I just wanted to add my opinion- just in case you are wondering, my experience comes from my time in the army - I am a SERE level C graduate, and have also planned several real world mission E&E plans. I was also in the Rep of Georgia during the russian incursion in 2008.

This advice is pertaining to the concept of emergency water. In all honesty, you should not waste money or space storing water. You should have water carrying capacity, but it should be stored empty. I have a large alice with 8 qt carrying capacity, but thats all, they are empty. All my go bags are literally that, bags. boxes are good for cache's or stashes, but you are depending on the mobility of a vehicle. Spend money on a filter system, I have a katadyn with reservoir for the vehicle, and hundreds of purification tablets in case we are hoofing it.

consolidate your guns to a specific caliber. I have only 5 calibers for any of my multiple systems. 22lr for the kids, 9mm for pistols (all glocks with interchangeable mag capability), 5.56 for all ar's (again they can all use the same mag)s. One rem 700 308, one socom 2, and one mp5 in 9mm. and 2 shotguns, one defense and one wing gun, both 12 ga. Am i going to carry all this on foot, no, pistols and ar's are all that will go on foot, the rest is staged for vehicle.

food storage is limited to 3 days per person in MRE's for foot, after that its scrounging. The vehicle can carry 9 cases, all lrp's meals, not standard mre's - saves space and more calories per sq in of occupied space.

also have a book on wild vegetation and insects with pictures, very very handy!!

keep battery operated items to a minimum, and for emergency use.

And as my ranting dies down - keep this in mind, you cannot carry everything you will need, therefore you must assume that you can resupply from your surroundings, pack for mobility and ease of movement, label bags and everybag is redundant as in how it is crossloaded, so no matter what bag you grab in a hurry, because you don't know how i will go down, you will always have the basics that you need, so resist the urge to consolidate!!

Randy - 18C