Veterans

I was a field artillery 2LT at the time and we were burning unused powder increments in the burn pit, which was unusual since we normally turned in the unused powder. Anyway, the chaplain wanted to take a look so he drove up in his jeep (we had humvees at the time but not all elements of the battalion had them) and parked about 50 meters from the burnpit. The safety officer told him he should move the jeep farther away but the flames and heat were too intense and the so plastic windows of the jeep melted down.

The moral of the story for us was to post more guards at checkpoints around the burn pit. I'm glad I wasn't the safety officer on that one.