Not a lover of running, but training for the Army... (Read 1108 times)

One of several things the Army will drill into your head is the notion that one never trains to the standard, one trains to exceed if not set the standard. Meeting the standard impresses no-one, not to mention still leaves you playing catch-up. It's a really good idea to report in the best shape possible. That being said, good luck with the Army.

From a professional standpoint, Fort Jackson has fabulous training facilities especially when compared to other training posts such as Fort Benning where I did my all my training at. Some more advice to the young lady. WALK everywhere you can. Start wearing boots, if you haven't already, to accustom your feet and ankles to the extra weight. It'll reduce your risk of stress fractures. Walk with a book bag/knapsack loaded with 5-10 pounds to start and work up to 15-20 pounds. This will build up your traps and make doing foot marches in full kit a little easier. Watch a little UFC on Spike. Modern Army Combatives - which you'll learn in Basic- is based almost entirely on mixed martial arts fighting. It goes without saying that you should start doing push-ups and sit ups.

Run Nekid?

this is tru too. you got me ready to drop and... nevermind

I didn't like ANY of you.

If it's any consolation, we didn't particularly care for y'all, either

Understood!

Nothing personal, mind you. Hopefully, your period of service was rewarding.

Afraid not. Typically, DS duty is a 2 year assignment with an option to do a third. I was a DS at Jackson from '95 to '98 ( B 2-13 IN RGT), so he was long gone by that point. Mike