List of possible stuff Wants ---------------- Midrange Laptop w/ pelican case Sharp Zaurus SL-C3100 w/ pelican case Canned air Sport axe WRT54G (x2) Cat 5 w/ crimpers and ends Throwing Knives digital camera Ipod 1GB thumb drive (x3) dvd region kill or dvd genie to disable region recognition on dvds GPS Magellan Sportrak Hydration system (100 ounce model or larger) Binoculars either a 10x50 for perimeter security, or 10x25 (may not need) taclight mounted to hand grip rail system on M4 / M16 with touch sensitive pressure switch and extra batteries 10-20 Tigrisnet in Iraq Infrared strobe light, get it from your supply, have them order it (may not need) 3 pair of hot weather dessert boots with 3 sets of extra show laces, don’t worry about the gortex ones unless you are up in north region ICOM radio w/ earbud Firefox throat mic if you don’t wash your own laundry, get DCU pants a size larger, top a long for the arms as the laundry services will shrink your DCU’s by drying them too long Needs ------------ Baby Wipes wet weather gear brown t-shirts pt shorts (8-10) Underarmor (heat gear) 2 laundry bags bed linen Gerber Multi-tool assorted hand tools Gerber Ridge Knife LED squeeze light 100 mph tape 550 Cord roll Fire starting devices Heavy duty shower shoes Sewing kit w/extra buttons Hair clippers Digital Wrist Watch Lockable foot locker Digital camera deodorant Tootbrushes Toothpaste foot powder Baby wipes superglue adhesive Bartering gifts (patches, shirts, lights, etc.) Heavy-duty folding chair Extra earplugs Sport style, extreme-use sun block Mosqito net and poles Riggers belt x 2 2 pair of cold weather gloves, ski, type 1 pair of civilian clothes your wallet with a dummy cord body wash w/ loofah socks white for regular / black for patrolling (10-15 pair) 2 extra pairs of DCU's polypro (just take 3 field jacket liners, 2 pt caps, 2 pt pants bottoms and wear under your DCU’s) Blackhawk 3 day assault pack (extra water, 1 MRE stripped, extra mags of ammo, extra pressure dressings, large IV kit, extra batteries, GPS, QRF freqs of area of operation. ) Tan leather work gloves x 3 pair , one pair worn on your D ring Wiley X SG-1 V-Cut Wiley X B-2 (Deluxe Pack) Cheap Sunglasses Knee Pads 9 line medevac, laminated and carried on you with medevac freqs Plastic Bags (varied sizes) Zip Ties Permanent Black Markers Black pens Zippered notebook (small) Running shoes 2 sets of I.D. tags minimum Pace beads Military Compass and wristband compass $500 Cash Arabic Language CDs Hearing protection, army type x 5 pair with cases, clip one to your sleeping bag to sleep better. General Computer * Tool Kit–at least some little screwdrivers * Liberator cables (not the pillows) * Install CDs (OS, Office, FormFlow, Falconview, a Linux LiveCD, whatever else you use) * 220v Uninterruptible Power Supplies if you can find them. 110 if you can’t. * Replacement parts * USB Hubs * Mice * Keyboards * Hard Drives * Power Supplies * Monitors * Thumbdrives are in heavy use here. * Canned Air * Some kind of ‘cooling stand’ for your laptop s. * Power Converters (220 to 110) If you are using 110 UPS’s, try to test them. I’m not sure how to do that in the states, but many power converters here don’t work with UPS’s for some reason. * Plug Adapters (WA7 in this pic) * Power Strips (Universal type is good) You will use these to plug in equipment that can take 220 (most computers/laptops/monitors) Bring some american strips too for 110 equipment Networking * Hubs/Switches How many and how many ports all depends on what you think you will be doing. I highly recommend ones that can take 220 if you are making a mobile kit. If you are setting up satellite internet, I recommend plenty of smaller hubs as you will be adding people incrementally, and its a lot nicer to just hub them in from someone else than run new cable. * RJ-45 Crimper * Cat5 Cable I would recommend colored cable. If you running Army stuff, they like to use red for SIPR. If you are running personal stuff, its good to be able to differentiate your cable. For the Army, bring at least 3000ft. You may not use it, but you may also have to make a run to the SEN. Cable is VERY hard to get here at LSAA. For personal satellite, it depends. We used 5000 feet hooking up 50 people. * RJ45 Ends Any will really do. Colored ones are available. Don’t forget that there are 2 on each cable. * RJ45 Couplers Its a double-female adapter so that you can hook 2 patch cables together. * Zip Ties * Drill with a bit big enough for the Cat5 * RJ45 Line Tester * PairGain Modems (at least 2, preferably 4 for each company) (This is for the Army mostly, for that long run to the SEN) Although, you could use a more standard civilian solution and use fiber optic lines. Linksys BEFSR81 router for a BN-S6 will let you split internet to your companies with ‘fair’ bandwidth splitting Satellite * Satellite System. We bought ours from Bentley Walker in England, but you should be able to find it cheaper in the states. The satellites in view here are Hotbird 6, Sesat 2 aka AM22, there is another one I’ll have to find out. * RG11 (you need 2 cables to connect the dish to the modem, if you bring prefabbed ones, I would get 100ft cables). Either bring prefabbed cable, or the below: * RG11 Ends (F Type, I believe they are called) * RG11 End Crimper * RG11 Cable * Satellite Meter (I just got a Channel Master 1007IFD) You need a short coax able for this, normal kind for cableTV is fine. * >1″ adjustable wrench * large adjustable wrench * small adjustable wrench * Lag Bolts or whatever to mount a metal plate to concrete * If you are really squared away, you could bring a stand of some kind, we got one fabbed here. Aviation Maintenance has welders, I assume someone kind weld for HMMV Maintenanc too. General Deployment * eyemask * Cordless Drill * Rotary Saw * Screws * Camp Towel (little, dries fast) * 220 to 110 converter * Tiny Lights (a la Photon Light) I would bring a few * Thumbdrive preferably 2, one for secret files. * If you will carry a pistol, you will need a holster you like for PTs and one for your duty uniform, could be the same one. * If you carry a rifle, most people here wound up with the fancy sling and buttstock ammo pouch. * Spare pens and pencils * Cleaning Supplies (Sponges, Papertowels, some kind of spray) * Insect Repellant * Game System (XBOX, PS2, whatever) * Portable DVD Player * DVDs * Air Matress * Bicycle * Big Headphones w/noise cancelling * Earbud headphones for travelling. * Coffee Maker (be sure to bring plenty of filters, coffee) * Coffee Mug * Durable Camp Chair (Ive broken 2 cheap ones so far) Blueiraq.com