There is a steady dripping behind where Omar sits. The way the poncho is rigged runs the water to that side of the hole, and it drips steadily into a gutter that we dug to help collect it into the sump hole. Omar gets up and bails water out of the sump with an ammo can.
“How long does it rain, dude?” he asks Prophet.
“It'll rain like this-days and nights-for maybe four months.”
“Jesus.
“Be glad, Effengee, be glad. You guys will start humping again as soon as it starts to let up. Last year they moved us during the middle of the monsoon season, and if you think this is a b***h you should've been in on that one. The dumb fuckers moved us onto flat ground. The goddamn mud was knee-deep, and we dug down the first foot with our helmets. You couldn't keep the s**t on a shovel, so we had to sc
