As for foot wear, it gets really painful quick if your boots don't fit right. A good idea to remember is a good fit has about a half thumb between toes and boot top. leaves room for foot swelling and running.
I highly doubt we'd have access to it in RTC, so maybe this would work in A school but a trick I use and learned from NJROTC was Super Glue. Put it on your skin where you get blisters and let it dry. Put on socks and boots and bam! no blisters
