It's stories like this that make me glad to have joined the Air Force during peacetime. The closest I got to what you're experiencing is walking from my car to the office.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll never forget the HEATED TENTS in week 6 in BMT we were using in February. I thought being in the military was hardcore, and here I was sitting in a luxury tent. This was in the year 2000 pre-9/11, don't know if they still have them.

[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

They didn't have those when I went through basic in '98, but then again we only had two days of FTX and basic was 6 weeks long total.

What they did have was arctic sleeping bags. You don't need a heated tent with one of those things. Sleep more than 30 minutes (which was about how long they gave us that night) and you're sweating, even in the cold.

[–] dfc09@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, this deployment taught me I need to switch to the air force when my contract is up. I like being in the military, I'm just over being army infantry. I did the cool guy stuff! Get me a desk job!!