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This is all great advice.
In addition to what is immediately listed above, I would also submit the following:
1. Nothing is forgotten. The same people you went to selection will you will be seeing throughout the course. Whatever event you didn't put all forth or corners you cut will be remembered. Conversely, if you are a great team player, got along well with you peers, carried all your weight and some, you will be remembered by that, too. Your reputation starts there.
2. Bring a fiction book to read. If not for the entertainment value, it makes excellent trading for other useful books, i.e. Ranger Handbook, Get Selected.
3. Always pull guard, every night.
4. During individual land-nav events, always have your ruck with you, i.e. don't take it off to run to your next point.
5. Your body will be hurt at some point. It may not be hurting until the last day or two, but you will be hurting then.
6. Watch the "Green Berets" with John Wayne before attending.
7. Bring New-skin. This was more valuable than gold and an amazing treatment that is often overlooked.
8. Know how to properly pack a MOLLE ruck and how to properly set it up.
9. Tie everything down securely.
10. Try out a few map cases before you go and make sure they are 100% waterproof and can easily be accessed to annotate. On that note, be wary of markers. If you use them, do not bring alcohol based markers, permanent only.
11. Ice when you can. In fact, bring a reusable ice bag. This is a great way to prevent injuries and sooth sore muscles.
12. Hydrate, even during the Winter or Spring.
13. Laugh or at least smile sometimes. You're doing what you want to do.
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Class 06-10
March 2010
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