[Future Snake Eater]

can you say where this came from, or vouceh for it's authenticity?

I got it in an email from one of my Guard unit's full-timers. Can I definitely say it's authentic? No, but it does jibe with some of the grapevine info that's been coming from around the Army world.

[HiJinx]

Bump-Ping!!!

To a few vets who may appreciate this...

[river rat]

It's not only the Army that can't seem to get it right....

The Marine Corps sent us to the Mountain/Winter training center -- MCMWTC, at Pickle Meadow in the Sierra Mountians, just NW of Sonora --- in NOVEMBER.

I believe altitudes ranges from 6,000 to 10,000 feet - and temperatures down to -12F or so.....

Now, then. This was to prepare us for low land jungle, flat rice paddies and chopper rides through the mountains, with temperatures of 90+F with 90% RH in Vietnam..

Go figure..
Semper Fi