canopy . The reason I know all this is because my first job after getting out of the USAF (1966) was at a Munitions Plant and I was on the ''ground floor'' in the Research & Development of the Foliage Penetrating Flare . I have in my possession one of the very first Prototype units , and the very first Color Photograph of a completed unit .
ruclips.net/video/4G37GurUCCQ/видео.html
Thats really cool.
Aluminum chaff in a flare is really smart
Pocket rocket is also the name of a vibrator
@@dolanddrumpf6344 Also a hockey player. Same time period, too. Joseph Henri Richard was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played centre with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League from 1955 to 1975. He was nicknamed "Pocket Rocket" after his older brother, Canadiens' legend and fellow Hockey Hall of Famer Maurice "Rocket" Richard.
Steve, if you are still reading comments on this old video, here's something you should know.
NEVER screw the flare onto the launcher. ALWAYS screw the launcher onto the flare.
I noticed that you held the launcher steady in one hand and turned the flare with the other hand. In doing so, you had your hand over the flare, and in the event of an accidental firing you would have had a whole new problem to add to being shot down. You hold the flare steady with your finger tips, hand to one side, and turn the launcher with the other hand to screw it on.
"That sounds like it's almost good enough to get out onto a tray." Steve, you tease!
No ads.. You're a legend!
Use an ad blocker I never get any on RUclips
Soney Liston support Steve and the RUclips community by watching the ads, Soney. Thirty seconds for thirty minutes of content... come on.
Usually its 5 or 6 of those 30 seconds for 30 minutes of content, and since the FCC doesn't regulate those ads, they usually have their volume jacked up 200%. No thanks. I will block them until the day they stop being really stupid. I support content creators through Patreon instead.
Yeah man patreon is the best way to support your favourite dudes
I watch the ads everytime on all channels that i have subscribed to.
And if i love the channel very much (like Steve's) i will click on that ad too ;)
But i wonder why i dont get ads here very often 🤔
The sponge especially was a great idea that you never seen in survival kits today. Almost every morning, I go out to the company parking lot to clear away a ton of morning dew off of my car. (I work nights.) Seriously, there is enough dew on my car to literally ring out 2 cups of water into a container if I wanted to. Obviously most surface areas in a tropical setting won't be as big as a car, but you could easily ring out a good amount of fresh water off of (non-poisonous) plant leaves into your mouth to stay hydrated.
That's what I would want above all else, hydration!
One of the survival manuals recommends to tie rags or cloth around your ankles and walk through the foliage in the morning to collect the dew
@@delta-9969 wow!
(Also I like your username lol)
Man I love how you can tell how genuinely excited he is to show this stuff off really keeps me invested
No food and we still got our "Nice!"
Nice!
Nice!
That's awesome that you shot some flares off for us!
You should totally do a coffee table book, I'm sure even just a history of U.S. rations in pictures would sell.
j h my thoughts exactly!!
LOVE this idea!! An album, possibly laid out by year, with all the photos he takes and descriptions of each. That'd be such a unique coffee table book!!
I would buy that.
j h kickstarter!
I'd buy that for a dollar!
Lol I wonder how many "alertness tabs" Steve has "tried out" 🤣🤣
judging by how shakey his hands are in this video I'd say more than a couple
@@seanmartin806 Those are the smoker hands
@@filip4767 Nah he only smokes ration cigarettes, he is just super excited.
@@jaek__ Idk man, I know a guy whose hands shake exactly like this and he smokes a lot
@@filip4767 Well he has stated that he doesn't smoke except for what he smokes in rations.
Whoever designed this kit really wanted the aircrew to have the best chance of walking back to safety.
thra5herxb12s a
Jeffrey F makes it all the cooler that they spent so much effort developing and manufacturing these for the off chance that they did survive.
good reason to take all that meth at once and rambo yourself out of there... or die very very happy
Obviously. Can't teach a grant to be a pilot in a day. But you can teach a pilot to be a grunt in a day.
@@jdh127876 😂
Those wire saws were part of US airmen kits back to WWII. Chuck Yeager sawed his way out of a Spanish small town jail after escaping from France where he had been shot down. The Spanish police put him in a cell, he sawed the bars of the window, got out and went to the town's only hotel where he checked in, had a bath and a meal and went to sleep. Once the police found out where he was, well, they just let him stay there until the envoy from the US embassy arrived.
Munrais + The cable saw could also be the perfect guard strangling weapon. We were trained so.
Munrais Sounds like Yeager.. He sure had balls of steel that served him well after the war to break the sound barrier and later ride in my favorite flying rocket, the X-15..... now that was what you called flying by the seat of your pants!!
sounds like an event worthy of a movie.
That flare was the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time!! And the arrowhead!!
Steve, thank you for this video. My Dad (Steven R Parker) was USN and he flew (and fixed) helicopters, he did two tours of Operation Phoenix, got out in '68 and married my mom the same year... i get emotional about this type of thing... i don't agree with the politics behind Op Phoenix but I have tremendous respect for the men and women who served. My Dad's service shortened his life; he died of cancer directly related to agent orange exposure in 2019.... he NEVER, NEVER talked about his service, all i have are a few scribbled words... i have to wonder if he ever saw the internals of a kit like this. So, Steve, thank you for allowing me to feel closer to my dad at a time of his life where he was at the top of his game, so to speak... thank you.
I love how the sunglasses made in the 60s make everything look like a vintage film.
That mini flare gun is badass!! Or should I say... niice!
I was SERE instructor in the military and have collected a lot of unique survival items but I have never seen one of those kits. Cool stuff! I believe those colored bags were to cover a strobe light so the flash didn't look like gun fire to rescue aircraft. I could be wrong. The SDU-5E strobe light later came out with a blue directional flash cover and then an IR cover.
That was my first thought. That the blue and orange bags were to put over the lens of your flashlight. The included twist tie being to help secure it. I have a Vietnam era MX-991/U flashlight so I know just how easy it is lose the included lens filters. Cant imagine how easy it must have been to do so while trying to survive in a jungle full of hostiles.
Ron W
welcome to SERE
2:42 "chapstick still good.. I'm going to eat that later"
no wonder you shake when you make these videos you're opening something special to you and other collectors that would never do this. I'm glad you get a rush out of it though at least you get to have some fun and actually see and use some of the items and then are cool enough to share it with us.
Kunt Destroyer the dexamphetamine also helped
Kunt Destroyer no,I think the shaking begun when he discovered the methamphetamine!!😂
I love the fact that he actually goes through all these as those that have NOT served or even those that have but never seen these items can finally see them. The MRE's survival kits, even going as far as eating the older era MRE and other countries MRE's, he gives us a pretty good idea and picture of these items that the public is very curious about. then he puts it on YT which is absolutely great because this will literally be the "go to" source for info on them.
True a collector would cringe at this but in the long run they could see it as "a necessary evil", for the rest of us it's a real treat!
TBH, this MAKES me want to buy MRE's.
I need a modern-day remake of this whole kit. Good for backpacking or for the car! So glad you uploaded this awesome vid!
Isn't it so true? I see some amazing old survival kits and can't believe someone hasn't copied them for sale.
As a VN vet (not a pilot) , I really enjoyed your video. Good job.
Steves neighbors: oh there he goes with his flares again. 25:13
Hey I see the flare party over at Steve’s place tonight he’s probably got more of those alertness tablets
woooooooo Steve is back.
Good to be back, Kyle!
Steve1989MREInfo Keep making the awesome videos and us loyal viewers will keep watching!
OMG... YOU FOUND KYLE... you now...he,s that high...
yeah, after 5 days ? xD
i watch mre videos to help me eat more. i used to be 120 lbs at 18 yrs old. now im 24 and 150. im going for 160. this is helping a lot. thanks steve.
Andrew Kim damn I'm 20 but I wish I had that problem
Bob Ross of MRE's.
aint he
That's the truth!
Deutsche Gameplays mit Jawa and English language learners have witness to bullshit 2😎📿🖕Islam 🖕Muslim 2
FYI: Bob Ross was a master sergeant in the United States Air Force back in the 60's. Got tired of yelling at people and vowed never to do it again once he got out of the military.
OakedRS I was thinking the exact same thing 😂
My step dad was a pilot in WWII, Vietnam, and Korea. He showed me one of these packages once. His was complete, but he knew some guys that had to use them.
shame on your coward father for trying to ocupy vietnam
Oldie but goodie!! Thanks Steve!!!! The trick with the wire saw, is to cut a branch to make a bow for the saw.
Hey Admiral! This one was really special - I hope you like this one man.
Everyone, SUBSCRIBE to Admiral Preparedness - he is a buddy of mine that has done the "30 days on MRE's" test - he is the real deal. Check his work out - he has a very down to earth channel that shares his knowledge of prepping and survival. It is very relaxing and I can promise you'll learn a few things from this man's wisdom.
Steve1989MREInfo Subsribed him Sir!
'In a survival situation behind the frontline of the enemy, you do-not-want diarrhea...'
I can hardly imagine a situation you'd say something along the lines of 'Damn, a diarrhea infection would be pretty dope right now'
severe constipation…you can have constipation so bad it just hurts and hurts, and makes you uneasy and irritable. after 2 weeks of that, your food is rotting in your intestines or it can compress your waste, and it becomes like a little ball of sand paper and can cause cuts and all sorts of problems…diarrhea feels pretty good after that. take diarrhea over constipation any day.
kallibaer32 I'd take a case of mud butt over spending time with crappy inlaws or taking any sort of math test
If 4 out of 5 people suffer with diarrhea, that means the 5th enjoys it.
kallibaer32 - you're not very familiar with German porn, are you?
when your at the inlaws house and want to leave
What you are doing for military historical posterity is so important and inexorable. You are the man, and I think you are so important to humanity. Thank you.
Dude I subbed to you years ago when you had like 10k subs I just came back after years and happy to see you skyrocketed to 2 million. You deserve it man well done.
end of world...
family: good thing Steve has all those MREs handy
Steve: yeah about that...
lol
He already ate them 😂🤣😂🤣
March, 17, 2020 lol. . .
lol
Something tells me Steve had great parents and a lovely upbringing. His joy and excitement is contagious .
>How do we help our pilots that crash land in the jungle?
>Give em some meth.
That's how you create a berzerker.
Adderal
It works well trust me
DextroAmfetamine
U are just a dumbass mommy's boy
Never in a million years would I have expected fireworks in an MRE video. This thing is so cool. Thanks for the video!
I’ve been watching RUclips for over 10 years and I can honestly say this is the best video I’ve seen so far!
Shooting flares totally high in Vietnam, now THAT'S awesome
What I like most about your videos is that you give us a look at the military's views on survival kits over time. They built kits for specific geographical locations (ie Vietnam in this case). But it's interesting to see similar items included from WWII to present day.
This has been the most amazing unbox I’ve ever seen, history unfolding as it’s opened, thanks for a most amazing movie ever
Thank you Steve for showing me apart of history.
That was very interesting. Thanks for shooting the flares!
Would of liked to see the saw in action as well. Great video as always
Was kinda hoping to hear sirens and a chopper in the distance, lol.
"being sick in a survival situation.....
definitely not nice" lmao
Amazed at the number of things that they packed into those two packets. My brother was in Vietnam as a cook and brought back a number of utems from the second packet. He gave the sewing kit and several other little trinkets which I carried for years in my purse. Used the sewing kit more times than I can name.
I was in a unit called C.I,L,HI (central Identification Laboritory of Hawaii) Part of the J.T.F.F.A. (joint task force full accounting) We brought back the remains of our fallen soldiers going all the way back to the Civil war here in the states ... But it was mostly concentrated in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos ... We took Doxycycline for malaria Once a day for 30 or 40 days straight Then after we were back we took another drug I forget what its called ... It was VERY hard work but it was worth it, Bringing home our fallen hero's with full honors !!!
TY for your service
Atabine perhaps?
Thank you. Brings tears to my eyes.
That’s the promise we make to those who go into harms way in the service of our great country. 🙏🏼 Thank you for going into harms way to keep that promise.
Thank you for your service Christopher!
How can you call yourself heros, american soldiers are terrorists and need to be hung
8:35 - DEET insect repellent, in alcohol, which evaporated.
9:35 - the same DEET, now called leech repellent, in lanolin, which remained
Isn't DEET banned?
@@Sakboi2012 No, you're thinking of DDT.
Its time to break off a piece of biscuits brown and watch everybody's favorite masticator. Nice!
lmao
I’ve watched many of Steve’s videos, but this one really hit me hard. It really personalizes these men and what they went through during war. Wow!! Quite sobering.
And when we see( Vietnam vets) some of these vids...quite a trigger n aggravating ... leaves one in ( recall) mode for days/ weeks!
But, thanks! Your efforts to share are mostly well received!
Really cool Steve. My Dad was in Korean and Nam, he passed in 2012. So this stuff really connects me.to his world...Thanks for sharing with us friend. Great job, I just love it, so interesting!!! Best of luck to you friend! Wishing you the best!
This has been one of my most favorite videos of yours Steve ol buddy!!! This was so so interesting. I told my dad about you and your channel and now we watch your vids together. He was in the army during Vietnam as he was drafted. He loves all this stuff. Thanks for creating something that has really strengthened our bond. Keep em coming Steve!! NICE!!!!!😘😘😘
My heart goes out to all our veterans but the Vietnam Veterans have a special special place in my heart. Many of them were drafted some of them volunteering to go and some who were already in the military yet they had to fight a war weather they wanted to or not and instead of being welcomed home when they got back they were spit on, food thrown and them, lives being threatened, and many forgot by the government. My family, all of them fought in Vietnam and the hell they went through over there and the hell they got when they came home was just horrible and my heart breaks for each and every one our Vietnam Vets! my special thanks to them!!! Much love to you all!!!
Klank Fan Club cannot agree with you more
Klank Fan Club actually I think that the focus of the video is criticizeing (for the good or the bad) the military survival kit and not a forum for the political debate regarding the pros and cons of the Vietnam war!! You people need to get a life for the love of God
Cory Britton why so pissy? People can't just send regards to vets? Seriously, you need to get a life
Cory Britton....What A SnowFlake! Go Melt Somewhere.
My lai massacre
I have family members that served in Vietnam, two of them where wounded. When they came back home they where treated like animals! They where called child killers, loosers and other words to though to describe, I was a kid back in the 70s when they used to broadcast the war on TV, the images where heart breaking and hard to watch. I couldn't never imagine what this guy's whent through in that kind of environment! When they came back home they didn't want to talk not even mention Vietnam! They would go into a rage! One day in 1981 I was so naive i ask one of my cousins how was the war in Vietnam! Till this day I regret asking him about it! He whent into a rage that I've never seen before, he grabbed me picked me up and with the rage in his eyes! Told me "never...never f-fing ask me about Vietnam!" He wanted to beat the crap out of me! Luckily the family was in the house, and my brother stopped him from doing so. He took off pissed off and didn't want to come over anymore to visit! After a while he finally came around, and I approached him, I told him to please forgive me for asking and for upsetting him, I didn't meant too! He finally forgave me, and told me I will never understand what they whent through that war, he said he lost many of his friends and in the process trying to save one of them got wounded. He did ended up with a purple heart that he said he didn't want or deserved. Now year's later I do get it! And understand what this guy's where put through, back then not many people told them "thank you for your service!" Now its more common to do so and the right thing to do! War is a terrifying event that traumatized most of them. A lot of them became homeless or committed suicide, ptsd is something they will never get over it. To any of you who served Vietnam or another war! Thank you for your service to this great nation 🙏 🇺🇸✌❤
Based Americans treating child killing imperialist pigs the way they deserve
1am double upload. Nice.
Just in time! Not bad.
Steve1989MREInfo is your work monatizeddddd
I am disabling adblock only for you mate.
You deserve a reward for that.
Nice!
Mister_Greek RUclips red is even more so.
I love how sometimes he shakes in excitement
This is so awesome! Two of my Uncles were in Vietnam. One was a Top Gun in the Air Force, and the other was in the Army and received a Purple Hurt. It's really incredible to see the things they would've had during such difficult times.
Thank you for doing this.
Top Gun in the Air Force? Wasn't Top Gun a Navy thing?
@yakacm
This is actually a misconception.
There is a TOP GUN "school" in the marines, which is what many are familiar with it because of the movie. However, the term "Top Gun" when it comes to the military has to do with being the "top" or "the best" at a particular thing (in layman's terms). So, with that being said, YES, it IS possible to be a Top Gun in the Airforce.
Hopefully, that helps explain things better.
Take Care!
❤️
@yakacm
PS- there are actually schools that all branches of the military can attend, having to do with "TOP GUN" training. This, however, doesn't mean that everybody who attend IS a Top Gun. It's simply a school/training one can go through.
*Sets neighborhood aflame with pen flare gun*
Steve: "Nice!"
That bottle of leech repellent was pure gold. As guys went through it like water. Sleeping on the forest floor in the jungle with leeches walking all over you. In humid areas they hunt on land.. Nightmare!
Steve, I've never been in the armed forces or eaten an MRE but this is my favourite youtube channel.
Thank you for your service Sir
I enjoy your
content
I'm a 45 years in the carpentry and sawmill business
So many uploads in a row... I think that's pretty... nice
You're Nice
Now let’s get that out on a tray
I freaked out for a second on the mirror when I saw Pee Wee Herman and the camera lol. This is one of the best videos, really cool stuff in these.
Eat the bouillon cube, you've got a fully stocked medical kit.
Seeing how he eats most things in his videos, I was hoping he try all these tablets too
There's a reason why you aren't supposed to take expired medicine.
@@dagda1180 u are a tard. He was making a joke.
He'd take all the speed and then go through that second pack in like 46 seconds lol
@@SteelyDanzig yep lol
he didn’t eat the band-aids, smh
Nice!
Not bad! First too, Wolf.
Steve1989MREInfo that dry powder is from a city an hour away. Rochester NY.
you from buffalo ?
Nice
I think this is my favourite kit that you have shown us. The medical kit is amazing!
Back in the day made a trip wire from the wire-saw. Broke my collarbone tripping over it!
Best kit i have ever seen in my life . You will never see anything like that again . Todays kits are net even a shoadow of this kit.
Hey Steve..thank you so much for sharing this with us all...i cannot believe how much this kit goes for on ebay nowadays!!..well over a $1000 ...sheesh
People wanting the go go pills.
SmittenTheKitteninMittens 😳🤭
@@robertcollier8488 and the morphine thats supposed to be in it
Those signal mirrors are very desirable, worth a lot of $$$.
"You're lonely.. There are natives.." best line ever
Is he implying that a young downed pilot would eventually find a native girl and, well?
@@choppergunner8650duh lol
My grandpa was a pilot in Vietnam, has bunch of old army stuff and I can smell the smell you described from memory.
I really appreciate the extra effort to cut the packaging in a way that keeps it appropriate for display. Great video!
I bet his house is hoarded though 😹
6:21 Diarrhea behind enemy lines
I think at that point, your behind would be the enemy lines
Andrew Jackson WATCH OUT NAPALM
I wish that one day I find something I enjoy as much as Steve enjoys his reviews
My grandfather served 3 1/2 tours in Vietnam. His 4th tour was cut short because he got stabbed with a bayonet through his left left lung. Then they found out he had some medical issue (i cant remember exactly what it was) as a result of agent orange. His stories were crazy as fuck. Seeing that wire saw reminds me of when he told me he used one of those as a garrot to kill a VC in 1969.
As soon as I saw that wire saw I was thinking I bet it saw more use as a garrote over there.
if u remember any of ur grandpas stories, u should make a youtube vid re telling them... that would be cool
BobTheBuilder ......do I have to be the guy to say it?.......that story from your grandpa has a high probability of not being true.
I pulled your Granddad's DD-214. I hate to tell you this but he was a cook in the Officer's mess.
Wow
Steve is so happy and positive when he reviews anything it makes me happy and draws me in every time I watch these videos 😎
i find it funny motion sickness tabs for pilots, nice review
CR: They would be mighty nice if you found yourself in your rubber raft in high seas. This is a Navy survival kit.
The Air Force's idea of escape and evasion seems like it would be more fun than some backpacking trips I've been on.
😂
Had to rough it a few times as well eh?
Fucking cold as fuck, being eaten alive by bugs, it's fucking raining and the wind is blowing.. Oh and you Forgot your poncho back at home! I really hated that trip...
Awesome content 👍
I had no idea you liked Steves videos! I love your videos.
Chase3277 well proto is a war veteran so I can see why
*contains meth condoms, and candy* “Looks like a little party kit”
"Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff."
Also has amphetamine
@@TimperialBroadcastingAgency Exactly what I was thinking, Slim.
The Nazis were given meth prior to strikes and raids. Part of the reason they were so efficient as soldiers.
@@Sgtviolence so we had literal German meth heads with MP40s charging head on into ally bases?!
That arrow head is pretty bloody awesome looking.
Really neat emergency pack.
My father had some of those same arrow heads for hunting back in the 80:s. They were meant for wooden shafts which would be shaped into a taper with a pencil sharpener-like tool (it had two different tapers, one for the head and one for the nock) and came with a razor-like cross blade which was inserted in the thin slot in the middle of the head.
Steve, it was one of the most interesting and curious video I've EVER seen. Great kit!
Your excitement is hilarious and contagious!! Keep it up!
Steve really helps me appreciate our troops more with his knowledge. Nice.