Gear: Chapter 7

Ray Christian0:01

All right. All of you, listen up. Today, we are on the eve of something grand, something intense, a day of reckoning. This is our moment. This is the very reason we have trained you so hard. Now is the time. We will not be late for our appointment with destiny. On my command, forward march. (drum roll) Chapter 7.

Avery Truffelman· Host0:33

Victoria Chamberlain left the army.

Speaker 20:37

I ultimately left because it just was a good time for me age-wise to have enough time to try to do something else.

Avery Truffelman· Host0:44

She's a podcast producer now actually. That's how we met. But even now in her civilian life, Victoria still wears some of her military clothes, only certain ones.

Speaker 20:54

And they're just, uh, they're good. They're called silkies.

Avery Truffelman· Host0:57

Silkies are these lightweight boxer shorts you can wear as underwear.

Speaker 21:00

I know everybody wears those.

Avery Truffelman· Host1:01

As much as soldiers and veterans including Victoria don't like to wear army clothes or army-looking clothes out in the world, Victoria says that she and a lot of veterans do wear their silkies because, one, they're really comfy, and two, they're subtle. Civilians might not even recognize them as military. Same goes for this thermal that Victoria was allowed to keep. It looks exactly like waffle tops she's seen at REI.

Speaker 21:28

I had to do a double take 'cause I thought it was a