[dfwgator]

Summer 1983, Fort Sill, OK, even the Army forced us take water breaks. Getting caught without a canteen full of water was considered a major malfunction.

In Band of Brothers, there's a scene where Captain Sobel made the men pour out their canteens after a long hike, to see if anyone drank. If they did, they had to do the hike again.

[mware]

Read during WWII the Japanese ordered army recruits to hike up Mt. Fuji ( not sure how high up) without drinking water. Three recruits died