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To: GulfWar1Vet; smaagee
I remember the rain and the cold in Saudi in the middle of a desert

I do too... cold and wet really blows... no rain gear, no cold weather gear... we got in theater in Aug, so no one packed any... the REMFS had all the gear... we requested warm gear, but it never showed up...

Had to get that fuel stove on all night...

you had stoves?!?!... @#$%$!^&$%*@#!!! mustah been nice...

290 posted on 02/01/2004 11:07:07 AM PST by g'nad
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To: g'nad
I think we were told to take our field jackets, although some didn't and they paid for it. All deserts are not the same!

Marines didn't have stoves? Dude...What was up with that?

..as the song We will Rock you...that was back in the early 1980's correct? I was in high school..full of rebellion..lol

297 posted on 02/01/2004 11:19:33 AM PST by GulfWar1Vet (Do you like the taste of Freedom? Thank a Vet!)
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To: g'nad; GulfWar1Vet
I do too... cold and wet really blows... no rain gear, no cold weather gear...

We got here the first week of November. We were suprised to get issued new Rain gear, Poncho, and Gortex tops and bottoms. We had to pack lightly for the plane and packed it all away. Little did we know that is was cold and rainy here and our stuff did not show up for nearly a month. Typical Army logistics sent it to the wrong camp. Then to top it off the heaters we brought had been banished by the DA for being a fire hazzard, so we had no heat either. Things are together now though. Heat, lights, and a dry building.

542 posted on 02/02/2004 1:27:32 AM PST by smaagee
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