Posted on Jul 9, 2015
The 4 day march of Nijmegan, has anyone attempted it, completed it?
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The 4 day march of Nijmegen is tough challenge. 40 to 50 KM a day (40 if you are marching, 50 if you walk, marchers carry a 20 KG pack). I did it in 1991 with the Dutch Missile Artillery BN I was assigned to work with. On our first day of practice 4 months before the march started, we started with 15 soldiers, on the day of our qualification march we were down to 4. We finished the march with 2 (Lesson learned: Artillery people make terrible long distance on step road marchers). For the Dutch Military it is a competition, which is rated by several factors, how many people you lose, how well you do overall every day. We took a 3rd on day 1, 1st on day 2, and 2nd on day 4, and 5th on day 4. Our pace was just shy of a double time. Overall I think we finished 10th (lost too many people cost us). Has anyone else ever done this or any other march.
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CW3 Kevin Storm
Hey, a guy in my kayak club just finished 220 miles of hiking in the Ansel Adams wilderness for 13 days by himself. No medal at all just to do it. It was a challenge, not everything has to be abut what you wear, but what you do. The esprit with those Dutch Redlegs was awesome. Something a mere piece of ribbon can never describe.
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You can wear the US regulation sized Nijmegen ribbon, after going through the respective paperwork process.
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As of April 16, 2020 you are now authorized to wear it as long as you can find the US/NATO size
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I did it this year and really appreciated the experience. Truly a global event that is worth the effort. I speak Dutch and enjoy the Benelux so this event was personal and a blast.
You can wear the ribbon but not the cross. I believe Vanguard sells the regulation sized one that we can wear on the ASU.
Doei doei!
You can wear the ribbon but not the cross. I believe Vanguard sells the regulation sized one that we can wear on the ASU.
Doei doei!
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