SPECWAR Gear

U.S. Cavalry - Many Missions, One Source! Your one-stop shop for military, tactical, first response, and outdoor adventure apparel & gear

Battle Rattle: The Stuff a Soldier Carries By Hans Halberstadt

The stuff they carry is, in short, what soldiers in the trenches affectionately call our crap. There is only so much a soldier can carry, and this battle rattle says a lot about his daily necessities: the body armor and helmets, the fatigue jackets, flak jackets, bandages, ponchos, extra trousers, boots, and socks. After that, what a soldier adds says something about himself from foot powder, dental floss, and medicine to comic books or girlie magazines or bibles; from mementos such as photographs and letters to tools such as hammers, hatchets, and Swiss army knives. This is a book that offers an intimate picture of soldiering by way of the gear that goes along the crap that makes the fight possible and the wait bearable.