M3A Cpl Desmond T. Doss Combat LifeSaver Assault Pack

SKEDCO and the eXtreme Soldiering Combat Light Working Group (ESCL-WG) of the 1st Tactical Studies Group (Airborne) have teamed together to create the world's first assault pack for Combat LifeSavers and a means to carry the new Half-SKED MEDEVAC and resupply transport means. SKEDCO is the invention of former Army medic, Bud Calkin who has personally volunteered thousands of training time hours at no cost to U.S. military units and civilian rescue units to fully use SKEDs to SAVE LIVES. The SKEDCO evacuation plastic allows the rescuer to stay DOWN and not get shot by enemy fire to include low-crawling and dragging the wounded Soldier out of harms's way. The tragic scene from the 1965 Vietnam battle at LZ X-Ray depicted in the film, "We were Soldiers" where a rescuer is shot and killed rescuing a wounded buddy using the standing fireman's carry has happened to many times in real life and must be avoided whenever possible. SKEDCO can make this almost possible all the time.

The M3 "Alpha" as in "Assault" is designed to carry the new Half-SKED MEDEVAC plastic plus all the contents of a typical M3 Combat LifeSaver bag but without the discomfort, unwieldiness of being strapped across your back and flopping around. Its a real assault backpack that can be worn on its own or on top of the ALICE or clipped to the MOLLE rucksack. We named the M3A after Congressional Medal of Honor winner, CPL Desmond T. Doss who in WWII saved dozens of lives by lowering wounded men down a rope on Okinawa. Our kind of out-of-the-box thinker/doer!!!

CLSers and 91B Aidmen (Medics) now have a well-conceived way to carry all their medical supplies and Soldier fighting and existence items to include the recently developed "Combat Light" module.

The Mighty M3A Cpl Demond T. Doss Combat LifeSaver SKEDCO Assault Pack
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4 x M3A side pouches x 4 M16/M4 30-round magazines = 16 magazines with 480 rounds of 5.56mm firepower!...or more IVs and medical supplies.........or up to 4 x flexible 1 quart canteens!