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They call them “Howdy Neighbor” latrines, because you can see everyone walking by as you are using it!
It actually got a little chilly here last night. I used my survival blanket again. We got up at 0630, went to breakfast (T rations) and had a formation at 0830. We are supposed to be here for 2 weeks, then move on to our permanent area. It’s pretty hot right now (11:26 AM local) - we are sitting in our tents getting climatized. I’ll be going to get a drink of water after this - that’s a 1.5 liter drink!

They told us that it is taking 10-15 days for these letters to get to the US, and a 10-15 day turn around. I hope it goes faster than that, and I hope you didn’t worry too much about not hearing from me. They said that if you send a package priority mail (1st class) from the US it should only take a week. So you can do that when you write back,