Updated .. Military screening out extremists...

[@thewheels]

The wokeness is the mechanism they are using to cause the rest of it.

You will not resolve the "more important issues" while the wokeness still exists.

It's simply an annoying distraction while the real agenda is being played out.

 

[Celt]

If anybody in the lower part of the state has been trained in small-unit tactics and would like to do some Airsoft training please send me a PM. Milsim airsoft looks like a lot of fun.

 

[Criticalt]

People need to have prepardness networks in their area, and it would be a tremendous asset to have former military members teach team tactics to people who have never been in the military.

Ohh brother....believe me, its tough to teach someone who doesnt have a military mind how to stay off a straight line let alone any tactics....its been a big part of my post military life.
The biggest part of training is willingness to be uncomfortable, and 9 out of 10 modern non military can hardly live without their Kuerig coffee machine for 24 hours.
No sleep, living tired, cold and in pain can be the norm in combat.
Most people cannot do that....and if they can, they cannot remember ANY training....all their energy goes into complaining.
Every winter I take a group of people for a 2 night camp out.
The rules are simple.....one pair of socks and no sleeping bags.
Those sound like simple rules but you would not believe the bitching.
They can have any kind of footwear and as many blankets as they can carry for 3 klicks or about 2 miles.....along with 1 change of cloths(except socks), 1 pound of food and .5 gallon of water.
And these are my friends.....I know these peoples limits....I cant imagine complete strangers. Combat doesnt stop when youre cold, or hurt, or hungry, or bored, or lost, or tired.....

 

[Celt]

Ohh brother....believe me, its tough to teach someone who doesnt have a military mind how to stay off a straight line let alone any tactics....its been a big part of my post military life.
The biggest part of training is willingness to be uncomfortable, and 9 out of 10 modern non military can hardly live without their Kuerig coffee machine for 24 hours.
No sleep, living tired, cold and in pain can be the norm in combat.
Most people cannot do that....and if they can, they cannot remember ANY training....all their energy goes into complaining.
Every winter I take a group of people for a 2 night camp out.
The rules are simple.....one pair of socks and no sleeping bags.
Those sound like simple rules but you would not believe the bitching.
They can have any kind of footwear and as many blankets as they can carry for 3 klicks or about 2 miles.....along with 1 change of cloths(except socks), 1 pound of food and .5 gallon of water.
And these are my friends.....I know these peoples limits....I cant imagine complete strangers. Combat doesnt stop when youre cold, or hurt, or hungry, or bored, or lost, or tired.....

Was having a similar conversation with my wife about being able to function when your cold, wet and hungry. People in general (myself included) have become accustomed to always being comfortable. I havent done any trips like you mentioned but I still do things to make myself uncomfortable just for the sake of it.

 

[libertysnake]

Ohh brother....believe me, its tough to teach someone who doesnt have a military mind how to stay off a straight line let alone any tactics....its been a big part of my post military life.
The biggest part of training is willingness to be uncomfortable, and 9 out of 10 modern non military can hardly live without their Kuerig coffee machine for 24 hours.
No sleep, living tired, cold and in pain can be the norm in combat.
Most people cannot do that....and if they can, they cannot remember ANY training....all their energy goes into complaining.
Every winter I take a group of people for a 2 night camp out.
The rules are simple.....one pair of socks and no sleeping bags.
Those sound like simple rules but you would not believe the bitching.
They can have any kind of footwear and as many blankets as they can carry for 3 klicks or about 2 miles.....along with 1 change of cloths(except socks), 1 pound of food and .5 gallon of water.
And these are my friends.....I know these peoples limits....I cant imagine complete strangers. Combat doesnt stop when youre cold, or hurt, or hungry, or bored, or lost, or tired.....

I ruck a limited amount in the winter because I refuse to let the cold stop me from exercising. I was only doing 20 lbs this winter up and down the hill, but it was good experience to know how to keep my feet warm and what my best setup was for being outside for hours at a time. My feet are my coldest point.

I had a decent setup to keep my core temp high. When my core temp drops, my fingers and toes get cold due to normal reasons -- you body pulls blood from there when it feels it is getting cold. So my rule of thumb is, if it's below freezing I always do:

Wool socks
Longjohns
Two layers of scarves
Wool hat
Heavy jacket
Hothands in my jacket, and in my jacket pockets
Neoprene liners around my front toes and then I throw hothands in of my shoe -- neoprene prevents my toes from being burned, hot hands sit in front.
Gloves (they always get soaked, so I prefer keeping a thin glove that dries quick and keeping my hands in my pockets near my core.)

If I keep my core and legs warm, my hands and feet will keep more blood in them longer. I may look into a second sock layer to reduce the hothand usage in the winter.

Anyway just my two cents -- spent a lot of time being cold as fuck outside so this is what I've found after some trial and error.