GLCM stories

I remember one time being deployed during the winter months.  Digging was slow since the ground was frozen, but the worst part of it was the cold.  Right behind our foxhole was a tent that was never used and I thought it was the warm-up tent that we had brought with us.  Inside were some chairs and a propane heater with an open face burner on it.  I would burn my knees and hands, then turn around and burn my back.  I went there off-and-on for 4days before I realized that this wasn't the warm-up tent at all, just the command tent.  I finally found the warm-up tent and did my best to get warm.  I tried adding a little kerosene to the coal stove and accidentally started someone's towel on fire.  Fire shot out of the stove pipe and it lit up the camp for a second.  Oops.  I never could get warm enough to stop the shaking.

Scott Aubuchon

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jovino said...

Oh man, I totally remember those winter expeditions. On one particular exercise, we stoked the heater so full of wood that it began glowing white. It was so hot in there that we were all pretty much nakked all the time. Compare that to the several feet of snow that dropped that weekend, it was like a little bit of heaven. On another occasion, I actually got frostbite on my toes. I was wearing those Mucklucks(sp?) and wool socks. Despite everything I did, the pain became so unbearable that I had to hobble over to the med trailer to get my feet toasty again. Good times! HA!

Posted December 5, 2007 03:26 PM

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