Levels Of Kit: Items On The Body

This video was made primarily to support students signed up for Orion Training Group Small Unit Tactics classes. However, the information herein can support anyone looking to establish Standard Operating Procedures for load outs.

Rather than the old line system, I have long gone by plain English to describe each level of kit. The line system is reinterpreted by everyone, every time. Don't believe me? Go look up videos, posts, blogs; you'll find each person trying to reinvent the wheel. Keep it simple, and it will work.

This is not an exhaustive list of what you might carry, simply the things that I carry, based on performing a reconnaissance task as I did for my 20 years of service in the Marine Corps and as a Force Recon Marine. Your environment and mission set will influence some of the items, and you may choose to carry them differently.

Be sure to check out the Instagram and X pages for more info on individual kit, tactics, leadership, and manual of arms; course dates for Maneuver Training Solutions and Orion Training Group.

Stay Dangerous

Chapters:
2:15 Clothing basics
7:48 Footwear considerations
12:15 Pocket items
15:27 Nut Ruck & contents

Music
Something In The Way by Nirvana
Hellheim by Oldways