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eh, from what I was taught, mission analysis != cbt estimate. In your mission analysis you ask yourself questions like: - What is my commander‘s intent and what role do I play in that intent? - Has the situation changed in principle such that my commander would not have assigned me the same...

Ouch.. Warner Hill @ Meaford. we did a run up that hill *no ruckmarch thank God) so I can definately sympathize with you there.

I have the gel insoles from Dr. Scholes. They‘re ok, but they‘re so thin that they don‘t provide that much shock absorbtion. I use gel insoles on the bottom and then put another insole on top. That worked well for a while, now I think I‘ve worn them out. Thanks for the info Lui, I‘ll look...

Quite a few people on my basic course wore their contact lenses instead of their glasses. None of the instructors said anything. Now mind you when it came to the field portion of the course they switched to their glasses. I myself just wore my glasses all the time. It saved 2 minutes in the...

This might sound a little lame.. but my proudest day thus far (given my limited exposure to the military) was when I swore my oath of allegiance to queen and country and the warrant at my unit (who was also the recruiting officer) shook my hand and said "Welcome to the Regiment"

hiking insoles? Mind sharing the brand? I‘m afraid Dr. Scholes (sp?) isn‘t cutting it for me anymore.

ah yes, a very important point about the cbt boots. get a good pair of insoles! Spend whatever you need to but make sure you get good ones. Your feet will thank you immensely!

That‘s odd.. I have a platypus as well and I don‘t taste anything rubbery. Is it coming from the bag or the hose? Either way it has a lifetime warranty so I would get wheelers to exchange it. On another note, thanks for the tip on not using baking sode and lemon juice! :) I usually...

combat_medic, if you still a hand PM me and I can send you an aide de memoir that our CSM gave us on our leadership course. It‘s really kicka$$. It contains not only battle procedure but orders formats for a ton of stuff.

For combat boots apparently filling them with hot water a couple of times (letting them dry in between of course) and walking around for a couple of hours supposedly does the trick. Never tried it myself though. For me I simply wear them a for a couple of days and it usually is fine for me.

heck, I‘ll come up to Ottawa for a weekend.. might get lost but should be fun! Visiting the War museum would be a good idea!

eh.. forget the bread.. just chow down on the peanut butter. I hoarded the stuff and had like 20+ packets of it at any given time on my person or webbing. best snack for quick energy you can ever find.. But.. if you really want to eat the bread.. eat it with the honey.. not bad.. not bad...

Do you know how many troops they are asking out of the reserves for 32 Brigade? IIRC, the various units in the Toronto area was asked to contribute about 50 troops total.

Korus, I got my Platypus yesterday, the black one. It definately won‘t fit under the ruck. The bladder looks like it‘ll fit in the top pocket of the ruck but since it works with gravity I don‘t know how well it‘ll function. Also, I burn the threads of my CADPATs all the time, I haven‘t heard...

I was afraid of something like that happening. I guess I‘ll have to try putting the platypus in my top pocket of my ruck. humint, I agree with Ghost. As an aspiring officer it would do you a world of good to shadow your platoon commander on an ex.

Korus, I believe that the bladder will fit in the top pocket of the rucksack (I will recieve mine on Monday). I also ordered the modular hydration pack as well (not in cadpat though, waste of money). I‘m curious to see if the hydration pack is slim enough to fit underneath my ruck when I put...

First ex? Without having done BOTP? I just purchased the platypus from CanadianPeacekeeper, looking forward to trying to trying it out, hopefully I doesn‘t burst when I put it under my ruck!

here you go: A - ROTP (former CBI 204.2111 & 204.2151) B - OCTP-NFS (former CBI 204.2113 & 204.2153) C - DEO (former CBI 204.2114 & 204.2154) D - UTP-NCM / OCTP-FS (former CBI 204.2112, 204.21135, 204.2152 & 204.21535) E - CFR (former CBI 204.212)

woohoo! Burger king here I come! I‘ve heard running room will give military personnel 5-10% off.

Running a 7 min/mile anywhere with 40lbs of gear on your back is just asking for trouble.. better make sure that gear tight Tight TIGHTLY secured! A 7 minute mile is not impossible though even BUD/S starts at 8:30 and works its way up to 7:30/mile. I don‘t know where that figure is coming...