We (Echo '04) just finished our hump package last week. TBS is now incorporating battlefield studies with some hikes. You have a class the day before about the battle and a few lieutenants are assigned to describe the location/battle at differents points on the hike. For our 10-miler, we went to Spotsylvania Courthouse, and for the 15-miler we went to Chancellorsville. The pace was the standard 3-3.5 mph, and being on the battlefields helped break up the monotony of the Quantico Highlands. (No CRF or Montanyan ambushes to worry about...lol...) The only down side is that having off-site hikes requires more time - loading 7-tons with gear, loading busses with lieutenants, 45 minute bus rides, unloading/staging at the site, etc. Figure at least two hours on either side. Suddenly a 5-hour, 15-mile hike takes 9-10 hours.
No, the hikes are not rough. Boring, but not rough.
Unless you hike Washboard Trail. Then, all bets are off...