I was in the Navy Reserve Seabees. We spent two weeks at 29 Palms, Desert Warfare Training without showers, no hot water, latrines, only cold MRE’s, slept on cots in aluminum roofed hooches with about 1 foot opening all around so the desert creatures could transit the inside without barriers. It’s not a job, it’s an adventure.
Early 80s, 29 Palms, USMC 2nd Bn 7th Marines (2/7) infantry, maneuver war training.
Sleeping in the dirt. Had a gila monster run right into my face one night.
Wasn’t unusual for a Marine to wake up with a rattlesnake sharing body warmth from the cold nights.
Digging a fighting hole and watching scorpions pour out of the their little tunnels in the side walls.
Yep. An adventure.