An Aimed Shot to the Foot: Training the Ruckmarch and the Modern Army | Rodgers

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The end result for soldiers who have gone through a training program with a lot of ruckmarching is tough feet, good conditioning for low-intensity work, lower bodyweight, less speed, and less strength. But they got better at ruckmarching, so they should be better at their job, right?

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This results in situations where a 6’2” 250lb man and a 5’5” 130lb man will be carrying the same load on a ruckmarch, with no attention paid to their individual capabilities.

And with no attention paid to logic. Smaller, lighter people have smaller, lighter kit. Yet every single time I have had to do a ruckmarch, I got admonished because my rucksack was "not heavy enough", despite following the kit list to a T.