Old Corps Humping
a couple of bandoliers, a couple of frags, a couple cans of ham n' limas, 4-5 canteens, a towel around the neck, a quick prayer for fast delivery of napalm or arty if we got hit bad, stick the boots (new guys) with the m-60 belts and you're good to go for a days worth of humping. What are they carrying all that #### around for when they are only a couple of clicks from base camp and have a guarantee of gunships to suppress anything real heavy duty?
Interesting question, Goesh. Especially when you compare current loads for short patrols to what SOG guys carried into Laos. And those guys had to be ready for anything and not expect immediate support or extraction.
"On the plains and mountains of the American West, the United States Army had once learned everything there was to learn about hit-and-run tactics and guerrilla warfare."
T.R. Fehrenbach This Kind of War
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