For your protection

For your protection
: Will, a blogging soldier, just arrived in Kuwait and reports on handy personal hygiene items for the soldier:

Condoms have a specific (and VERY necessary) purpose in the civilized world, but here they are great for keeping the dust out of the barrel of your weapon. On a side note, lubricated is not recommended by the author for it serves no purpose in this effect, and only makes the weapon slippery.