Originally posted by: Train
Late 2002, training right before the Iraq war started. Just off camera to my left a kid was being medevac'd for heat exhaustion. They had him stripped down to his underwear and dumped a few gallons of water on him. And there I was having just completed the same 20 mile hump wearing all that damn gear. I actually had to do the last 2 miles wearing a gas mask as punishment for not putting it on fast enough during a drill. I look somewhat calm in that pic but it was a actually a pretty crappy day.
It was so hot that day that most of the film on this roll melted and only two or 3 pics came out, this one, though blurry, is probably the best.
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