DISCUSSION OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS INCLUDING DIARRHEA

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   day security of the mass ramp while riding in rented vehicles.
   Heavier armaments, i.e. H-6O machine guns, were available from
  the 363TFW security police.
Medical/Water/Moral Issues
     	   On 7 September 1990, there was an outbreak of diarrhea
   and dehydration at Al-Dhafra. At  first the rumors had the HRE's
   responsible, then the water, then dinning hall food. After an ex-
   tensive examination, it was  determine that dining hall one had
   inadvertently used bad ice in the kool aid cooler. The 306SW
   deployed had three people hospitalized overnight by this out-
   break. Three to four days after the outbreak things began to
   return to normal. This was the only significant medical event to
   have occurred at Al-Dhafra. However, the mobile hospital at A1-
   Dbafra could only handle limited  medical emergencies. Anything
   more serious  would require airlift to better facilities.	
  	Water is vital to all personnel assigned to a desert en-
   vironment.  One of the first things you learn at Al-Dhafra is to
   drink water frequently to prevent dehydration.  Consequently, you
   immediate begin drinking the locally procured 1.5 liter bottles
   of water. For those individuals working out in the sun, they
   drank between five to seven 1.5 liter bottle per day, while those
   in air-conditioned offices usually drank one to two bottles.
 	  A big moral booster Al-Dhafra was The local pur-
   chase of soda for the American. For the 306SW this amounted to
   six cases of sodas per day, enough for one soda per individual.
   Talking about moral at AL-Dhafra, its the little things which be
   come very important. Cetting mail, seeing TV, or listening to the
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