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I will agree that AK is really a quite beautiful place

Fatboy, I do agree with the statement "Where the system shines is the ability to train at close to full speed, all the way up to the pain level once the basics were mastered." I actually discovered that there is a Krav Maga studio in anchorage and I am very much looking forward to being ab...

A little follow on questionnaire, I know that the doctrinal needle for a CND is a 14 gauge...I have read of people using 12 instead, wondering what the advantages of doing this would be, as well as any risks involved. Would also love to hear about any topic such as this, where experience has shown a...

Evening Rangers, I have been working on creating my own individual first aid kit/CLS bag, and I am looking for advice on equipment to include. As of now I have the basics (chest seal, NPA, CND, quicklot gauze, Israeli bandage, shears, SAM splint) but I was wondering what the medics have carried/carr...

Looks like I definetly have some material to keep me occupied

I must say, I am extremely grateful I am not stationed up at Wainwright. Temperatures are an average of 30-50 degrees colder than Anchorage. And black rapids training area is literally the north pole. That shit SUCKS. Summer time is in the single digits or colder. Fortunately I have not had the wint...

Alaska, Hawaii, and Italy and the three Infantry OCONUS duty stations. 2 brigades from the 25th are in AK (4th (Airborne) and I believe it is the 3rd up in wainwright which is a stryker brigade) and 1st and 2nd are in Hawaii.

I have seen quite a few bears, both in NY where I grew up, and also in AK...but none that were this cool

IEDmagnet, Yes, 4/25 is stationed in Anchorage which is considered an OCONUS duty station so I owe them 3 years, Ranger Jim, I wouldn't be going while we are deployed here, seeing as we are already extremely undermanned. I will be waiting until we return back to Alaska (next summer, hopefully attend...

I heard back from the 75th recruiter today and they will not even consider me until I am 6 months away from my DROS date. I still have two years till my dros date. As such, I have started looking into the steps to put in a packet for RS. My plan now is to attend RS once we redeploy, then finish my l...

Rangers, I was finally given the opportunity to take an APFT. Push up:75 Sit up:83 Run: 12:50 Score: 300 I am expecting my run to continue to go up noticeably over the next few months and even more so once we redeploy, seeing as we are at 3300 feet higher in elevation than Anchorage. Before we left ...

Ranger Jim,

My buddy that I knew in high school actually had him as one of his RASP instructors. He has nothing but respect for him. Wish I had the opportunity to meet him in my short time at Ft Benning.

Rangers, That book was a very good read. I do not have it here with me, but it is one of the few that I own back in the rear. October 2005, SSG Joe Kapacziewski was an U.S. Army ranger on his second deployment to iraq, 5th deployment in total, when traveling in a stryker with the hatch open, an insu...

To answer your question George, yes throwing up is very normal. If you push yourself hard enough, you will throw up. As to whether you should stop and slow down when you get this urge, is up too you. Just realize, that the harder you push yourself, the faster you will see the results. Good job on ch...

George,

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Caleb