My first mission in Iraq

We tie our cots to the top of the truck so we don't have to sleep on the sand.

 

 

The back of the truck.
Here we tie our ruck sacks which contain our NBC* gear as well as everything we need to spend a few nights out in the desert.
Also we have a box of MREs tied on so we're sure to have enough to eat.

*(Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Warfare equipment...i.e. gas masks and suit)

Our Gun Trucks ready to see us through.

Sleeping on a mission.