GB2 Ultralight Bug Out Bag

Link to Video - ​Green Beret's Ultralight Bug Out Bag with Gear Recommendations
Situational Goal:​ Create distance between you and the incident.
Needs:​ Maintain core body temp, consume water for hydration, calories for energy, manage
injuries, support navigation
Facts: ​The heavier your pack, the slower you move, the more water you need, and the more
calories you’ll need to replenish.
GB2 Ultralight Bug Out Bag Objective:
● Find a balance between streamlining and minimizing while also providing redundancy to
allow for contingencies you didn’t see coming.
● Target between 10%-20% of your body weight for optimal performance.

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Disclaimer
This packing list with gear recommendations and links is for your convenience.
I hope that you will focus on the items and what they are meant to provide for rather than focus on the
specific brands I choose and recommend. There is nothing wrong with substituting brands you have
experience with and trust or using items you may already have that serve the same purpose.
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Hope to see you in the woods someday!
-Joshua Enyart, The Grey Bearded Green Beret
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GB2 Ultralight Bug Out Bag
Disclaimer
1) Shelter-Kit (for maintaining ore body temp):
Clothing and bag
All shelter kits need something to sleep under, in, and on.
Cordage
Tent Stakes
2) Fire Kit:
Lighter
Fresnel Lens
Ferrocerium Rod:
Man-made Emergency Tinder
12-hour Candles
3) Water Kit:
Container
Nesting cup
Cotton Shemagh
Small Water filter
Water Purification Tabs (20)
4) Food Kit:
Emergency Rations or MRE
Food Procurement Supplies
5) Trauma Kit:
Pre-built iFAK
Additions based on skill and situation
6) Navigation Kit
Map
Waterproof Paper Notebooks
Mechanical Pencils
Compass
Pace Beads
7) Tool Kit
Headlamp
Full-tang belt knife
Multi-tool
8) Not accounted for:

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1) Shelter-Kit (for maintaining ore body temp):

Clothing and bag

● Natural colors that blend-in in a woodland environment but not true camouflage as that
stands out in urban centers.
● Nothing with overtly tactical aesthetics.
○ Recommended:
■ 5.11 Covrt18 Backpack 25L

All shelter kits need something to sleep under, in, and on.
● Under:​ Poncho
○ Doubles as a rain jacket
○ Grommets allow for use as a tarp shelter.
■ Recommended
● Helikon-tex Poncho U.S. Model
○ Link to: 5 Minute Tarp Shelters
● In: ​Poncho Liner
○ Recommended:
■ Military surplus poncho liner​ aka woobie
■ Optional: ​Helikon-Tex Swagman Roll Poncho, Bushcraft Line​ as liner
● On:​ Bivvy Sack
○ Recommended:
■ Snugpak Special Forces Bivvy Bag

Cordage
● Titan SurvivorCord
○ +600 LB breaking strength
○ Copper wire, monofilament fishing line, and waxed jute for emergency tinder.

Tent Stakes
● Add almost no weight and add to set up speed
○ MSR Groundhog Stake Kit​ (6ct)

2) Fire Kit:
● Use fire to signal location, boil water, cook food, maintain warmth.
● Not essential immediately, but necessary for long-term survival.

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Lighter
● Pros
○ Easy, carry in your pocket
○ Sure flame
○ Hundreds of fires
● Cons
○ Challenging in wind and rain
○ Fuel can leak/run out
○ Don’t work wet
○ Mechanical parts can break
● Recommended:
○ Bic
○ Exotac Sleeve

Fresnel Lens
● The first option as solar fires take no resources from your kit
● Last as long as there is sun and the lens is clear
● Recommended:
○ >3x magnification
○ Fresnel Lens

Ferrocerium Rod:
● 1000’s of fires, several years
● Target length between 4-6 inches as it will allow for gross motor movements
● Recommended:
○ SRO HD6 Ferro Rod or ​überleben Hexå

Man-made Emergency Tinder

● Best when dry material is scarce or not convenient
● Recommended:
○ Break each tab into three fires for 30 fires from one 10-pack
○ TinderQuik Fire Tabs

12-hour Candles
● Useful for fires in wet weather and low-signature fires in a camp
● 36-hours of light in one 3-pack
● Recommended:
○ UCO Beeswax Candles

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3) Water Kit:
● ½ gallon per day, increase that if the when the weather is hot, the area is dry, or there is
a lot of exertion
● Water weighs 8lbs per gallon
● Prefer resupplying at every opportunity rather than carrying more

Container
● Single-walled 32oz stainless steel water bottle
○ Allows for boiling in the container
○ One bottle is half the daily need for water and the volume water purification tabs
are meant for.
■ Recommended:
● Pathfinder 32oz Stainless Steel Water Bottle
● Nalgene 38 oz Stainless Steel

Nesting cup
● Allows for a secondary container and for creating charred material for fires
○ Recommended:
■ Pathfinder stainless steel nesting cup
○ **Carry more water if you’re in a desert area. Another 32oz of water should only
add about 2lbs to total pack weight.

Cotton Shemagh
● Pre-filter for water bottle
● Wet and wrap around a bottle or your neck to leverage evaporative cooling
○ Recommended:
■ Shemagh 42”x42”

Small Water filter

● Best for when starting a fire is not possible or advisable
○ Recommended:
■ Sawyer Mini Water Filter
● 0.1 micron
● Rated for 100k Gallons
○ *Syringe doubles as a way to irrigate wounds and is
carried in the medical kit

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Water Purification Tabs (20)
● Prefer filter and/or boiling water, but tabs allow for passive purification when time and
circumstances do not allow for stopping
○ Recommended:
■ Katadyn Micropur MP1 Tablets

4) Food Kit:
Food might not be an immediate need but it is a metabolic need. You cannot afford to let
yourself tank mentally or physically.

Emergency Rations or MRE

● You will likely will not have time to trap, fish, or hunt right away.
○ Recommended:
■ SOS Emergency Food Rations
● Individually wrapped inside with nine 400 calorie bars
● Taste pretty good
● Watch the Long Red Braid and I compare MREs: W ​ atch

Food Procurement Supplies

● Monofilament fishing line and utility wire in the Titan SurvivorCord allows you to create a
complete kit with hooks, arrows, and snare-locks.
○ Recommended:
■ Titan SurvivorCord
■ Readyman Wilderness Card

5) Trauma Kit:

Pre-built iFAK
● Needs to be able to handle injuries to the extremities, torso, or head as a baseline. Add
to it based on your competency.
● Ready to access.
○ Recommended:
■ Black Scout Survival Individual First Aid Kit​ (BSS iFAK)

Additions based on skill and situation

● Tourniquet

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 ○ Recommended:
■ Revmedx TX2 Tourniquet

6) Navigation Kit

Map
● Need to be able to get from where you are to where you’re going as efficiently as
possible.
● You need to be able to adjust routes on the fly
○ Recommended:
■ MyTopo.com

Waterproof Paper Notebooks

○ Recommended:
■ Rite in the Rain 4x6 Waterproof Notebooks

Mechanical Pencils
○ Recommended:
■ Rite In The Rain Pencil
■ Bic Xtra-Strong Pencil

Compass
● Sighting mirror for signaling
● Scales in place of a protractor
○ Recommended:
■ Suunto MC2 Global Compass

Pace Beads
● Allows you to easily track distance traveled and better pinpoint where you are on your
map.
○ Recommended:
■ Wazoo Survival Gear DIY Ranger Beads
■ Ranger Pacecounter

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7) Tool Kit

Headlamp
○ Prefer physical red-lamp filter
○ 3-4 sets of lithium batteries
■ Recommended:
● Petzl Tactickka XP
● Extra Lithium Batteries

Full-tang belt knife

○ Carbon
○ Scandi grind
○ 90-degree spine
■ Recommended:
● MoraKniv Carbon Garberg
● Watch: ​Top Ten Fixed Blade Belt Knives of 2018

Multi-tool
○ Pliers
○ Wire cutters
○ Awl
○ Saw
○ Good blade
■ Recommended:
● Leatherman Supertool 300
● Victorinox One Hand Trekker
Silcock Key
● Bonus: For Urban Bugout Bags
○ 4-Way Sillcock Key

8) Not accounted for:

Based on your situation, experience, and what you plan for you might want to add:
● Tactical Gear:
○ Crye Precision
● Personal Security Items