https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/tourniquets-stored-in-left-ankle-pocket <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As someone who has worked in the trauma bay, this always drove me crazy downrange. I always carried my tourniquet in one of the jacket pockets because, my thought, if a blast takes that area off (thus taking my tourniquet with it), there is nothing a tourniquet is going to do for me anyway. But lower leg is where tourniquets are the most effective. By keeping your tourniquet in the ankle pocket, you&#39;re facing a situation where your tourniquet is now gone but you have an injury that the tourniquet is designed to treat. I was always shocked that so many were allowed to carry them there. I understand they&#39;re carried in the medic packs normally, but on the airfields we still had rocket attacks and were not in full battle rattle, so tourniquets were stored on our person. Mon, 05 May 2014 14:37:18 -0400 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/tourniquets-stored-in-left-ankle-pocket <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As someone who has worked in the trauma bay, this always drove me crazy downrange. I always carried my tourniquet in one of the jacket pockets because, my thought, if a blast takes that area off (thus taking my tourniquet with it), there is nothing a tourniquet is going to do for me anyway. But lower leg is where tourniquets are the most effective. By keeping your tourniquet in the ankle pocket, you&#39;re facing a situation where your tourniquet is now gone but you have an injury that the tourniquet is designed to treat. I was always shocked that so many were allowed to carry them there. I understand they&#39;re carried in the medic packs normally, but on the airfields we still had rocket attacks and were not in full battle rattle, so tourniquets were stored on our person. MAJ Private RallyPoint Member Mon, 05 May 2014 14:37:18 -0400 2014-05-05T14:37:18-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/tourniquets-stored-in-left-ankle-pocket?n=119310&urlhash=119310 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Makes perfect sense to me. I always carried mine in my jacket pocket as well.. but that was pre ACU days. MSG Wade Huffman Mon, 05 May 2014 14:51:06 -0400 2014-05-05T14:51:06-04:00 2014-05-05T14:37:18-04:00