Guns, knives, flashlights, shark repellant, PRC-112, iodine tablets,... whatever. Typical Navy/Marine loadout-of-pain.
In the USAF, we carry a pencil, spork (spoon/fork thingy) in the slot next to the pencil (in lieu of the pen), and a cell phone. Done.
If I bailout (sorry,... "eject"), I call for Chinese takeout or a cab. I use the pencil to write down the phone number I get from GOOG-411 so I don't have to call twice, using excess battery power... it's all about saving your battery power, people.
If I'm out of cell coverage in the urban jungle, I'm certainly near a 7/11, and there I can obtain a can of tuna or Dinty Moore Beef Stew, hence the spork.
Meanwhile, Mr Golden-Wings from the Dept of Navy is putting on camo so he can sneak onto private property to set his gill net, and try to shoot/field dress a cat... all within 3 km of a Sprint Store.
Of course, if I'm injured and bleeding, the ascot makes a perfect dressing... or tourniquet if it's serious.
And you guys thought ascots were dumb...
Actually, I considered ribbing Condi and Bonesaw (the Super Hornet demo guys) 2 weeks ago about the fully loaded vest they had to wear for their demo at Madera near Fresno. Of course I didn't,... but it looked like a pain to wear while doing -3/+7 for 20 minutes over central California farmland.
As for the flap pocket, yes we cut them off. I know of no one that's had an "incident" due to its removal. And yes, some of our guys pull (push?) negative G's.
We had this argument on another thead, I think.
As for the little patch, it's a hodge podge. I wear a tribute to the last guy I know that died in a military related incident.
http://www.markdashgraziano.com/
OK, back to my bottle of Shiraz.