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- October 15th, 2006, 11:26 am
- Forum: Personal Gear
- Topic: Question about hi-tec magnum boots?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6816
Thank you for all the input rangers.Much appreciated :) Have worn the boots for a while now,mostly on camp duties and on range etc.Wouldnt dare bring em in the field.Ireland tends to be wet(even in summer) and they just wouldnt keep my feet dry at all.Gonna stick to my goretex boots instead! p.s i n...
- October 10th, 2006, 8:55 am
- Forum: Introduction Archive
- Topic: introduction from new irish defence forces member.
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13588
Well Rangers it's been afew weeks now and life is starting to get back to normal here.My better half has gone back to work and we are getting back into our routine.Still hurts like a c**t though.However to coin one of your saying life isnt for the weak odr faint hearted!I guess we just soldier on. :...
- September 19th, 2006, 1:32 pm
- Forum: Introduction Archive
- Topic: introduction from new irish defence forces member.
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13588
Rangers,I have some bad news.My wife lost the baby a week ago. :cry: :cry: I feel like a fucking idiot for coming on hear and bragging about going to be a dad.I should have kept my big mouth shut until the child was born .but i guess i was so excited that i couldnt keep it in. :oops: :oops: Having a...
- September 4th, 2006, 5:16 am
- Forum: Introduction Archive
- Topic: introduction from new irish defence forces member.
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13588
- September 3rd, 2006, 4:04 am
- Forum: Introduction Archive
- Topic: introduction from new irish defence forces member.
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13588
- September 3rd, 2006, 3:55 am
- Forum: Introduction Archive
- Topic: introduction from new irish defence forces member.
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13588
Thanks rangers,i appreciate it :D Currently shitting myself and praying to god that everything goes o.k Looking forward to it though. :D I will keep ye posted.We have more recruits coming i soon so i hope to be on the training team for that also.At least i will know what i would be doing for 6 month...
- September 2nd, 2006, 3:47 am
- Forum: Introduction Archive
- Topic: introduction from new irish defence forces member.
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13588
Hoah Rangers, Just updating my profile as i havent been here in a while. Well since i last intro'd myself i got married(Florida for honeymoon,disney an all that :) )Trained yet another bunch of recruits.Then trained the same platoon through what we call 2-3star training(a.i.t). Since then i served w...
- September 2nd, 2006, 3:29 am
- Forum: Personal Gear
- Topic: Mountain Boot alternative?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10208
Try Lowa combat gtx with the goretex lining.Great boot .Plenty of ankle support and light enough for a mountain boot.Not jumpable though due to the hook and d-ring lacing system ,but if your not using them for that then it shouldnt be a problem :) Dont know where you can get them in the states but y...
- September 1st, 2006, 4:59 am
- Forum: Personal Gear
- Topic: Question about hi-tec magnum boots?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6816
- September 1st, 2006, 12:06 am
- Forum: Personal Gear
- Topic: Question about hi-tec magnum boots?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6816
- August 31st, 2006, 4:23 am
- Forum: Personal Gear
- Topic: Question about hi-tec magnum boots?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6816
Question about hi-tec magnum boots?
Hello Rangers,It's been a long while since my last post but i have a question for ye(Dont worry i did a search first and turned up squat).From what i can gather from various sites/articles etc there seems to be a "no magnum boots " policy for the u.s army in general.Why is this? The irish ...
- September 4th, 2004, 7:35 am
- Forum: Medical Issues
- Topic: Curlex?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11590
- September 3rd, 2004, 11:27 pm
- Forum: Medical Issues
- Topic: Curlex?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11590
Curlex?
Rangers: Came across the word curlex in a few of the posts.Tried the search function but didnt get anything to explain what it is.Can someone help out
- September 2nd, 2004, 6:57 am
- Forum: Personal Gear
- Topic: Ranger Assault Carrying Kit
- Replies: 18
- Views: 22061
Rangers; I just looked up the rack on google and it looks like a pretty versatile piece of kit.I have a question though.Are they any good for patrolling or are they strictly a rapid deployment /cqb item? The reason i ask is that the irish army recently started issuing chest rigs(brit plce pattern/ir...
- September 1st, 2004, 10:02 pm
- Forum: About Ranger School - In Honor of Ranger BattleBoar - RIP
- Topic: STARVATION DIET
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13431