[ravenfish]

Note that Soldier explicitly does not substitute for combat skills, so, while the character described is quite impressive at entrenching and maintaining his gear, he probably ought to spend at least a few points on Rifle. While he's at it, he should probably drop a few points on Hiking, and a number of other skills where a soldier often wouldn't be rolling at +4 for routine use and therefore can't use the Soldier skill as a substitute.