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Appreciate your understanding our OPSEC concerns.
It occurs to me that the limiting factor with the kit is size and weight, not an arbitrary number of items, though it does keep it manageable.
I suspect that the priority varies from minute to minute. If you are not hurt, the first aid kit is a waste; if you are not hungry, the food is excess weight; if it is hot, the snivel gear a burden, etc. The stuff is all unneccessary till you need it, then you wish you had the kitchen sink.
Most of the kits I have seen tend toward unassing the vehicle with enough stuff to live seven more minutes (stop the bleeding and keep fighting), not seven days. Probably should distinguish between a bailout bag and an E&E kit.
HTH. Anyone else care to chime in?
TR
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