This is the hottest place in Afghanistan, but I still got mighty cold this morning. I don't think it got above 40 today, and the wind blows hard enough to make a flag stand out straight most of the time.
Lots of mud. Ankle deep in a lot of places, knee deep in a couple of places and I know one unfortunate who found some waist deep.
Either mud or dust. Yup, remember that. Two constants in war.