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Just on the knife thing - I was/am a knife nut. I took Gerber Bowie knives to the field, Randal Model 2's and every other damn thing. After a few longer visits to the field (like Desert Storm with a Gerber Bowie) I paired it down to a leatherman with a broken blade (my blade broke) and a buck knife ...

Getting back to the sleep deprivation question, there is no effective way to train for it that I know of. Staying up for several days straight won’t do it, because you are not literally starving, humping a ruck up and down hills and under tremendous stress. The trick is that normally only a few of y...

Thank you all for the welcome. I will probably recon the site from time to time. I get a good laugh out of all the stupid questions that the wannabees ask, and more of a laugh at the heat rounds those questions draw.

Chris

I used to love the idea of hopping out of Shithook or Craphawk with Apache gunship support instead of being scattered all over the place after a jump (especially after an AF Reservist mistook the river for the road and scattered us 10 miles short or long). Finding out just how easy those helicopters...

Thank you all. If you were closer, and I wasn't at work, I would pour some Jim or Jack - and I pour heavy. I have a couple questions: 1: How do I get "Newt" out from under my name? 2: What does "DEP" stand for exactly? My best guess is 'wannabe ranger thinking of maybe doing some...

Hello All, Just thought I would introduce myself and give you all a little background: I was in from 89 to 94. Basic AIT Airborne, went to Germany for two then back to Bco 1/187th Inf. (101). They sent me to Ranger School, class of 2/93. Graduated class of 4/93. Competed in Best Ranger Competition i...

I was planning on doing this in the Introductions, but I wanted to answer this guys question before I lost it. I was in from 89 to 94. Basic AIT Airborne, went to Germany for two then back to Bco 1/187th Inf. (101). They sent me to Ranger School, class of 2/93. Graduated class of 4/93. Competed in B...

I tore up one ankle pretty bad right off the bat in Ranger School, so I know how this one works. You can use 100 mile an hour tape on ankles and knees. I had an SF medic on my team who did the job. It worked VERY well - one of the small ankle bones was broken and duck tape jobs got me through to gra...