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2007-03-05 Iraq

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Posted by Bobby 2007-03-05 06:40|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The 'CF' stands for Camp Fallouja? How convenient - when captured there you don't even have to change their initials, just what they stand for (and add a number.)

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-03-05 08:01|| 2007-03-05 08:01|| Front Page Top

#2 As an aside, #7, about drinking until your urine is clear, is an eccentricity of the Marines.

Some years ago, after a hard march on a hot day at a Marine training camp, there was an unusually high number of cases of heat exhaustion due to dehydration. This irritated the camp commander who issued instructions directing "over-hydration" before such exercises in the future.

This amounted to all Marines lining up to fill their canteens, then as a group, to drink the entire contents of their canteens, then to refill them again before leaving.

This caused the number of dehydration casualties to drop to zero. This caught the attention of the higher ups, and it became part of US Marine Corps culture ever since.

While it does result in the need for rather odd looking, mass "pee" breaks in increasing intervals at the start of a march, the medical statistics prove this to be a very good idea.

But having trained in hot desert myself, where water consumption can be as high as five gallons per man per day, and you *still* don't seem to ever need to urinate because of sweating, forcing yourself to drink until your urine is clear is a major, major deal.

When it comes out deeply yellow to almost brownish in color, that is bad. And you drink so much water that you almost feeling like throwing up, again and again.

It leaves a lasting impression.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-03-05 10:04|| 2007-03-05 10:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Moose-
When I went to the Sandbox in the mid-90s, my dad - a former Marine - pounded that into me over and over again, and I did the same with my guys. In 6 months we didn't have a single heat-related casualty, while the other five teams had at least one a week between them.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-03-05 12:24|| 2007-03-05 12:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Yup, dehydration can really make an impression on a guy, like the kidney stone I came down with the day after hiking in Chaco Canyon, NM, with not quite enough water.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-03-05 17:06|| 2007-03-05 17:06|| Front Page Top

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