Frequent breaks, constant hydration and an 'arm immersion' tank filled with chilled water are a few of the coping measures used by the Army and Air Force.
CAMP BULLIS — The soldiers fanned out across the craggy hills of Camp Bullis. Some hugged big white rocks, while a few advanced cautiously toward the 'enemy' position. Their M4 carbines spit out paint balls. Moments earlier, a radio had crackled with an announcement: ' Black Flag ' weather conditions were in effect. As warm as it was before the noon hour on this August day, it soon would get a whole lot hotter.
South Texas endured 11 straight 100-degree days Sustained, intense heat is reshaping how training is conducted at Joint Base San Antonio's major installations — Lackland and Randolph Air Force bases, Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis, a 27,000-acre training range in northwest Bexar County. Troops are trained to recognize the subtle but potentially lethal effects of high heat and humidity.
Dangerously hot conditions across South-Central Texas Brief periods of exertion are followed by long pauses for rest and recovery, and trainees are told to down a bottle of water per hour. At Camp Bullis, soldiers out in the brutal heat immersed their arms in a trough of ice-cold water, then raised their frozen limbs into the air, transferring the cooler temperature to their hearts. Wednesday's 'shoot-move-communicate' exercise at Bullis was part of an Army basic leadership course.
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