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What I've heard of the worst things. One of the worst things that can happen to any warfighter is wet boots.

Long patrols through various terrains are bad enough, but then your feet get wet and

stay wet for the next several hours, maybe even days. There really is no way to explain that

kind of misery, knowing that you have to keep moving, and you're not going to get time to

sufficiently dry them out, and your feet are basically just going to get time to sufficiently dry them out and your feet are

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