DO NOT repeat DO NOT take running shoes, they will make you buy them there anyway. Whether you need a pair or not. The one's that they make you buy are alright, the only stress fractures that people got were from road marches in bad combat boots.

Bad knees come from a rough life, 10 years of lacrosse, four years of football, and 2 and a half years in the army have done their fare share of damage to my knees. But I wouldn't trade any of it for the world.

When i first read this thread i thought about Sweidsh miles, i thought that 2 miles in 21 minutes is a tad bit hard. Two Swedish miles are about 13 american miles that would mean that you'd have to run 1 km in about one minute, thats a bit extreem.

The "Basker" test is 5 Swedish miles though with full packing, but you only need to walk. Its a test to earn your right to ware the Basker (the barret, and not the weapon heh)

My brother was a tad bit unlucky, he broke something in his hip during this march, but he did earn it on his second try after his hip got better.

what branch of the military?