I once believed all of the stories about how bad the living conditions are during a deployment. And some deployments do have terrible living conditions–no cots, no showers, no latrines, and MRE’s every meal. While some of the units have had to endure this type of hardship, not here.
Now hardship is a relative subject. Most people in America would be apalled to sleep in the same tent with 80 other people, on a cot, dirt flying around, Pot-o-potties everyday, dirty showers, and a half mile walk to the chow hall–through the same dirt that blows not stop. But, comapared to the hardship of the previous rotations with none of these basics? Vey good, indeed. And oh, did I mention Starbucks, Burger King, PX (the size of Buamholder’s), Donunt Shop, Hot Dog stand, Chineese restraunt, and 3 MWR tents? Not bad at all.