Fort Bliss (White Sands) Field Advice

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</font><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">I spent four and one half years at Fort Bliss. i thought I would give some
advice for conditions in the field:</font></p><p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font></p><p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">1. Bring a lot of shirts and socks: Sweating in the dry heat of temperatures
up to 115 with quickly make shirts and socks problem children.</font></p><p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font></p><p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">2. Zip locks/Wet weather bags: In the summer they have freak thunderstorms alongside
giant dust twisters. Keeping moisture as well as sand out of your gear and S.I.
is challenging. Many people wrapped rags around their weapons to keep sand out
of the chamber.</font></p><p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font></p><p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">3. Creatures: Try not to sleep directly on the ground. I found many creepy
crawlers in El Paso to be exactly like Afghanistan (scorpions, camel spiders,
ect.) Plus you have tarantulas and snakes.</font></p><p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font></p><p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">4. White Sands: Don't take rocks, ect. home. We were warned of radiation in
the ground and on mountain tops.</font></p><p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font></p><p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">5. Electric shaver: Dry shaving out in the zero humidity sucks beyond all.</font></p><p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font></p><p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">6. Cold: Don't let the hot days fool you. Nights in the desert are the
opposite of the days.</font></p><p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font></p><p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">7. Obvious: Lot's of water and baby wipes.</font></p><p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font></p><p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">That's not everything but it's a good foundation. Any other advice?</font></p><p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">

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