I agree with both of your posts. The E&E Part is all well and good, not really much of an issue there. Its a 7 day course, so some of you veteran survival guys may not need/want food, but i'll tell you I am going to be just about at my wits end after 3-4 days with no food knowing I have 3-4 more days to go. That and I will be the talk of the town amongst my team if my fishing skills prove to be useful.

The other thing is, is this kit may not be used to its fullest extent during the training, but.... its more of a show of interest/knowledge etc building it. You submit your kit (if you made one) at the beginning of the training and they go through it in front og the class and critique/comment. So kudos to me if I can build a respectable one.

These two things in mind I want to be comprehensive in building one, even if it will only be used currently for show. Hopefully ill never be "forced" to survive in the wild. I would prefer I was never in the situation, none the less all a learning experience for me.

A trip to walmart yielded some additional items.
Reusable Zip Ties (Thinking for shelter and lashing)
A better mirror (From a ladies compact)
Some baby bottle liners for carrying water
and the best find of all...
Tiny zip lock bags so I can throw the oversized and bulking packaging away from many of my items (matches, water tabs etc)
BTW I found them by sweet talking the lady at the jewelery counter. (A little FYI)

So, any commemts on something I may be missing or overlooking?

ps. The Surv and E&E portions are pretty much seperate.. When I first got here I was on the OPFOR detail, pretty much stay of the roads and your good to go. You all get to a safe house at the end and the house is raided of course, ensuring 100% for the intero/physical part if you catch my drift.