I agree with TheSock, don't try to dress up like military personell. They - as well as the police - have nothing but a profound contempt for para-military looking "wannabees" that dress up and act in a military manner. Do you wish to be viewed and treated as a crazy survivalist who view this disaster as nothing but the perfect opportunity to try his bug-out techniques - perfected through hours and hours of internet research - for real? Worst case scenario, they will think you are a crazy gun wielding survivalist that will flip totally and violently when faced with withdrawal from coffee and internet quality time.


Focus on functionality and I would be VERY surprised if the resulting outfit isn't more or less all civilian with some "tacticool" items here and there.


If you want to score sympathy points from the police or the national guard, you could have some discrete "support our troops" or similar statements on buttons, patches or stickers, but don't overdo it.