Tomgram: A Consumer's Paradise of War
What a contrast. When I was a lieutenant, my platoon and I spent three days aboard the USS Debuque for some amphibious training. The sum total of personal space was a bunk bed, a storage container the size of a wall mounted microwave, and a 2' X3' shelf for a soldier's duffel bag.
Read on. You'll see why I mention this.
I don't know what the opposite of scorched earth is, but we're doing it as reported in this article from TomDispatch.
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175005
Read on. You'll see why I mention this.
I don't know what the opposite of scorched earth is, but we're doing it as reported in this article from TomDispatch.
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175005
When I was A marine on a ship[the Boxer?] all I had was a suspended rack that I could barely roll over in.
In RVN I had a cot,and my seabag,
In the states I head a bed and a locker[not unlike school lockers]
BUT, that was all we needed.I don't think microwaves were invented yet.
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When my troops got back to Fort Lewis they went back to their rooms with the double door wardrobes/lockers. They kissed those suckers and thought themselves back in luxury after their shipboard experience.
I only brought up small microwaves as a means of giving a size of container comparison.
By the way, an interesting sidelight of the trip was one of our new lieutenants was from Alaska. He couldn't wait to go to the beach. He had never seen women live in bikinis, only pictures.
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