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    Helmet upgrades ? MICH / ACH style pads in CAF style kevlar, any one done one?

    I realize that, yet why start a new post when there is 90% of the info I need, just looking for the extra bit that wasn't included.
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    You maynot believe this but!!

    Two years in and this rings so true already.  The army seems to teach you 10%, and laughs its butt off while you discover the other 90% looking like a kicked puppy.
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    Wrist Watch Recommendations - Merged Thread

    Thank you all for the replies. That traser looks like a nice watch, now comes the deeper ponderings of whether or not I buy a watch to see me through the tactical part of my career or just buy a few watches at once for a low price and disregard their well-being. Either way I have a better start...
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    Wrist Watch Recommendations - Merged Thread

    I have been looking through the forums for a watch that can withstand the typical shock of a field ex,  but none of them mention anything about how well the display stands up to bug juice.  every guy I was on course with had a useless watch after last summer simply becuase the deet would destroy...
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    Helmet upgrades ? MICH / ACH style pads in CAF style kevlar, any one done one?

    I know CP gear has helmet pads, they even have them installed into a helmet you can try on.  But, I was wondering if anyone had tried it and could say whether or not they are a good buy?
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    The IMP Cook Book

    Whenever I get the chicken with gravy, I just throw the instant mash potatoes in there,  it's a pretty salty meal, but the potatoes soak up everything so you reap as much nutrients as possible.  I really good morale booster is taking a jar of nutella out to the field with you.  It's delicious...
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    Paying Compliments (Saluting, Verbal Address)

    Thank you all.  I'm sure someone in Ottawa will catch this and right 40 pages of rules now about it.  It just seems odd to me that with how detailed everything in the military is, there is not some place in the manuel that flat out explains when not to do drill or compliments.  I guess that's...
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    Paying Compliments (Saluting, Verbal Address)

    I have searched the forums to the best of my ability and still cannot find any explicit answer.  I was instructed more then once so far in my training that a drill faux pas is saluting while wearing a rucksack. So, my question to the forums,  can anyone give a solid answer with official...
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