XM177E2: Best ‘nam-era CAR-15 derivative there ever way. Plus, for some reason, it sounded mike a .50 M2 Browning. Make the Slopes put their heads down in an ambush.
Three hots: Three hot or otherwise good meals
A cot: Somewhere other then the ground to sleep.
All above only found together in a Base Camp, when back in for a few days of sleep and sanity.
To simplify it: We set up our nightly NDP, heated our C Rats with C-4, set up our poncho hootches and slept on the ground and covered up with a poncho liner.
When on a Fire Base, we might have a nightly Mad Minute.