On the Marine side, Motorolas are back in, and working very handily in fact. The Marconi PRRs can still be found in a few cases, like cavguy said, but their days are numbered.Motorolas are gone, as the Army fielded the MBITR radio instead, which is FH capable/secure and links with SINCGARS. There are some brit squad radios floating around still.
I actually went looking for a tin cricket on Ebay the other day, with no luck.
With exception of cell phones (outside of commanders who might need to be on the line with a sheikh or police chief) and PDAs, the other items are typically found within a Marine fire team, or at least the squad.
I will continue to carry my own VS-17, signal mirror, and whistle (the whistle is usually a prescribed item for leaders to have) on my loadout, and have done so for the past 13-14 years. The same goes for my yellow canary message book that I always go forward with.
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