I just reviewed my BOB tonight, Let's see if my old, senile, paranoid memory will work.
I found that I carry the following (it's a very small, highly mobile bag): I have a Baja jacket, a U.S. Army poncho, 40 oz/water, 12vdc cell phone recharger, reading glasses, ink pen, 2 pieces/welder's soapstone, small & smaller multi-purpose knives, a mini flashlight/laser, messkit (with triox tablets, spoon, brillo pads, matches), chopsticks, sling w/clips, sterno stove w/2 small cans of sterno, whistle, extremely small FAK, survival kit in a can (marginal quality), bic lighter, compass, electrical tape, signal mirror, jeweler's screwdriver, leather lace, 8 oz/buffalo jerky, 23 pieces of hershey dark chocolate, 3-1gal & 1-1qt ziplock bags, 8 Slim Jims.
I use a U.S. Army duffle bag w/ruck sack type shoulder straps that I keep certain items and food in that is ready to go if I have to jump ship & walk home. That's another list but there are MRE's & other food items as well as gear in it.
Onboard ship, I always carry a Buck 110, Leatherman, mini-mag flashlight, lighter, smokes. I plan to take my Nav Kit w/me with a bic lighter, AA batteries, 110vac cell phone charger, ink pens, pencils, nav kit, log book, licenses, binoculars w/camara, AAA batteries, magic marker, mini flashlight, road maps, ziplock bags, & other things that I don't recall while I am too lazy to get it & inventory it here. Oh well!!
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QMC, USCG (Ret)
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