At least it's not a national disaster area this time........
Another damned packing list. Let's see, two murderers, two commiters of fornication, two pagans condemned to limbo..........
Too much dante?
I'm getting ready to go back to AIT again, and after a great deal of waffling, MEPS decided I would not be driving, but would in fact be flying. Therefore I get to pack one duffel bag, and a very small carry-on. Woot.
Doing the prior service thing, so I should get to wear civies some, and get a reissue of all my army gear, but I don't trust it, and don't know how long it'll take, so I've got some uniforms going too. More goodies will follow in the mail, but this is it for now.
2 pr combat boots
1 pr dress shoes
2 pr running shoes. (my sauconys and my brooks, sorry mizuno.)
1 set patent leather shoes
6 pair black socks
12 plus pair white socks
2 berets
All available rank and insignia
1 BDU type elastic sorta belt.
1 dress belt
1 of each field cap
1 pair poly pros. (I can't find the other top to my second pair. Or my watchcap.)
All PTs.
2 pr BDUS, maybe 3 room permitting.
2 white Tshirts
6 pr brown Tshirts
All available boxer briefs. On the pain of an article 15, I refuse to wear the brown "tighty" fruit of the looms.
Class A's (all of that stuff actually, why not? It already's been tailored and set up?)
Dress gloves
Glove liners (but not my work gloves, can't find them either. Maybe I burned them up in celebration of my ETS?)
1 Army type laundry bag
1 Balaclava
1 PT vest
Duffel Bag
Carryon bag
1 Field Jacket (Virginia's cold! And I'm not waiting for the stinkin' Goretex.)
2 Neck Gaiters
Then my civies stuff
2 jackets
Old unit hat
4 prs jeans
Assorted shirts
The shoes and belt I have on right now.
At least one full dress outfit, probably my suit.
All my running clothes, and maybe a pair or two of sweats. (these actually take almost no space up, since they're made of that microfiber crap.
Any other snivel gear, maybe just some normal gloves, non-army, so they'll actually keep your hands warm.
A pair of sheets and a "mink" blanket if they'll fit. If not, this is the first thing in the mail from home. Army wool blankets suck, and the wool bits always get in my contacts. I'd take a woobie if I still had that. Gotta love woobies.
A towel. A good towel, which means not army. Although army towels are great as a surface protector for boot polishing.
Swim trunks. I really would love to do an Ironman in a year or so.
Then other assorted crap and toiletries. Pun intended. These will include alarm clock, army type coins, locks, my paperwork, boot polish (I don't think they have lincoln wax there, and kiwi sucks balls), flashlights, dogtags, glasses, contacts, contact solution, razor, shaving cream, toothbrush, toothpaste, and deoderant.
Plus the big aluminum fist (just the front really) that I did for my first sandcasting and my marathon medal. And something to read on the way. Never. Never. Never. Go anywhere in the Army without something to read.
And using revolutionary techniques only known to sherpas, and people stationed in korea that actually took everything they were supposed to on alerts, I will fit all of this into my duffel. Which I will need a sherpa to carry for me. Yar. I've had my breather, so once more into the britches...............