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THE PROBLEM IS HERE
A recent U.S. Army report on combat in Iraq [www.sftt.org/article06102003a.html] 06-10-2003; "Small Arms and Individual Equipment Lessons Learned" was gathered from 5 through 10 May 2003 from Soldiers serving in the Baghdad sector during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Comments came from Brigade Commanders down to riflemen. The following units were interviewed:
* HHC/1-187 IN, 101st ABN (5 MAY)
* 2nd BCT, 82nd ABN (6-7 and 10 MAY)
* 3-325 PIR (7 MAY)
* 2-325 PIR (7 MAY)
* 3-7 CAV (8 MAY)
* FSB (8 MAY)
* 1st BCT, 3 ID (9 MAY)
* 3-69 AR (9 MAY)
[Current M3] Aid Bag/Combat Lifesaver Bag: Soldiers were dissatisfied with how the aid bag mounts to the ruck. They felt it made for too wide of a profile in the back to front dimension especially when exiting an aircraft during airborne operations. The CLS bag is not currently attached to the ruck externally.
Soldiers expressed a desire that the CLS bag be larger and attach externally. The Dixie splint in the aid bag was deemed too fragile.
The Solution is Ready
In 2002, 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, solving the problems associated with the current M3 bag.
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 originally 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!!!
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