The Australian "Hootchie" is a relatively lightweight peice of equipment - about half a kilo with pegs. I'd say that the vast majority of my time was spend under one of them, sometimes in a tactical setting (it being set about 18 inches off the ground) sometimes as a "Taj Mah Hootch" (up to a dozen all clipped together into a veritable mansion.
Barracks quality varied GREATLY from asbestos riddled sheds from WWII and condemned shortly after construction through to proper near new appartment style rooms (four private bedrooms with a shared common space).
Much of the time though I slept right on the ground without bothering to erect a shelter unless the weather looked like it would turn foul. Even then, often I'd just wrap the sleeping bag in the hootchie.
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If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.
Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"
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