Now with Erdogan sliding to Russia and the whole F35 fiasco a lot of people have been talking about the removal of Turkey from NATO. In my opinion Erdogan is a very bad ally that cannot be properly trusted and is slowly sliding to Russia due to the Syrian civil war. On the other hand the Bosporus a very important part of landlocking Russia and Turkey surprisingly has a very large powerful and...

Hi, civilian here.

I was just wondering what actual members of the military thought about mandatory service? Me and a friend were talking about it the other day and we both agreed that it seemed like a bad idea, but wanted to get some input from voluntary servicepeople.

No offence, obviously, because the work that all you guys and girls do is so absolutely heroic and brave, but to me it seems like...

I'm curious, how the design goals of a shoe meant for such serious business, differ from regular shoes. Particularly compared to different sport shoes, that are also meant for intensive use.

So, what are they like? Heavy? Hot? Flexible or hard? Thick or thin sole? What's the arch support like, if they have any at all? What's the traction like? Anything you can think of, I'd like to hear it.

Is...