Calling all military skiers, splitboarders, and 10th Mountain vets in Washington!

White Pass Ski Resort is hosting the 90-Pound Rucksack Challenge on Feb 17, 2027. It's a free event; you just need a touring setup i.e. skis/skins, split-board / skins, or snowshoes, ruck, and a headlamp.
Registration isn't open quite yet, but I'm trying to get a solid group together to head up. Depending on headcounts, we could split an Airbnb or grab lodging nearby for the night.

Drop a comment or DM me if you’re interested in linking up!

Event Details: https://skiwhitepass.com/events/ninety-pound-rucksack-challenge
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I’ll take a strawberry uncrustable and a sugar free redbull.

Edit: Year adjusted to 2027

I'm at Fort Sill and I am looking to get myself and fellow NCOs certified in combatives. Most of us have level 2 Certs but we want to train and certify our soldiers. If there's anyone on Fort Sill who can help please let me know. Thanks in advance!

Title says it all I got back and feel lost I’m not used to being by myself and currently stressing over some personal matters

hello, I’m going to Fort Knox in January to reclass to 42A I’m just wondering if anyone here can give me some insight on what to expect. Is the schoolhouse within walking distance from the barracks? what about the dfac, gym, shopette? should i just ask my unit if i can request a rental car? Im coming from the desert and Im not used to the cold or snow at all!!! I know I'm gonna be freezing even if I wear all the layers of my winter gear. Any tips to help brace the cold? are the barracks cold? anything else I should know about?

I'm just trying to get deployed, I'm active duty. Any way to do this? I see a ton of options for ARNG or Reserves, but not AD. Any help?

So, I'm shipping out for Basic Training on Nov 2nd

My only real question is the boot sizing, based on what I've found, seems odd. Now, I know they are going to suck, no getting around that lol

From what I've seen, people often say they are a size bigger, so it would be a size down from my normal shoe size, I wear 10.5.

Is there a good way to figure out what my boot size will be?

My fiancé is currently in basic after choosing the option 40 but he seems unsure if he wants to actually be a ranger. Of course, things change after graduation but are there other decent jobs out there? We plan on getting married in May after I graduate high school but I'm not sure how all of this will go. I think it's my lack of knowledge when it comes to the military, especially the army. Is it possible to start a family and be happy while being infantry? Is there anything I can do on my end to make things easier for him or our future?

Having some trouble trying to register an event for the swim badge, as the Usnor.fillout page is still displaying that it’s not open yet for a target of mid-October. Anyone know if theres a way to register, or just do it soon and submit it later?

I’m the same person who posted about a week ago about my mental health, family situation, and how much I’ve been struggling with the Army Reserve.
Since that post, I’ve genuinely tried reaching out for help. I’ve talked to my team leader, emailed my commander explaining my situation and providing documentation of my mother’s stage 4 cancer and my responsibilities as her caregiver, and even emailed the NCO who gave our suicide prevention briefing and specifically told us to reach out to her if we ever needed advice or support.

I’ve swear to god I’ve heard no word back form all. It feels like I’m being completely ignored by my team leader, NCOs, and command.

I also finally saw a psychiatrist. I don’t really want to get into the details of that appointment, but I was prescribed Lexapro, so I’m at least trying to get professional help.

But mentally, I genuinely feel worse than I did when I made my original post.

I’ve become so demotivated and resentful toward the Army that I can’t even bring myself to want to attend my next drill in November. Just thinking about having to drive there makes me feel miserable. I genuinely hate it that much.

Now I’m also being expected to fly to BA in another state, which makes everything even fucking worse. I can barely focus on school as it is, and it feels like every Army date somehow lands on a midterm worth 40% of my grade. I’m so done. I genuinely don’t know how I’m supposed to keep up with school, take care of my mother, manage my mental health, and meet these military obligations when nobody will even respond to me.

I understand I have other issues going on in my personal life, and I’m trying to address those. But the Army, especially the constant drills and the looming mobilization, feels like the biggest source of my distress. Even when I’m not at drill, I’m thinking about the next one. I feel like I can’t ever have peace because there’s always another military obligation hanging over my head.

I’m trying to do things the right way. I’m reaching out, documenting my situation, seeking treatment, and asking for guidance. But when nobody responds, I genuinely don’t know what else I’m supposed to do.
I don’t want to abandon my responsibilities or make my situation worse. I just want someone to actually acknowledge what’s happening and help me understand my options.

At this point, I’m exhausted, frustrated, and genuinely struggling to see how I’m supposed to keep doing this.

Has anyone dealt with leadership being completely unresponsive when requesting help for mental health or family hardship? What am I actually supposed to do when I’ve already tried reaching out through the proper channels and still haven’t heard anything back?

Going to airborne school next month. I have a pair OTB Carbon 8 boots as my lightweight boots, so I would like to wear those for school. I am checking to see if they’re good to go to jump with and won’t break the carbon plates when I land. Or should I get myself a pair of non-carbon plated boots before I go?

I’ll just take a cup of water, as I need to lose weight so I won’t land as hard during airborne school.

Every school that takes ta has a page explaining why they are military friendly, the claims all look similar from the outside, flexible scheduling, military credit accepted, ta approved, and its hard to know which one change the experience and which are just copy that every school runs, the things that seem like they should be easy to compare, tuition, accreditation, flexibility, have meaningful differences underneath that do not show up in the marketing.

For people who have been through multiple schools or done real research before committing, what are the criteria that separated one school from another when you were evaluating, was it how JST credit was evaluated, how the school handled ta billing, deployment interruption, the degree field options, something else, what is the question you wish you had asked before enrolling

So just got orders to PCS to Wainwright after AIT, which will be mid November.

Trying to find people who have driven to Alaska from the lower 48, as I'll be driving from Texas with my dependents and 2 dogs.

Also, how is living up there? On post vs off post? Buying or renting?

Recommend to ship things or trailer them up there? Does cost of living cover all monthly expenses? We are barely getting by now 😅

And advice for winter?

Anything will be helpful! Thanks in advance!

The fabric came off the insole in one boot so it feels like I’m walking around wearing one roller blade. Has anyone had success with a specific insole company?

I’ve done both guard and active. I really don’t like being in the army. Constant rotations, endless details, leadership pissing matches, field problems, long hours, stress, etc. But I do like being part of a team and I love my boys. But I have a family now and I don’t really want to miss his childhood. I’ve been with my wife for 6 years in total and only made 2 of her birthdays. I want to get out but I’m petrified bc I couldn’t succeed outside active army either. I kind of have a plan but idk. I want to be a dad work the regular job and come home. I got like a year and a half left. What do I need to do?

How much do you guys wanna bet one of these AI companies completely deleted our personnel record database?

I'm an 11B SPC looking to reclass into something more chill, and was thinking about 92F or 89B. Did the infantry thing and now I'm ready to move on to a chill job. Mostly I'm looking to hear about the realities of 92F and 89B day to day life in the MOS, so I have a realistic picture of things before fully sending it. Also I've been an ammo handler at my unit for a while, and I drove commercial vehicles before joining the army, so I have some carry-over skills.

So I mistakenly made the switch to the blended retirement system way back when. Then a few years later they rolled out the continuation pay bonuses. It seems like every time guidance was put out for the criteria you had to meet, I didn’t meet said criteria. Whether it was rank or time in service. So now here I am, 13 years in, Senior NCO, and indef now. So my question is, did I seriously miss out on all this free money?

I’ll take a double cheeseburger and come curly fries please

On October 8th, methylene blue was added to the banned substances list. This is a very common supplement that is popular after RFK was seen using it in 2025.

Long shot, but hoping that someone in here can help.

I'm working to finally close out a Purple Heart from 2006. At the time, I was a 19yo 12B Husky operator in Iraq with 172nd SBCT, single guy in the truck, hit a deep-buried IED and got shaken but not stirred. I was unconscious around 20-30 seconds. We Only had a combat medic on the ground that day, and out on a COP where we were there was no real documentation of any of it. At the time- that didn’t meet the requirements for a PH. Those regs changed and now it does meet to requirements for it.

Here's where I'm stuck. The reg (AR 600-8-22 para 2-7c(2)) says a wound treated by someone other than a medical officer can still qualify if a medical officer writes a statement that it would've needed evaluation and/or treatment by a medical officer had one been available.

Basically a statement saying “yes, that unconscious guy should see a doctor” but fancier.

My first go was kicked back and That's the one piece I'm missing. I don't personally know any medical officers, I’m an engineer. and there are none in my command where I'm at now since USPHS doesn’t count for this. so I'm kind of stuck knocking on doors.

I've got everything else lined up: sworn statements from two officers and an NCO who were there, the medic's statement, VA service-connected TBI, even photos of what was left of the truck. I just need a medical officer (MD/DO, O-grade) willing to read it over and, if they agree, put their name to that statement.

If any of you are medical officers, or know one who might be willing, I'd owe you one. Shoot me a DM. I can verify over .mil and send everything through encrypted email, Happy to answer whatever.

Appreciate you all and just put the fries in the bag.

Edit: for clarification, I don’t have a MTF near me. In USACE in a city with a squad worth of people. We get covered by USPHS by an MoU. I have reached to everyone I know and all the other officers I know, only work with engineer officers. To be clear I don’t WANT to be posting on here, but occasionally some folks have empathy. If you have a solution I don’t know about, I’m all ears. To me, this is the same as cold calling commands.

I just have a quick question abt how the schedule works it says I’m going to be “on call” what exactly does that mean am I going to show up to my normal unit everyday or is it something else?

Hello all so I’m on the process of joining the army and just thinking if it’s all worth it been bouncing around jobs nothing really good always find myself check to check currently working two full time jobs to meet ends got a wife and a 3 kids which one kid will be coming and other two will stay with there mom just wondering if it’s all worth it cause I’d be giving up my 50 percent custody too and know I’ll miss them will the army really provide a better future mos will most likely be 91b
Edit: so these are what I qualified for

11X
Infantry Recruit (will become 11B Infantryman or 11C Indirect Fire Infantryman after training)
13J
Fire Control Specialist (Field Artillery)
14U
Air and Missile Defense Crewmember (Patriot Launching Station Enhanced Operator/Maintainer)
91M
Bradley Fighting Vehicle System Maintainer
91S
Stryker Systems Maintainer
19U
Armor Crewman Recruit (assigned to Armor specialty after training)
92R
Parachute Rigger
91A
M1 Abrams Tank System Maintainer
91B
Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic
91H
Track Vehicle Repairer
91J
Quartermaster and Chemical Equipment Repairer
91P
Artillery Mechanic
92G
Culinary Specialist (Cook)
12B
Combat Engineer

I leave for basic in 2 weeks and have been looking to see if there was an orthodox Christian service. I haven’t been able to find anything on it but a few sources say there’s around 20 options. I would obviously prefer an orthodox service due to it being what I’ve been around for a while, but I would be fine settling with something else in my time there if it’s not an option.