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An Army Ranger training exercise killed four soldiers at Florida's Eglin Air Force Base. The trainees died after spending several hours in chilly chest-high swamp waters. The men had previously completed training in rugged forest, desert and mountain terrains. Four separate investigations of the deaths are under way...
On their wilderness training excursions, these would-be warriors give themselves a vigorous workout. In Michigan the members of a local militia build their endurance by running army-style outdoor obstacle courses or tramping long distances across rugged terrain while holding heavy semiautomatic rifles. John Schlosser, coordinator of Colorado's...
Yet, short of building a Chinese wall, some skeptics wonder whether the U.S. can really seal off a border that consists largely of four-strand barbed wire and the Rio Grande, and includes the barren deserts around Yuma, Arizona; the thick evergreen brush near McAllen, Texas; two ocean ports; and...
It's got that sense of wild, rugged accomplishment that, well, that "Eric Brown" kinda lacks.
College students are interested in rugged outdoor looks, said Gary Proulx, a manager at The Gap in Harvard Square. "Right now barn jackets like those in J. Crew are in demand," he said. "People are interested in traditional New England styles."