Wife says I have too much gear

[Stonewall]

My wife says I have too much gear.

This is just the stuff I have in boxes that I don't use regularly:

CAMPING GEAR
•   THERMA REST INFLATABLE PAD
•   SLUMBER JACK (SMALLER) PAD
•   MOUNTAIN HARDWARE TENT
•   EUREKA TENT
•   GORETEX BIVVY SHELTER
•   PFD FOR CANOEING

COMMS AND ELECTRONICS
•   ALINCO HT RADIO (CAP)
•   ALINCO BASE RADIO (CAP)
•   JET STREAM AM/FM/AIR RADIO X 2
•   VERTEX HT RADIO (CAP)
•   MOTOROLA HT 2000 (CAP)
•   GPS
•   POWER STRIP

DUTY GEAR, GUN ACCESSORIES AND KNIVES
•   RED/BLUE GUNS X 2
•   SURVIVAL, KAYBAR, GERBER AND SMALL FOLDING KNIVES
•   DUTY GEAR
•   CONCEALMENT GEAR
•   BOLLE SUND/WIND/DUST GOGGLES
•   MAGAZINES
•   5.11 KNEE PADS
•   HAND MIC
•   WHISTLES
•   BLUE "POLICE" TRAFFIC VEST
•   SOFT/HARD TRAUMA PLATES
•   SAR CHEST POUCH FOR RADIO
•   M4 STOCK AND FRONT GRIPS
•   SPARE M4 MAGS

HELMETS AND GAS MASKS
•   M-40 MILSPEC X 1
•   M-40 FILTERS X 3
•   ADVANTAGE 1000 CS/CN X 2
•   BLACKHAWK GAS MASK CARRIER
•   KEVLAR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES (SMALL) X 2
•   PETZL MOUNTAIN HELMET
•   PROTEC HELMETS X 2

INDIVIDUAL FIELD GEAR AND EXTRAS
•   LBV X 2
•   2 CT CANTEEN
•   CANTEEN CUP
•   INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT
•   BUTTPACK
•   LBT ASSAULT PACK
•   PISTOL BELT
•   RUCK STRAP

MEDICAL SUPPLIES
•   BAG VALVE MASK
•   DRESSINGS
•   BADAGES
•   BANDAIDS
•   SYRINGES
•   NEEDLES
•   TAPE
•   STETHASCOPE AND BP CUFF
•   TOURNIQUETES
•   AIRWAYS
•   SPLINTS
•   MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS
•   PONCHO
•   OLD GORETEX PANTS (M/L)
•   POLELESS LITTER
•   MEDIUM BHI ACCESORY KIT
•   SMALL BHI ACCESORY KIT
•   FIELD JACKET LINER
•   RUCK LINER (LIGHTWEIGHT)
•   DIAMONDBACK BAILOUT BAG
•   BLACK CAMELBAK (100oz)
•   LBT MAP CASE
•   LBT OD/NYLON LEG HOLSTER
•   LBT DOUBLE PISTOL MAG POUCH
•   BHI CROSSDRAW HLS VEST (OD)
•   5.11 EP VEST
•   TAN SANDBAGS X 4
•   FLEX CUFFS (WHITE) X 3 PACKS
•   BHI BLACK NOTEBOOK CASE

MOLLE GEAR AND ACCESSORIES
•   PARACLETE CHEST RIG W/CAMELBAK
•   BLOWOUT KIT (FILLED)
•   CHEST MED KIT
•   DOUBLE GRENADE POUCH
•   STROBE POUCH
•   ADMIN POUCHES
•   MAG POUCHES

[Ned]

The last time I went through my Army field gear (just after retirement), I discovered a couple of items that required a late night trip to the "amnesty box" at Camp Roberts.


Whoops.


Remember kids, always check your gear on a routine basis for servicability.

(and the presence of contraband.)

[Stonewall]

The last time I went through my Army field gear (just after retirement), I discovered a couple of items that required a late night trip to the "amnesty box" at Camp Roberts.


Whoops.


Remember kids, always check your gear on a routine basis for servicability.

(and the presence of contraband.)

BTDT.  But with pryo (I couldn't use with CAP).

I'm what's called a "gear queer".  I had the saying gear adrift is a gift.  Lots of the stuff I have that I didn't purchase, I can honestly say I have no idea where it came from.  Like the K-pots.  My wife wears a small, but I don't.  Back when we met at an ARNG armory, they decomissioned one unit and brought in another.  They were basically throwing gear at us.  I'm sure there should have been some paperwork, but that's their problem. 

[JAFO78]

I hear Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor in the back ground.

Besides you have it all organized, you can never have too much.

Kirt your a mans man

[Stonewall]

Besides you have it all organized, ...

I think my wife thinks I'm too organized.  In fact, I know my anal-retentiveness drives her crazy.

[Eclipse]

Too...much...gear?

I don't think men are allowed to string those three words together in a sentence or acknowledge that
they can be by a woman.

Ask here if she has too much jewelry.   

Seriously, though.  It might make a funny picture to see you wearing it all at once!

[mikeylikey]

I will take the flex cuffs, the poncho, 2 sandbags and a Kevlar.  There is a person that I need to "disappear".  OR Send everything to me and I will "McGyver" you an awesome cadet discipline machine   

[CadetProgramGuy]

I'll take everything in the Misc. Container......

[Stonewall]

I'll take everything in the Misc. Container......

Don't tell my wife that, she'll FedEx it to you tomorrow. 

[Capt M. Sherrod]

Along those same lines, I was starting to get my paperwork in order to work on my taxes last night.  When I was going through various categories and got to "Charitable Donations", my wife said, "What?!? You spent how much on CAP?"  My response - Honey, it's a write off. 



I am not sure that was the best response.

[mikeylikey]

^ Hey....use it!  Use the milage, the food expenses, the uniform purchases.  USE EVERYTHING.  However, my Accountant said that this year there are stricter guidelines for stuff like this from the IRS.  If you don't have receipts you can't claim it, no exceptions (unlike previous years, where the IRS gave us the option to claim up to $600.00 without receipts).

[NIN]

Besides you have it all organized, ...

I think my wife thinks I'm too organized.  In fact, I know my anal-retentiveness drives her crazy.

Holy crap, man, and you call me the King of the Snivel Gear?

Wanna come to my place and get retentive on my stuff?

[NIN]

I will take the flex cuffs, the poncho, 2 sandbags and a Kevlar.  There is a person that I need to "disappear".  OR Send everything to me and I will "McGyver" you an awesome cadet discipline machine   

I just laughed out loud at that whole post.

[mikeylikey]

^ so I hope you can    !!!  Would hate to have to get two ponchos and some more flex cuffs (if you get my drift)

[NIN]

^ so I hope you can    !!!  Would hate to have to get two ponchos and some more flex cuffs (if you get my drift)

Hey, dude, keep my personal life outta this, will you?  Gosh!

(you forgot the 2 gallons of Mazola oil...)

[JC004]

You can't have too much gear.  That is silly. 

[NIN]

You can't have too much gear.  That is silly. 

Unless you're at Winter Hawk, and you're humping up the Valley of Stones enroute to Three Pipes, and its all on your back.

[Stonewall]

You can't have too much gear.  That is silly. 

Unless you're at Winter Hawk, and you're humping up the Valley of Stones enroute to Three Pipes, and its all on your back.

And you didn't bring a cadet to carry it for you.

[davedove]

You can't have too much gear.  That is silly. 

Unless you're at Winter Hawk, and you're humping up the Valley of Stones enroute to Three Pipes, and its all on your back.

And you didn't bring a cadet to carry it for you.

I thought that was why we allowed cadets on GT, to carry the gear for all us geezers.

[♠SARKID♠]

I will so be at your next rummage sale.

[NIN]

And you didn't bring a cadet to carry it for you.

No, only Brodsky did... Grrrrrr...

The British guy I brought along had 2 Gurkhas for all his kit..

[SAR-EMT1]

The last time I went through my Army field gear (just after retirement), I discovered a couple of items that required a late night trip to the "amnesty box" at Camp Roberts.


Whoops.


Remember kids, always check your gear on a routine basis for servicability.

(and the presence of contraband.)

Amnesty box being a drop off point for ammo taken off base? Classified you left in your briefcase? What?

[NIN]

Amnesty box being a drop off point for ammo taken off base? Classified you left in your briefcase? What?

"Stuff" you're not supposed to have (generally ammo and / or brass, but often more serious "contraband" items, particularly if its the amnesty box at the reception station at Basic Training).

I still have several grenade pins. Oh well.

"please no pyro"

[BillB]

CAP Talk is so educational.  I learned things today. For example, I didn't  know Nin had a personal life.

[JAFO78]

CAP Talk is so educational.  I learned things today. For example, I didn't  know Nin had a personal life.

ouch.............

[thp]

It is a law of life that there is no such thing as two much gear...

Just as long as you have a place to stick it all...

PS: Tell you wife that it is "life saving equipment"

[thp]

You just need to buy an old U-Haul style trailer to carry it all around in, then it is all ready to go at once.

[NIN]

CAP Talk is so educational.  I learned things today. For example, I didn't  know Nin had a personal life.

Yeah, neither did I until I thought about it!!

[JC004]

You can't have too much gear.  That is silly. 

Unless you're at Winter Hawk, and you're humping up the Valley of Stones enroute to Three Pipes, and its all on your back.

yeah...BTDT

[mikeylikey]

You can't have too much gear.  That is silly. 

Unless you're at Winter Hawk, and you're humping up the Valley of Stones enroute to Three Pipes, and its all on your back.

yeah...BTDT

Yeah, Been there, seen that.  Never will I return........

[RogueLeader]

Stonewall, would you sell the M4 mags? 

BTW, whats your wifes name?   

[Stonewall]

Stonewall, would you sell the M4 mags? 

BTW, whats your wifes name?   

Mags:  No.

Wife's name:  Big Helen

[mikeylikey]

Stonewall, would you sell the M4 mags? 

BTW, whats your wifes name?   

Mags:  No.

Wife's name:  Big Helen

Big?!?!?   

[Stonewall]

I was gonna say Large Marge, but her name isn't Marge either...

My wife is niether large or big.  She is 5' 2" and wears small short BDUs.  I really don't know how much she weighs and I'm sure she would kill me if I knew and put it on here.

[Michael]

Seems like its pretty well organized. 

Check out BOB-Oracle.com.  This guy is the king of snivel gear.

[teesquared]

I'm pretty sure "too much gear" qualifies as an oxymoron or something.
My wife says I have too many uniforms.
Humph!

[tjaxe]

Too...much...gear?

I don't think men are allowed to string those three words together in a sentence or acknowledge that
they can be by a woman.

Ask here if she has too much jewelry.   

Give me gear over a hunk of shiny coal any day!!  Alice packs, canteen covers, MREs... <sigh>

[Walkman]

Much to my wife's chagrin, I'm marching double-time toward the day when I can make the same "too much gear" statement.  I'm still pretty new, so it'll take me a few more months.

[fullback]

As long as your not obsessed with buying gear and its not ruining your marriage or job, I think your good.

[afgeo4]

So... why aren't you E-Bay'ing all this to make some money to buy brand new gear?

[Stonewall]

I've given away or sold all the gear I don't want/need.  Everything I kept is stuff that you can't buy anymore, stuff I need, stuff I just can't let go of, or stuff that I need to hold on to incase the government comes knocking and want it back.  Just because they didn't ask for it back doesn't mean they won't want it back one day.

[sarmed1]

Just because they didn't ask for it back doesn't mean they won't want it back one day.

I had a bunch of GI issue type stuff with me one day....My cav unit was deactivating and I brought out my bag of "extra" items just in case I was missing something I wouldnt actually have to pay for it.  Some of it was never asked for gear some was CAP acquired etc etc

bad idea....

The supply NCO said if I cant produce a reciept it must be issue stuff I never bothered to return...and into her bag it went....

Lesson leaned never have anyhting but whats on the paper and never get rid of anything because "...nobody asked for it back"

mk

[RiverAux]

My wife says I have too much gear.

Too much gear???  Nah, sounds like you've got too much wife. 

[Tubacap]

***DUCK!!!!****

[flyerthom]

***DUCK!!!!****

<Brad Paisly> ...There's a gun in my truck , Honey,  I'm still a guy! </Brad Paisley>

[Stonewall]

My wife says I have too much gear.

Too much gear???  Nah, sounds like you've got too much wife. 

Yeah, luckily I'm pretty good with taking what I dish out.  And since my smokin' hot wife can out PT most men, especially in CAP, even at 8 months pregnant, I'm not worried about it.

[RiverAux]

Ah, you missed it....not too BIG of a wife...but having ANY wife at all to tell you that you have too much gear.....

[Fifinella]

I'm not worried about it.

Particularly since you're half-way across the country right now? 

[Hoorah]

I have too much CAP stuff also.
I have one big folder of Cap Paperwork.
1 Blues Uniform. 1 Blues hats. 1 CAP binder with CAP paperwork and Aerospace etc  in it. 1 notebook with CAP paperwork and notes. 1 Cap wallet. C/AB Ranks. 1 BDU Hat.
2 PT Shirts. 1. CAP regs software cd. 2 black bdu shirts.
1. Airforce shirt for leisure wear at CAP. 1 BDU jacket.
1 pair of black dress shoes. Several Uniform socks. 1 pair of BDU boots. 1 24 hour pack coming to me in the mail.  1. CAP radio.1 set boot blousers. Boot polish. Rags. Iron. Starch.
Plus 2 mail accounts one for CAP official use and 1 for ordering CAP stuff. 1 GTM manuel.

[BrandonKea]

Wow, how do you carry all that around with you 

[Hoorah]

Wow, how do you carry all that around with you 

tub

[LtCol Hooligan]

I have too much CAP stuff also.
I have one big folder of Cap Paperwork.
1.blues Uniform. 1 blues hats. 1 CAP binder with CAP paperwork and Aerospace etc  in it. 1 notebook with CAP paperwork and notes. 1 Cap wallet. C/AB Ranks. 1 BDU Hat.
2 PT Shirts. 1. CAP regs software cd. 2 black bdu shirts.
1. Airforce shirt for leisure wear at CAP. 1 BDU jacket.
1 pair of black dress shoes. Several Uniform socks. 1 pair of BDU boots. 1 24 hour pack coming to me in the mail.  1. CAP radio.1 set boot blousers. Boot polish. Rags. Iron. Starch.

Cadet Williams- are you leaving the program?  Don't forget that if you got the blues as part of the FCU program, you need to give them to the unit.  Also, if you checked any of those items out from the unit, they should be returned.  What comes around goes around.

[Hoorah]

No just listing all the gear I have

[Polecat]

I have too much CAP stuff also.
I have one big folder of Cap Paperwork.
1 Blues Uniform. 1 Blues hats. 1 CAP binder with CAP paperwork and Aerospace etc  in it. 1 notebook with CAP paperwork and notes. 1 Cap wallet. C/AB Ranks. 1 BDU Hat.
2 PT Shirts. 1. CAP regs software cd. 2 black bdu shirts.
1. Airforce shirt for leisure wear at CAP. 1 BDU jacket.
1 pair of black dress shoes. Several Uniform socks. 1 pair of BDU boots. 1 24 hour pack coming to me in the mail.  1. CAP radio.1 set boot blousers. Boot polish. Rags. Iron. Starch.
Plus 2 mail accounts one for CAP official use and 1 for ordering CAP stuff. 1 GTM manuel.

That's not enough! haha. If I were to list all mine it would take the whole 4th page.

[Eeyore]

My problem is I can't bring myself to stop buying things. You'd think that once I had everything that was basically necessary for any activity I would be done. Nope, it's always time to upgrade or get new toys to play with. Oh well, the Mrs. is OK with it as long as it is limited to one closet.

[Hoorah]

My problem is I can't bring myself to stop buying things. You'd think that once I had everything that was basically necessary for any activity I would be done. Nope, it's always time to upgrade or get new toys to play with. Oh well, the Mrs. is OK with it as long as it is limited to one closet.

Same here. I like to buy new toys even though I like the ones I have now.

[t9000gs]

Does she also want you to get rid of some of it? If yes they I am sure with encampment coming up we could use it