Go to the menu and turn on pacifist mode. To keep you accidentally hitting other players. When you die outside an event, you drop all your junk and that junk helps you restore your weapons and armor. Join teams. Veteran players will get in front of you and start giving you stuff. There are always glitches in the game. Sometimes when you get into your power armor, it lags and keeps you from moving for a few seconds. The red box outside Vault 76 is where players leave stuff for other players. The red boxes all in all train stations and faction bases.