[Philmont] Government Issue Canteens

This year, I had a boy use government-surplus canteens and he loved them.
Both were green plastic (and in the shape of the old-style aluminum ones)
and he had a sipper-tube contraption (similar to a Camelback) that came out
of the lid. His Dad is retired military, so he probably had some
experience with them. The youth appeared to have good luck with them....
YIS. Mike Conkey ('76, '02, '04 and '07).

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Chas Clifton writes
                                                                            
 Several of us ran into the same thing in Big Bend. Those surplus web
 belts simply did not work for us either, so we resorted to carrying the
 cateens inside our packs. Some of the military veterans are going to have
 a good laugh about this, as many of them made long marches, and depended
 on the old web belt on a daily basis. They had to use the equipment, and
 they will label me a "wimp" for not using it.
                                                                            
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 Chas,
                                                                            
 Not I said the frog. I shall never acuse you of being a wimp. Of being
 ignorant, yes, but not a wimp.
                                                                            
 Now before you jump up off the log, let me advise that ignorant and stupid
 are not the same thing. Ignorant is you just don't know. And if like you
 say, not vbeing exposed to that wonderful assistance via a drill
 instructor, that's not your fault. And I notice you aren't stupid either
 because if you were stupid, you would still be wearing the pistol belt
 under the hip strap on the BSA Crusier pack/packframe combination.
                                                                            
 But let me explain what you are ignorant of and maybe you will like
 staying that way.
                                                                            
 Us "vets" feel comfortable with our Government Issue gear only because of
 the tender love and care instilled upon us by our loving mentor the drill
 instructor.He had such a wonderful way of explaining things to us.
 Without his loving care we would be just like you and not understand how
 to use the stuff. However, through his const and repetative pursuasion
 for weeks on end for about twenty hours per day, we learned there are
 three ways of doing things.
                                                                            
 The right way, the wrong way and the Army way. Guess which the drill
 instructor conned us into doing?
                                                                            
 Yes, you are correct. The ARMT way.
                                                                            
 And besides canteens and web pistol belts we also had PONCHOS!
                                                                            
 But the gov'ment is coming around. Soldiers are now equipped with
 hydratiuon bladders. But that's another story. And they use GORE TEX
 rain gear of all things!
                                                                            
 I say this about the assistance of a drill instructor very tongue in cheek
 as you probably figured out. However.......... I still have and use on a
 semi regular basis my web pistol belt and not one but two canteen covers
 complete with canteen cups and stainless steel 1945 issue canteens. That
 makes me adn my canteens born the same year. Ain't that cozy? When
 hiking without anything else, I still prefer that setup especially in the
 hot summer dry heat of West Texas. I soak the canteen covers and the
 evaporation cools the canteen contents.
                                                                            
 However, with a pack, they are a royal pain in the hips as you so ably
 describe so I guess you aren't so ignorant after all.
                                                                            
 The only thing I consider worse than them with a pack is the old official
 BSA two quart canteen with shoulder strap. That thing swung around like
 the clapper on a church bell.
                                                                            
 Recentyl, however, I did see on the shelf of the local "bullet store" (my
 wife's generic term for ANY sporting goods store, a Lexan water bottle in
 the shape of......are you ready for this?....a U S Army canteen. I might
 just have to buy myself one.
                                                                            
 John LeBlanc
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            

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Received on Mon Jul 30 07:50:35 2007