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Last week I submitted a memo to my employer (I teach in BC at an independent school) asking for an unpaid leave of absence for the last two weeks of the school year so I could do the first two blocks of my DP1. I found out today that I came within a hair's width of being fired (or not having my...

I've worn Mk III's for nearly 9 years, and have never, ever had a blister. The issue Goretex boots make hamburger out of my heels. I have tried every possible combination of issue and civvy socks I can think of, and still get blisters after only a few miles with a ruck. Heel aside, they don't...

I‘m a RESO phII trained 2lt who‘s been in the holding reserve for seven years. I got tired of paperwork, politics, and not doing the "hands on" activities (humping an mg across the boonies) that drew me to the forces in the first place. I was a good soldier, and a mediocre officer. Most of the...