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Fire Starters. There are several commercial fire starter tablets (Wetfire is the best). They ignite immediately, even in water, and burn for up to ten minutes. I have found that cotton balls, compressed, soaked in Vaseline, and then dipped in wax work the same and for a fraction of the cost. Break them open, pull them slightly apart, add a spark and poof - fire.  Dipping in wax isn't necessary, but it coats them, helps with waterproofing, and makes them easy to handle. Some people knead the vaseline into the cotton, I just melt it, and dip the cotton, then melt a candle and dip it in the wax two or three times - focusing on compressing them as small as I can.  When using them, the vaseline and wax act as fuel and the cotton as wick.

Cool update - straws.  Get a clear large straw, push the vaseline soaked cotton ball into the straw, then seal both ends together.  Makes it very easy to handle, store, etc.  Don't have to worry about melted wax either.

I also saw people who put medications in these straws and made neosporin single use packets.  Much cheaper than buying them.  You do have to have a knife or scissors to open these, but every one of bags has one or the other.

I have also used the larger straws for putting in pills, like Tylenol. For tight packing, they are much better that a bottle.  However, in a three week kit, you would probably have room to throw in a bottle.

My daily use backpack is a Camelbak ST-5 (a gift from my darling wife). I like this for several reasons, hydration, molle system for modular attachments, built in rain cover, good zippers, mag holders on the shoulder pads etc.

Wound Wash - My brother (the ER Doc) had a great idea.  Contact lens solution comes in small, sterile bottles and is mostly saline and a little preservative. Add a drop of baby shampoo (as it doesn't irritate soft tissue) and it is a small, easy to use wound wash.  I found that a very small bottle of artificial tears, (basically the same stuff) cost $1 at walmart, and has a nice thin shape.  It was easy to put in a little shampoo, close and tape the lid and it packs with a low profile.

Documents
Below is a list of documents that I consider to be important from a resource standpoint. My intent it to save these documents to a device that can read them, like an ipad, and then make sure that device is protected.

Recipes using food storage - Click Here
Food Storage Cookbook - Click Here
Ranger Handbook - Click Here
War Surgery - Click Here
Desert Plants of Utah - Click Here
Traps and Snares - Click Here
Army Casualty Handbook - Click Here
Navel Special Warfare - Tactical Combat Casualty Care Guidelines - Click Here
Practical Suturing - Click Here
Tanning Leather - Click Here
Deer Processing - Click Here
How to Make Soap - Click Here
Smoking and Drying - Click Here

I intend to continue to add to this list. If you find other resources that you like, drop me an email.  I love to look at them.

Sites
Emberlit - Click Here - This is the camp stove that I highly recommend
Two Wolves - Click Here - This site has most things that people have recommended.
Maxpedition - Click Here - Lots of gear
Stat Medical Supply - Click Here - Murray, Utah - medical supplies, scalpels, bandages, etc.  Do not have sutures, or syringes. Reasonably priced. Pre-made medical kits of various sizes and complexity.
Condor - Click Here - Condor makes very good modular pouches. I use the MA16 Pocket Pouch (designed for an ipod) for my GTH Firstaid kit.  Their pouches come with drain holes, sturdy zippers, and Molle attachments.
Tool Logic - Click Here - credit card sized tools.  Like the survivor series
LAPolice Gear - Click Here - paracord 100ft 7 bucks

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