Before the old and bold kick off, this is purely from training...
Essential items go in daysack directly under top flap, ie. at least 24hrs rations plus the 24hrs in webbing, any water not in webbing, radio/gear, optics, one warmers top (preferably stuffable snugpak-style jacket), goretex, bivvy bag if likely to be out for more than 24hrs w/o bergen, any other ESSENTIAL kit. In case you get bumped and have to ditch bergen, you just grab the daysack out from under flap.
In main pouch of bergen, from the bottom - dry top and trousers (plus dry change of footwear if reqd), second warmers top, slug and bivvy bag. Along with daysack, this will fill main bit. One side pouch, any extra food and cooking gear (you have mug and hexi cooker in your webbing, in here have proper cooking pot, gas cooker and fuel if you want, as much scran as you can carry, extra water if reqd). Other side pouch from top down, bivvy plus pegs and bungees, goretex trousers, spare socks x2 pairs, wash kit inc. blister kit, razors and oil, spare laces, housewife, toothbrush and paste, baby wipes. Entrenching tool and weapon spares in front waterbottle pouch. Gash in top flap.
As I said, that's training, basically what we carried on Final Ex (plus ammo, mortars, etc etc). In your webbing you have min 4 mags and speed loader, survival kit, med kit, comms cord, FFD, water bottle, mug, 24hrs rations, wpn cleaning kit, grenades. On ops, I guarantee you'll ditch most of the comodities for more ammo! On your person you have essentials such as map, compass and protractor, FFD, torch and spare batts, notepad and pen/cil, emergency rations, knife and so on.
In cadets, you can easily do 24hr exes on the two rocket packs plus webbing.
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Apart from ditching the things you discover you never use and variets on climate dependent kit, its ammo, radio batteries,thermos, tool-holes for the digging of, maskers,paracord, spare ciggies to sell to the smokers, med kit, camera and last but not least a good thick novel, one thing you get to learn in a unit is that its hurry up and wait.
