Enough already...who gives a rats ass what they are issuing?!? Does getting a MOLLE or not determine whether or not you are going to go to SFAS? Carry what you are given. End of friggin STORY.
What is going to happen if there is a "big class" or you get something other than what you expect???
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Sorry Cadre QP, I didn't make my times for Gate I because I trained with my MOLLE ruck and they gave me this crappy ALICE. Cut me some slack?
When are you guys going to friggin GET IT?
"High Speed" should only apply to your timed movements.
READ the THREAD...a QP has already addressed the fact that what you are given doesn't matter...IT IS WHAT YOU HAVE.
This community of men does not rely on equipment, it is a "nice-ity" that is appreciated when it is available, but it ABSOLUTELY does not determine whether or not the mission is accomplished.
Get your head in the game and train. Period. Carry what you are given. Period. Walk with the boots that are on the approved list. Period. Take what is on the packing list. Period.
You will make it or you won't. PERIOD. When you fail or quit you can blame anything you want...your equipment, the weather, peers, asshole cadre, the orbital alignment of Saturn to the Horsehead Nebulea and it's affect on penguin mating habits. It won't matter.
YOU will either do it, or YOU wont. Excuses won't get you to the next phase of your training. YOU will......
Or not. Period.
Eagle