Personal gear … neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet …

PS: The Preventive Maintenance Monthly, Jan, 2005 by David J. Spess

Dear Editor,

Notes concerning our unit and its mission, sketches of terrain, comments about weapon systems--that's the kind of stuff I jot down when our unit goes to the field. The trouble comes when I take notes while huddled outside in rain or snow. Ink runs, lead pencils smear, paper tears.

I need outdoor writing products made specially for people who write outdoors. One such line of products I've found is called Rite in the Rain. Their website is:

http://www.riteintherain.com

Rite in the Rain makes water-resistant, camo-tinted paper products for writing field notes in all kinds of weather. They also offer field ring binders, copier paper, all-weather pens and tactical reference cards. Some of their items have NSNS. Others do not. Here are the ones that currently carry NGNs:

          Item                             NSN

Tactical field book, green           7530-01-498-1873

Tactical field book, tan             7530-01-505-3661

Loose leaf sheets, green,            7530-01-498-2081
4 5/8" x 7" (100 per pack)

Loose leaf sheets, tan,
4 5/8" x 7" (100 per pack)           7530-01-505-3665

Field ring binder, green,            7510-01-498-2077
5 5/8" x 7 3/4"

Field ring binder, tan,              7510-01-505-3664
5 5/8" x 7 3/4"

Copier paper, green,
8 1/2" x 11" (200 sheets per pack)   7530-01-498-2085

Copier paper, green,                 7530-01-498-2084
11" x 17" (200 sheets per pack)

Copier paper, white,                 7530-01-498-2083
8 1/2" x 11" (200 sheets per pack)

Copier paper, white,                 7530-01-498-2082
11" x 17" (200 sheets per pack)

Shirt pocket notebook, green,        7530-01-498-2080
3" x 5"

Shirt pocket notebook, tan,          7530-01-505-3705
3"x5"

Hip pocket notebook, green,          7530-01-498-2078
4"x6"

Hip pocket notebook, tan,            7530-01-505-3660
4"x6"

All-weather pen, black ink           7520-01-498-1876

All-weather bullet pen               7520-01-498-2079

All-weather pen refill, black ink    7510-01-498-1880

CPT David J. Spess

164th Maintenance Co. (DS)

Ft Lewis, WA