RE: Berets and other head varients.
From: Sutherland <charles@n...>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 23:03:28 -0400
Subject: RE: Berets and other head varients.
>Pfc. Hoskins crouched silently in the bush, sweating in the overweight
>laughably named 'cool' suit. The freezon-12 can had run out at least
two
>weeks ago, along with the batteries for the chil-pak on his newfangled
>MPPG, forcing him to fire it in semi-auto mode only. He groaned as he
>carefully removed the newlar "squat-pot" off his head and used the high
>tech helmet for what it did best, provide a stable seat during the long
>ambushes in the bush. At least the Indig militia had those old steel
>pots that could hold water for shaving or a quick cat-cat bath in the
>field. Hell, the Ell-tee had traded his cool-suit to a gadget-hungry
>Indie Captain for a set of the local's cammies and a bottle of
coconanna
>hooch weeks ago. Maybe some of the new lightweight battle dress would
>>come through on the next shuttle...... Maybe....
Amen brother. Ever try wearing the NBC suits? They suck. Almost better
gettin gased than wearing that thing for a day or two.
That
Chuk Guy