Dont forget Freecycle Community, Goodwill, and thrift shops, especially on a military base.

My pack is an ALYCE, from when I morphed from a sergeant to a lieutenant in 1983; I still carry two quart canteens, with the 'crucibal' canteen cup for cooking, I have accumulated two 2-quart canteens for use; Coffee can natural fuel stove that also works as a windscreen for the alcohol fuel stove; oatmeal and sugar for breakfast without milk; jerky, dried foods, bullion for soups and stews; ramon noodles for snacks and meals; rye/whole wheat bread (John Muir hiked with dried bread for food, dried did not mildew, I use whole grain because it has some nutrition rather than just a white bread something to keep from having to wash a plate).

=The Thrifty Danged Scot