Soldiers Pay For A Lot Of Their Own Gear. #shorts#army

[TSPLY]

There are some limitations to what you can buy and replace. Also a pro tip is to just buy used aftermarket gear. Like a very common one is buying used grips for your weapon instead of ones right out of the package.

[commanderbeepo]

My parents never believed me when I told them I had to buy my own shit.

[bravo]

The army even sing it to you in a cadence. "They give you 100 dollars and take back 99."

[Ghiscari]

“Fuck that I’m not wearing knee pads” said my dumb 20 year old self

[JC]

I just joined the marines, out of Boot Camp. I did not realize how much they made us pay for out of pocket. They charged us for our uniform, our chow, some of our gear and stuff we needed for the field. I still find it a little annoying

[Sevenspent]

One tip I remember from the military was always invest into your comfort because the military wont.

[thebullet]

It surprises me that alot of people don't understand that "military grade" just means cheap and easy to mass produce.

[iamghast]

Apparently "military grade" is just being paid for by the lowest bidder.
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[Chick_magnet__]

Even though I'm not from the USA, I really like your videos popping up in my feed, nice to know about how many militaries in the world work.

[tlrelement]

Loved getting blood stained ACUs. I had to buy everything from uniforms to weapon slings, the issued gear was trash.

[saltedslug]

You signed up to give your life and they take every bit of you 💀

[seanfernandolopez]

And this is the biggest advantage of US. Because their firearm market is open for everyone, manufacturers create better guns and equipments, and not only that the individual soldier can buy their gear, if a certain military branch sees something useful in the civilian market, they will get it. They don't need to rely and spend on research when the civilian market is already doing this for them, unlike any other country.


That's why there's a term COTS, Civilian - Off The Shelf


Aim point is a good example. Aimpoint was strictly a civilian brand of optics, but then Spec Ops tried the earlier versions of it, loved it, and bought a few for themselves

[kilroyfrills]

Didn’t even mention the fact that they have to buy their own initial issue uniforms at basic training. At least in the Air Force we do

[яростьигры]

Another thing I learned when I was on barracks your comrades will not hesitate to take your personal bought equipment that why I learned to ingrave my name and rank into the back of some of my equipment

[kelleycondon]

if u save your receipts could you potentially write all the extra stuff you were forced to buy off your tax return at the end of the year

[mattieb]

Having to pay for my own gear is why I'm broke

[brinsonharris]

My Dad was career Army JAG. He bought his own dress blues uniform from a tailor shop in DC where a superior advised him to go. He also bought his own rank bars (think Union uniforms) made of turned gold rather than the shitty gold embroidered ones the Army issued, and paid out of pocket for ballroom dancing lessons, again at the advice of a superior he respected. He learned quickly that attendance at those stupid balls and parties was expected. It wasn’t enough to just do your duty with the highest standards—he had to do the extracurricular stupid shit expected of Pentagon officers and look the part too. Have a pic of him being awarded a medal by General Stanley Jones in the 1950s. Looked him up and he was West Point, Class of ‘29, and UVA law, and had a combat patch from European service in WWII. Dad retired a full bird and Legion of Merit in 1974, but it’s crazy part of that depended on a DC tailor, ballroom dancing and buying his own insignia. Miss him. He was a great Dad. Still have that set of dress blues and turned gold rank bars. Union officers almost always had their uniforms and boots custom made. In the ranks, there were 4 sizes of footwear, and all the same, no left or right. Probably a wise investment given marching was how the Army got anywhere.

[Dragonrider-cjjs]

Biggest misconception civilians have is that military grade is the best you can get, when in reality, it's just the cheapest bidders product

[sabinal]

This was one of the reasons Marius is taught even in community college. You *had* to be upper class to fight as they were the few who could afford the weapons. Marius (ancient Rome) reformed the army to let poor men join with the promise of land and citizenship. At least for classical Western civ., that was a game changer. Today, we can provide better weapons for our soldiers.

[laball]

Solder during medieval period wearing that fancy looking armor was to show your status like your family or rankings. Never hear stories about the poor farmer forced into war wearing leather armor, if lucky, with a spear and no shield on the front line. For modern days, it's more of a you don't need it so we not paying. But it helps out a lot.