james rogers jamesrbestcom wed 20020731 1516 elias sinderson wrote heh never mind perfectly good desert southwest right area hot desert warfare training ill never understand primary desert warfare facilities schools southwest notably fort irwin deep mojaveanza borrego headquarters core training facilities things desert warfare related long time two reasons immediately come mind use fort irwin edwards afb expanses desert traditionally used desert warfare training exercises first logistical virtually mechanized infantry units located east rockies must expensive move entire heavy combat divisions couple thousand miles every time want run training exercises particularly true since much military made reserve components days meaning cant move soldiers training facilities second environmental lawsuits pending judicial action injunctions desert training facilities southwest deserts aggressively assaulted environmental organizations making case heavy mechanized units zipping back forth across deep desert endanger desert tortoise bunch theoretically endangered species concentrated southwest deserts ability military use desert facilities significantly impeded days lawsuits whatnot various environmental groups sorted james rogers jamesrbestcom httpxentcommailmanlistinfofork 31 jul 2002 160201 0700 whats cool nothing