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Originally Posted by the_13th_redneck How often did you actually use tents when you were out in the jungle?
I've felt that tents were useless outside of well fortified camps.
And from what I know of jungle environments I don't think there were many good places to pitch a tent if someone decided that's what they wanted to do anyway.
So how did you stay dry if you didn't use tents? Did you just let yourself get wet with the ground? From what I know, that should be a big no no.
Did you just use your ponchos?
How did you collect water from the environment during the dry season where it could go for a week without rain? Under the canopy where the sun don't shine so well various ways of using condensation don't work very well.
Those kind of things I think.
Plus maybe something you think is important but most other people don't think about.
Just want some expert advice. I'm pretty keen on this stuff and it's a shame there isn't so much time to go outside and avoid snakes anymore. |
As DTop mentioned, everyone used to get issued a shelter half along with three poles and five metal stakes with a piece of rope, your equipment along with a fellow soldier would make a two person tent. I have no experience in a jungle environment and based my remark in regards to the jungle hammock on what I have been told from ground pounders serving some training time in Panama. Korea gets pretty darn hot also and it was always a challenge for us NCOs to keep our soldiers dry, especially during the rainy season, you being a former ROK Marine should be a expert at this.