List of United States Marine Corps Individual Equipment - Other

Other

• The Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK) is used for immediate battlefield treatment. It includes several bandages, a tourniquet, burn ointment, some water purification tablets, and QuikClot Antihemorrhagic/hemostatic agent. The Army utilizes an IFAK with different contents, but a similar purpose. In 2010, the QuikClot powder was replaced by QuikClot Combat Gauze, a kaolin-infused gauze bandage.
• Individual Water Purification System allows Marines to purify water to potable standards. These can be compatible with the standard issue hydration pack, similar to CamelBak brand packs. Of course, plastic 1-quart canteens are issued as well, with a metal canteen cup and stand.
• Several types of eye protection are offered, including ballistic goggles and sunglasses made by Eye Safety Systems, Inc. and Wiley X, and are available with prescription lens inserts.
• Ballistic Hearing Protection is a two-sided earplug that offers Marines protection from audio damage.
• The entrenching tool or "E-tool" is standard issue to all Marines to prepare defensive fighting positions.
• All Marines usually receive a foam sleeping mat, a Modular Sleep System (with a light, heavy, and waterproof sleeping bags to allow the user to adapt to ambient conditions and a compression sack to hold them), and a tarpaulin or waterproof poncho and liner that doubles as an expedient blanket.
• The Vietnam War-era olive drab plastic angle-head flashlight (running on D-cell batteries with colored lens filters) purchased at recruit training was deemed unsuitable for combat in 2007, and a replacement from Streamlight was fielded in 2009. The Sidewinder HandHeld FlashLight (HHFL) is lightweight with a head adjustable over 185° of movement, light-emitting diodes providing five intensities each of white, red, blue, and infrared light (including a strobe function), helmet mount, and runs on AA batteries. Aside from providing illumination, this smaller and lighter flashlight can be used for signalling and detecting blood residue.
• No standard tactical light exists, however, many Marines choose to purchase their own.
• The Martial Arts Kit (MAK) allows units to train Marines in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program. It contains all of the pads, gloves, props, and other safety aids that allow an instructor to successfully teach the program.
• The Mechanical Breacher's Kit (MBK) allows an assault breacher to breach a door or other obstacle.
• Various mountain-warfare items have been fielded, including snowshoes, skis, climbing kits, and Portable/camping stoves.
• Numerous parachutes are used, such as the static line T-10 and T-11, Military Free Fall Parachute System, and various aviation-specific models used for aircrew survival.