I still remember the day my unit, 372nd Transportation Company, a cargo transfer unit, left for Kuwait in the run up to the Iraq war. On March 6, 2003, we left Campbell Airfield at Fort Campbell, KY in a jumbo civilian plane that was bound for the Middle East. Captain Guess was our commander and First Sergeant Berry was the most senior enlisted person in the unit. When we arrived in Kuwait, we set up a small camp named Victory. It was just a few miles from the Iraqi boarder. We went through a series of robust common tasks training...
shut. It was initially three minutes allowed for showering, and the rules entered the stalls, too. For example, the continuous running of water was prohibited. First, all soldiers took their clothing off and lined up at their assigned stalls, then on the command "go!" they hurried in, wet themselves and stop the water. Then they were instructed to apply soap and rinse off. Before you knew it, time was called. A whistle was used to call the soldiers out of the stalls. After seeing lots of soldiers coming out with soap foams, the time was bumped slowly to five minutes.