Feminine Napkins???

[grunt soldier]

i looked but i can't find any of my pics of us w/ them over in iraq. we use to tuck 3-4 tampons in the molle webbing of our IBA's before quick clot and all that good stuff it was one of the easiest ways to treat a gun shot wound. this will sound bad but wtf ya know. unpack, insert it in the hole, and your good for a bit while your buddies charlie mike, until doc gets up to you. this is of coarse tampons but pads absorb a lot of blood too so are also solid for through and through gun shots. they are also a lot cheaper than kerlix or at least they were a year or so ago.

 

[E5RANGER375]

I have a napkin with the presidential seal on it. I got it in 2002. was it a premanition of hillary taking over the oval office by the government? averting nuclear winter?

 

[E5RANGER375]

i looked but i can't find any of my pics of us w/ them over in iraq. we use to tuck 3-4 tampons in the molle webbing of our IBA's before quick clot and all that good stuff it was one of the easiest ways to treat a gun shot wound. this will sound bad but wtf ya know. unpack, insert it in the hole, and your good for a bit while your buddies charlie mike, until doc gets up to you. this is of coarse tampons but pads absorb a lot of blood too so are also solid for through and through gun shots. they are also a lot cheaper than kerlix or at least they were a year or so ago.

why did fobits need tampons? oh never mind

 

[grunt soldier]

why did fobits need tampons? oh never mind

Hahaha I see what u did there I wish I was smart enough to pick a mos like that. U know one that could provide me with some skills the civilian world could use. No no no I just had to be infantry.

Stop picking on me damn it. U know I am sensitive. I mean I did just admit to carrying tampons around didn't I

 

[BigMatt]

 

[E5RANGER375]

I probly would have thought that was an oven mit until I saw it here. glad now I know, lol.

 

[E5RANGER375]

Hahaha I see what u did there I wish I was smart enough to pick a mos like that. U know one that could provide me with some skills the civilian world could use. No no no I just had to be infantry.

Stop picking on me damn it. U know I am sensitive. I mean I did just admit to carrying tampons around didn't I

I hear you there Brother.

 

[TiminMishawaka]

Alright,
Who's going to do tampons for the INGO gear review contest?

 

[ljadayton]

Alright,
Who's going to do tampons for the INGO gear review contest?

I am NOT volunteering for this

 

[rjstew317]

Alright,
Who's going to do tampons for the INGO gear review contest?

alright, alright!! i guess i'll do it

 

[theweakerbrother]

Home - The DivaCup, an innovative menstrual cup the best alternative to Tampons and Pads

 

[ljadayton]

Home - The DivaCup, an innovative menstrual cup the best alternative to Tampons and Pads

I've read of these before, written by someone who'd actually used this and the, um..insertion and removal can be messy....just a thought

 

[rjstew317]

Home - The DivaCup, an innovative menstrual cup the best alternative to Tampons and Pads

i'm not sure that would cover the applications we were talking about

 

[ljadayton]

i'm not sure that would cover the applications we were talking about

depends on what applications you're talking about

 

[rjstew317]

depends on what applications you're talking about

yeah, i guess thats true, stopping the bleeding can mean a whole lota things

 

[ljadayton]

yeah, i guess thats true, stopping the bleeding can mean a whole lota things

dual purpose thread going on here?

 

[jeremy]

I am amused that Ranger admitted to having Tampons in HIS kit!!!

 

[Lynn Smith]

Some things to know:

Pads and tampons are made to absorb a lot of blood, more than some wound packing.

Pads and tampons are made to not adhere to flesh or wounds - better than some wound packing.

With a pad and belt you have just made a pressure bandage. Works with scarves and lots of other things as well

As stated before - tampons help seal a bullet wound until help arrives - and is made to be fairly easily removed from the wound.

OB brand - the one that has had a large shortage - can be purchased without an applicator so they are very small.


Having had a single mom, sister, ex-wife, and now fiance I have had to make emergency runs to the store since the age of 12. Kind of embarrassing being the only confused 12 year old boy staring at the walls in the feminine hygiene section.

At any rate add hunting, camping, and two branches of the military and I have learned a thing or two. That should answer the inevitable next question...

 

[mammynunswife]

I was camping (in the pouring down rain) last weekend with the Venture Scouts. My daughter and I managed to get an AWESOME fire going with a tampon and a few paper towels! Taught the Boy Scouts a thing or two!