A bit of personal experience for you - I was medically discharged in 93 due to shin splints, stupidly thought that what my instructors told me was the right thing (keep going, it'll go away!). There is an Op for shin splints, as previously stated. The Army wouldn't perform the Op on me as my ...

Pack your rocket pouches as for patrol, ie, if you're going to spend extended time away from your bergen, pack comfort items like fleece, bufallo jkt etc and any essential patrol kit. Pack your bergen in order that what you need first is near the top - take your time packing so that you have a plan ...

Ignore the previous. Only a fool would rate INT CORPS below RMP (AGC RMP to be fair!). Fancy directing traffic in the rain and your brain rotting while doing circuits around a Married Quarter in a car? They are a good enough bunch, but promotion is rubbish. They also have an alarming tendency to ...