What's a Woobie and Why You Need one! U.S. Military Poncho Liner

The "Woobie" or U.S. Military Poncho Liner is a light weight, compact insulated blanket that is one of the most love items of U.S. Military personal. So many uses and easy to add to your Get Home Bag. #Woobie #PonchLiner #MilitarySurplus

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[susansheldon]

My dad brought one of these home with him when he returned from Vietnam in 1966. I'm snuggled under it right now. It is the softest, most comfortable, lightweight "blanket". Blanket in quotation marks because it feels like two pieces of parachute material sewn together with a very little bit of polyester fill inside. Veterans from my dad's generation (30 years service, two tours of Vietnam) call it a poncho liner. My dad, upon hearing soldiers started calling it a Woobie in the 90s:- "it's a poncho liner, goddamnit. I don't know when a$$holes started speaking baby talk, but that doesn't change what it is." He won't even say the word "woobie."

[gregwoods]

Found mine at a goodwill. $10. What a find. They didn't know what they had.

[cheezycatnip]

I am former Britsih Military, Royal Engineers, I happened to receive a woobie whilst serving in the Balkans 1992. It was a complete revelation, we had a decent Issue Poncho, but the addition of the liner brought so many other options. I still have my original, it is a lot thinner due to a massive amount of use and even now I use it on hotter evenings even at home. I have recently bought a new one in flektarn for outdoor adventures as i dont want to damage the original, it has been through so much with me over the years and gone through some rough times with this little bit of comfort. I would certainly advise anyone to invest in this amazing bit of kit. Thanks to the donations made by the US to me back all the years ago.

[knifelore]

The poncho, poncho liner, a wool blanket an your sleeping pad, oh an dry cloths, an you would be surprised at what type of weather you can comfortably sleep in. Training at Fort Campbell during a ice storm I sleep like a baby with mine. Thank you sir, love you vids!

[bethhurst]

For all the veterans chiming in, I can’t personally thank you all but let me say: to all who have served in the US military, THANK YOU!

[mattmonasmith]

Still have
my PONCHO LINER 34 years after getting out of the corps. Still one of the happiest days of my life.

[rogerdodger]

I still have mine when i was in the service. I found a wool blanket about the same size and had them sewn together. Great heavy blanket in the wintertime.

[mangellotti]

My Woobie was my summer sleeping bag. In the winter when I used my actual sleeping bag my woobie was my pillow.

[edbecka]

I had my wife slit my PL in the center and sew velcro onto both edges. That way I could actually wear the poncho and liner together, or use them as a bedroll without a pneumonia hole in the small of my back! My CO had a heavy poncho cut into a field jacket and a PL sewn into it as a liner, by a Korean tailor while he was in the Nam. Best field jacket I ever saw.

[cmt]

Carried a poncho liner sewn in to the poncho as my bed role for years in the 70's in the 82 airborne. A lot lighter than a sleeping bag and just as warm except in extreme cold..

[philh]

Still have mine that I used in IRAQ/SAUDI/KUWAIt in '91and love it! Never called it a "woobie" and probably never

[Racker]

My first PL was aquired while in the Marine Corps in the 60s. Actually, depending upon the weather, in cold times, we used the poncho, liner AND a GI wool blanket. If you did not have duty during the night, you could get up to go to the head and air out the bed roll for a few minutes. Another issue is one size poncho and PL (only the tan Artic ponchos and liners were slightly bigger and they were treated like gold). "Pack light, freeze at night" was a frequent expression. After I got married, my wife got used to being warm at night. That meant me and placing a PL over her blankets. There are plenty of liners in our house. If you are tall, when using this bed roll, you are SOL as one end is not warm. You are right, we called them LINER or PL. I have also suggested professional ball teams make these in team color blankets for sale at games. Buy several. Keep one in every vehicle, Go bag (with GI poncho), and several around each house and camp site. They make great gifts. For the ladies, you can use Rit dye on the previous army pattern PLs in their favorite colors. Thanks for the video.

[manyhobbies]

"And you have your pack back there, and nobody knows the difference"...😄 Is that Don? Nope, just the hunchback of Notre Dame! Great rundown of how versatile the woobie is.

[Rpg_]

I slept on a very thin German folding sleeping mat with 2 woobies, under a poncho lean-to shelter, near a small fire in 19F snowy weather. I was very cold and it was not a good night of sleep. You will definitely need something better than just a woobie for cold weather. However, the woobie is still great to stuff inside a sleeping bag to beef up its insulation. You can probably convert a 3 season bag into a 4 season simply by adding a woobie.

[jerryg]

I have several. One in each of the get-home bags I gave to my family members. I sent my original 70's woobie to my son when he was in Iraq in 2007. Made sure he gave it back!

[johncarnes]

I was in Army Jan 1992 till July 2022. I had a zipper sewn on a poncho liner either 1994 or 1995 to make it function like a sleeping bag. Thing still works great after all these years. Most of time I took it to the field & left sleeping bag to save weight & space. *** CAUTION there are a lot of fake & rips off that are not as good as the original.

[AlWilliams]

I have the very first woobie I was issued in the Army back in 1976. I have several more as well. One goes in every kit bag we have in the family... Wouldn't leave home without one! Thanks for the vid Sootch!

[wesbrown]

Omg!!!! I miss mine...thanks for reminding me. 7th Inf Light 4/21...Whoooaaa

[petegotowko]

Got my first poncho liner in December of 1969 at Ranger Joe's in Ft. Benning, GA as part of the gear I got for Ranger School. I was in class 8-70 January, February, and March. The Poncho liner was a life saver and one of the best items of outdoor gear I have ever owned. I used it 8 years while in the Army and in Viet Nam. I still have it in my closet at home. My daughters loved it when they were younger and at home. I still use it for napping. I have now owned the liner for 53 years, so it has proven durability'

[richiemattes]

US Marine Vet, 1984-1988. We simply called it our Poncho Liner. And I slept with mine in the barracks all the time instead of making my rack. Just a quick tidy in the a.m and you were good to go.