Yeah it was a long time ago but yes our barrack were right across the street from the sawdust pit. That thing freaking sucked because they got so creative with it. it was on a hill, so they would make us bear crawl up and roll down. then there was a track around it so they could make us run endless laps. then there was the piece de resistance, the actual pit itself, which conveniently had a water spricket right next to it, so they could hose us down while they smoked us. endless hours of fun for the cadre there LOL.
KP in basic was ok for the reasons listed above, KP @ Irwin was freakin hell because it took place in a field tent in the middle of the desert. It stunk, it was over a hundred outside so 10-15 degrees hotter in the tent. And in the "winter months" you were always soaked so when they loaded you back onto the cattle car to go back to your platoon you froze all the way back, then you had to change. It sucked. The only saving grace was if we were out on FTX with the Abrams, you could fire up the tank and just stand behind for a bit to warm up.?