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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 784250" data-attributes="member: 50197">Ahh, yes, Fairchild. I had a wonderful little camping trip there back in the 70s. All expenses paid. They dumped us in the woods with minimal gear and very little food. First night out in the field it was 17 below. I do still remember a lot from that one week of Aircrew Survival training. I particularly liked the do it yourself amputation in the field. Amazingly easy to do, and likely with very little more pain than you are experiencing from whatever makes you convinced you need to remove one of your extremities. The other thing I remember vividly was when we got back from the field. They had a special meal for us in the chow hall. We were starving. Four days of hard work and cold with only a tiny little bit of food. They had steaks and all the trimmings. I dug into mine and about halfway through I couldn't eat another thing. I was in my 20s and could normally choke down half a cow. Not after several days of virtually no food. What a sad sight to see half of a wonderful meal go into trash bin. I could have cried.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 784250, member: 50197"] Ahh, yes, Fairchild. I had a wonderful little camping trip there back in the 70s. All expenses paid. They dumped us in the woods with minimal gear and very little food. First night out in the field it was 17 below. I do still remember a lot from that one week of Aircrew Survival training. I particularly liked the do it yourself amputation in the field. Amazingly easy to do, and likely with very little more pain than you are experiencing from whatever makes you convinced you need to remove one of your extremities. The other thing I remember vividly was when we got back from the field. They had a special meal for us in the chow hall. We were starving. Four days of hard work and cold with only a tiny little bit of food. They had steaks and all the trimmings. I dug into mine and about halfway through I couldn't eat another thing. I was in my 20s and could normally choke down half a cow. Not after several days of virtually no food. What a sad sight to see half of a wonderful meal go into trash bin. I could have cried. [/QUOTE]

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