Violator
10-13-13, 14:02
Ok I am wanting to repurpose my Ares Armor Tactical Hip Bag. I picked it up last year before heading to Afghanistan to use as a med bag. I ended up using it as my FOB bag. I am planning on setting it up as a tertiary vehicle med bag for use in my patrol car (LE) It's not meant to be a full blown vehicle med bag as for general patrol car use that isn't practical. It will be one of a few med bag/pouches I keep in different locations in my unit in case I'm ever in a situation where I have to use my car as cover during a sustained gun fight (ie: ambush/ barricaded suspect while on perimeter waiting on swat activation)
I am not exactly married to using it as a med bag so what I am asking for/ intending to start is a Tactical Hip Bag picture/setup/review thread. This is in hopes to help give others ideas on setups and to encourage thinking outside the box in terms of bag use. I hope for this to be a thread that members can reference for different ideas to put an un-used piece of gear to work instead of a single use specific setup type of gear thread. I don't like having this bag sitting in my "Not being used" gear bag.
I'll start with the pics. Sorry they're IPhone pics but I'm not a professional photographer with an expensive camera.
Rear of bag with trauma shears inside. Plan on keeping chest seals in this pocket.
http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss32/Nightmare02/49c70b9e-07bd-46ce-b1db-f422dfd35b58.jpg (http://s559.photobucket.com/user/Nightmare02/media/49c70b9e-07bd-46ce-b1db-f422dfd35b58.jpg.html)
Front on bag. Keep a SOF-T in the elastic on the waist strap.
http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss32/Nightmare02/461CC9C6-C08A-4F7A-A279-8DC48D56E960-938-000001818C0E5E03_zpscef8871c.jpg (http://s559.photobucket.com/user/Nightmare02/media/461CC9C6-C08A-4F7A-A279-8DC48D56E960-938-000001818C0E5E03_zpscef8871c.jpg.html)
Zippered pockets opened up. That's Two H-bandages in the main pocket. There's still room to either side of them.
http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss32/Nightmare02/0A981663-C2E9-4681-8761-7B47CDD03777-938-00000181B86412F2_zps51dd1cd9.jpg (http://s559.photobucket.com/user/Nightmare02/media/0A981663-C2E9-4681-8761-7B47CDD03777-938-00000181B86412F2_zps51dd1cd9.jpg.html)
Close up. The two pockets there each can hold two compressed H&H gauze packets or TK4's or a combo of the two. On either side are elastic loops that will hold a sharpie and possibly a 14ga cath. There's also that Velcro pocket that'll hold nitrile gloves.
http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss32/Nightmare02/CF9CADDA-9FB6-402B-B74C-355FABA00FD0-938-00000181D1666CB4_zps478cf808.jpg (http://s559.photobucket.com/user/Nightmare02/media/CF9CADDA-9FB6-402B-B74C-355FABA00FD0-938-00000181D1666CB4_zps478cf808.jpg.html)
The smaller front zippered pocket will hold NPA's and possibly the decomp needles.
This is obviously not completed but it's a rough idea of how it'll be setup. I would like to see how others use their THB's before I completely convert this to a med bag. Show off how you roll whether it be setup for CCW, a tool bag, medical, whatever. LE/MIL/Civvy. The only threads I found on these were a few years old and more specific than what I am asking. Lets see 'em.
I am not exactly married to using it as a med bag so what I am asking for/ intending to start is a Tactical Hip Bag picture/setup/review thread. This is in hopes to help give others ideas on setups and to encourage thinking outside the box in terms of bag use. I hope for this to be a thread that members can reference for different ideas to put an un-used piece of gear to work instead of a single use specific setup type of gear thread. I don't like having this bag sitting in my "Not being used" gear bag.
I'll start with the pics. Sorry they're IPhone pics but I'm not a professional photographer with an expensive camera.
Rear of bag with trauma shears inside. Plan on keeping chest seals in this pocket.
http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss32/Nightmare02/49c70b9e-07bd-46ce-b1db-f422dfd35b58.jpg (http://s559.photobucket.com/user/Nightmare02/media/49c70b9e-07bd-46ce-b1db-f422dfd35b58.jpg.html)
Front on bag. Keep a SOF-T in the elastic on the waist strap.
http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss32/Nightmare02/461CC9C6-C08A-4F7A-A279-8DC48D56E960-938-000001818C0E5E03_zpscef8871c.jpg (http://s559.photobucket.com/user/Nightmare02/media/461CC9C6-C08A-4F7A-A279-8DC48D56E960-938-000001818C0E5E03_zpscef8871c.jpg.html)
Zippered pockets opened up. That's Two H-bandages in the main pocket. There's still room to either side of them.
http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss32/Nightmare02/0A981663-C2E9-4681-8761-7B47CDD03777-938-00000181B86412F2_zps51dd1cd9.jpg (http://s559.photobucket.com/user/Nightmare02/media/0A981663-C2E9-4681-8761-7B47CDD03777-938-00000181B86412F2_zps51dd1cd9.jpg.html)
Close up. The two pockets there each can hold two compressed H&H gauze packets or TK4's or a combo of the two. On either side are elastic loops that will hold a sharpie and possibly a 14ga cath. There's also that Velcro pocket that'll hold nitrile gloves.
http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss32/Nightmare02/CF9CADDA-9FB6-402B-B74C-355FABA00FD0-938-00000181D1666CB4_zps478cf808.jpg (http://s559.photobucket.com/user/Nightmare02/media/CF9CADDA-9FB6-402B-B74C-355FABA00FD0-938-00000181D1666CB4_zps478cf808.jpg.html)
The smaller front zippered pocket will hold NPA's and possibly the decomp needles.
This is obviously not completed but it's a rough idea of how it'll be setup. I would like to see how others use their THB's before I completely convert this to a med bag. Show off how you roll whether it be setup for CCW, a tool bag, medical, whatever. LE/MIL/Civvy. The only threads I found on these were a few years old and more specific than what I am asking. Lets see 'em.