ORIGINAL: LittleChief
Imagine working on a hot tarmac 35 miles south of New Orleans in full mopp gear in August. Ahhh, good times![:@]
BigTiny,
What branch of service? Anyway, it's obvious that you already know about MOPP suits. We had to wear them on ships during CBR drills. During General Quarters, all ventilation is shut down and that ship is buttoned up and it gets hot, especially down in Guantanamo Bay back when they had Refresher Training there. If I had to pick one environment that I'd describe as "hell on earth" that'd be it... CBR drills in GTMO.
You think they are hot when you are just standing, try wearing them with a protective mask and conducting reconnaisance patrols in a subtropical environment as we did. Surprised that we didn't have heat casualties. No matter how well you are conditioned, these thing would sap you if you had to move much.