What is your opinion of MILES gear?

A hunk of junk. Like of others, paintball...I'd rather take paintball bruises over crappy training equipment!

Paintball would be better since you can't hid being a bush to avoid getting shot. They make really good tactical paintball markers too.

I hate the stuff personally, but it is a great trainnig tool for large scale excercises. For small unit excercises, UTMs (Ultimate Training Munitions) and Simmunitions are the way to go for Soldiers. Pain has a way of teaching you to use proper movement techniques!