Last night I was trying to figure out when I went to Jump School, I came up with July, but had forgotten some courses and now think it was closer to the end of August, I thought it was pretty hot then, but I had already been spending all my time at Ft.Polk and then Fort Sill, so it was nothing new.
I went through in August of 88 during the heatwave that killed so many people throughout the south. Unbelievable heat, humidity, and blisters! The blackhats kept us hydrated with 1 canteen every 30 minutes and amazingly enough I don’t remember any heat casualties. We had a few guys finish jump week with fractures though.
When were you at Ft. Polk? My son was there in ‘93 and ‘94; I visited him there...it was such a beautiful drive from Lake Charles to Leesville.
You weren't at Aberdeen PG in 1988 in the ANOC 63Z prep course, were you? You sound like my roommate.