Originally Posted by Super Dave

They give us Permethrin in a spray can to treat our uniforms while we are in the desert. You spray it on your uniform and let it dry a few hours, and it lasts for 8 washings. The critters won't even land on your uniform.
We also get the Deet in a tube. Not the 10% stuff you get in like Deep Woods Off--we get the 33% stuff from 3M.


And people wonder why we get "Gulf War Syndrome"
I'm surprised I don't have an arm growing out of my head.

Originally Posted by 2001shrtbedcummins

holy cow...does it work on fleas...those damned things keep coming back.

Originally Posted by ETXBlueRam

Is the Permethrin in a can you're getting "Permanone"? If so, you have my dad to thank for it. He did the contract negotiation for it around the time Desert Shield/Desert Storm kicked off. I was at WSMR at the time and the guys coming back in from the sandbox said it was the best stuff they'd ever used for keeping sand fleas etc. at bay.
JB