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Eagle-
I don't know how many times on this board (and in person, dougie, brianH, a couple of others...) we old fart 18Ds have let people know that supplements are a bad idea for any soldier, besides the dehydration issue, ther is the supplement crash that accompanies the withdrawl from diet. Family members should not send body building supplement items to soldiers, but replace them with gatorade, pedialyte, granola bars, protien bars, peanut butter, dried nuts, and cookies. Mioxx filters, survival straws, camelbacks and cleaning products for camelbaks are great to send too.
Once guys are out of SFAS where they can't get hold of supps, they jump right back on them, to be 'cut' - guys, a good diet, good hydration and lots of PT is much better for you - stay away from gain supplements. Deployment is like SFAS - a denied area - and 2 wks in, do you want to go through a supp crash while on patrol? if I was your TS or Senior, I'd get every punishment I could piled on you and make you everyone's chogeyboy for a year, for endangering the Team.
***rant over***
Hip-
Have your son check with his medical support, just in case - 130 lbs at 6'2" is pushing the low end of the envelope, he may be able to get put on a medically necessary increased calorie diet, tough while deployed, but if he goes down, that's not good. My prayers are with him.
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