Ben sent me a few pictures of his day at work. He is working the "hot" gun. He works 24 hours on and 24 hours off. They are on stand by during this time. Ben and his guys just sit around and wait to get a call saying they are needed. Sounds like lots of fun! They have only been called once and fired four rounds and they have been on this job for a month now.
Here is where they go to get out of the heat. Which its now "summer" where the temps are getting well over 100 degrees. Ben said that the other day it was 130 out. They do their training in the early mornings when it is cooler out. Yes they give each other hair cuts here because the FOB does not have a barber. 
Here is a picture of Ben actually working. He is getting things ready for training his section on the gun. 
These are just a few pictures that Ben sent to give us an idea of what he does every day. Notice all the wonderful colors. So now we now why Ben does not care to go to the beach when he returns home from being in the "sand box". 
3 comments:
Wow that is some job! The heat is unbelievable! I won't complain about our so much. We miss you Ben, see you soon. Love ya Mom and Dad Poling
Now that's a heat wave. Maybe he needs Reggie to give him a hair like the one from 1999.
But it's a "dry" heat so it's not really that hot, right? I'm kidding, I was hot just reading about the heat but then seeing where they cool off, it has to be even hotter in there. Wow! And as "boring" as it is, I bet Ben is glad he has on had to use the gun once.
Thanks Ben, for all that you do.
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