Just decided to get started (figure I'll give myself one year to build a decent proton pack).

First things first, the Alice Pack Frame. I looked around on the net and found all sorts of different ones. Which type of alice fram am I supposed to use? Nearly as important, where's a good site (or North American chain store) where I can buy it for a half reasonable price? Thanks.

Your ALICE Pack frame needs to be LC-2(large) in size, you can find it at websites such as:

http://www.armysurplusforless.com/

http://www.qm-supply.com/

and sometimes eBay

Good Luck

You need to get one big enough where you can put that neck strap thing at the top of it.

Ry