Do you really need ammo packs and web gear and E tools?
I'm not actually taking ammo in them, just using them for storage. And you never know when a shovel will come in handy. As for the medic bag, it's basically a hefty first aid kit. I'm not worried about treating combat wounds, just patching up various cuts and scrapes. The M3 isn't exactly a field surgery kit. You could stuff two of them in the box my boots came in.
The radios are more for the trip there and anytime we have to load up in the vans to go somewhere. I don't really plan to lug both of them around all the time. A cellphone will suffice for most everything, but service is supposedly still spotty in some places.
Yeah, two flashlights. One to illuminate the tire I'm changing, and one so somebody else can locate the necessary tool that just happens to be missing from one of the vans. Also, one is handheld and one has a nifty little leg thing that lets you stand it up to illuminate the aforementioned tire.
I'll look for a good set of kneepads. I hadn't thought of that. And what's the deal on the nalgene bottles? Everybody seems to be madly in love with them. Maybe I'm just out of touch on that one.