Dummy cording gear

Field Op Report: Dummy Cord, EDL Employment, Gear Accountability, Gear Placement This is a report that will be written on how to properly dummy cord accessories that will be given to your care by the Marine Corps, and possibly even your own weapon if left unattended or forgotten. How to properly employ your various optics, and other type of gear that will be issued to you. Keeping accountability over your gear such as optics, compasses and rifles. Last but not least the placement of your gear such as on your main pack, assault pack, and plate carrier. I will also be giving examples of what could happen if these important topics are taken for granite or just not given a second thought. Dummy cording is the second most important of the topics that you will be reading about. Properly dummy cord is key when it comes to not losing your gear on a mechanized range, in a combat environment, and various other environments. There are different ways to dummy cord your gear and different places that you can dummy cord them too. Some of the locations that fit best for securing optics is to your belt, if they have a case; not the best place but it is the most convenient place to attach it to. Other places that they could be secured to is on your plate carrier and the war belt that is issued to you. It can also be dummy corded to the assault pack that is given to you when you first check into your new unit. One of the places that it shouldn’t be dummy corded to would be the belt loops on your trousers.

There many methods of dummy cording and many different resources that you can use to dummy cord your optics. The different tools for dummy cording would be 550 cord, boot lace, wire, and zip ties. Dummy cording with 550 cord and boot laces are one of the most common and easiest ways to secure the optics. With 550 cord there are many knots that can be used to secure the optics such as the box knot, figure eight, the sheet knot, and the double overhand knot are the most