Request for clarification of term, "military linked"?
I'm not sure what you mean by this. Do you mean that you are are about to be deployed overseas? If so, if you can say where without violating your operation security, it would help.
As a general rule, military survival equipment is just like what citizens use. It just costs more (milk that cash cow), might be colored differently (blaze orange is sooo subtle), and is generally packed for year after year of storage with little to no inspection (becuase bean counters say things like "didn't we just buy survival kits back in 1927?" <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> ).
Doug has a list here that you might want to look at. And I'll PM you some things that I've suggest to friends prior to a deployment.