I still have one of my lovely e-tools. From digging fox holes in the sand at Fort Dixx, New Jersey and filling sand bags for bunkers in Aviano, Italy, I absolutely loved it. For Air Base Ground Defense you had to dig the foxhole chest high. The secondary floor was for water when it rained. Poncho liners gave good cover during rainy weather. Sticks were placed at the corners for fields of fire. There were two airmen for each foxhole. Security Police was basicly the Air Force's infantry. Great time and would do it all again if I could. Of course we were also taught to dig in with our helmets. That absolutely sucked and was glad to see kevlar helmets when I got to Aviano and not the old steel pots that we had during training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas and Ft. Dixx, New Jersey.
PS: Ft. Dixx (A shitty Army Base) taught me to appreciate that I was in the Air Force cause the food and barracks were better along with the smell of the women!!!
