No matter what, don't do anything that feels like it is irritating or worsening your knees, unless you have either a PA or other professional right there with you. I've seen more than one soldier permanently injure themselves trying to "tough it out". We had a guy who went mountain climbing with us over at a nearby mountain on a FOB in Kandahar, and he had to sit it out.
The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.
~ Mark Twain
Everyone has a plan until they’ve been hit.
~ Joe Lewis
A warrior may choose pacifism; others are condemned to it.
~ Author unknown
"You don't feel lonely.Because you have a lively monkey"
"Ninja can HURT the Spartan, but the Spartan can KILL the Ninja"