And some don’t, for obvious reasons.
Eric at Eric’s Random Musings has put up the latest installment in his “When I Wore Green” series, a collection of his personal reflections on his days proudly wearing the Uncle-Sam-Ain’t-Released-Me-Yet (U.S. Army) uniform. In Hot!, Eric recollects back to his arrival during the Desert Shield build-up of 1990. Go read it.
Yep, the sun wasn’t up yet and it was nearly 100 degrees. When we got off the plane there was no ground transport (an air force base, not a civilian airport) and we had to grab our bags and walk across the airfield. It was so hot I thought I was still in the jetwash of the airplane, until I looked up and realized I had walked about 250 yards or so.
Seriously, go read it. And think about our current brave soldiers, as the hotter days approach.