More tips from off-base

Day two was even more informative than day one:

-- If needed, I can drag a 200-pound unconscious man across a room, but I can't do much of anything after that.

-- Horse farms smell bad in the heat and the rain.

-- Kevlar can slow down bullets but apparently have trouble dealing with exposure to water. Cheap windbreakers are superior apparel in the rain but aren't as effective against small arms fire.

-- If you're performing first aid on someone and they're screaming at you, you don't really need to check for a pulse. They've got one.

-- British Royal Marines' jokes about mines really aren't that funny. But you still should laugh.

Tomorrow's lesson is going to be how to deal with potentially dangerous situations in foreign countries experiencing an inch of rain each hour. At this rate, Thursday's lesson will involve getting on an ark with two of each animal.