I just joined the forum. What does EDC stand for?

EDC Every Day Carry
PSK Pocket Survival Kit
PMK Pocket Medical Kit
BOB Bug Out Bag
SAK Swiss Army Knife

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-- Craig

PSK: Personal Survival Kit
FSK: Fire Starting Kit
FAK: First Aid KitSAK: Swiss Army KnifeEDC=Every Day Carry
BOB=BugOut or BailOut Bag
RSK=Ritter Survival Knife
SAR=Search And Rescue
AIRSAVE - (USAF) (see also, PALS & MOLLE)
ALICE - All-Purpose Lightweight Carrying Equipment
AM - Amplitude Modulation
BOB - Bug out bag
BTW - By the Way
EAS - Emergency Alert System
EMP - Electro-Magnetic Pulse
Epirb: Electronic positioning indicating radio beacon
FM - Frequency Modulation
FRS - Family Radio Service
CB - Citizens Band
CHP - California highway patrol
CPR - Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
CRKT - Columbia River Knife and Tool
CW - Continuous Wave (synonymous with radio Morse Code)
DIY - Do it Yourself
EBR - Energy bar wrapper (??)
EDC - Everyday carry
ETS - Equipped to survive
FWIW - For What it?s worth.
GMRS - General Mobile Radio Service
GPS - Global Positioning Satellite
Ham - Amateur radio operator (not really an acronym)
HF - High Frequency
HTH - Hope this helps
IIRC - If I recall Correctly
IMHO - In my humble opinion (also; In my honest Opinion)
LBTOJ - Little brown truck of joy ( UPS)
LED - Light Emitting Diode
LTS - Long Term Survival
MLB - Major League Baseball
MOLLE - Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment (USMC) (also PALS)
MRE - Meals Ready to Eat (Military Rations)
MURS - Multi-Use Radio Service
NHL - National Hockey League
N.O. - New Orleans
NOAA - National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
OTOH - On the Other Hand
PALS - Pocket Attachment Ladder System (US Army) (also MOLLE)
POV - Privately Owned Vehicle
PSP - Pocket Survival Pak
RSK - Ritter survival knife
RSKM2 ? Ritter Survival Knife w/ M2 High Speed Steel
RTG?S - Radioisotope thermal electric generators
SAME - Specific Area Message Encoding (NOAA EAS feature)
SCUBA - Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
SAR - Search and rescue
SAS - Special air service

SRLB - Self Righting Life Boat
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