Introduction

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Operating in a cold weather environment puts extreme environmental stresses on you. It will take you much longer to perform even routine tasks and you will fatigue far faster than you would under ordinary circumstances.

Performance will improve if you can quickly prepare a heated shelter where you have the opportunity to change your clothes, prepare hot water and food, and conduct personal hygiene.

Tent group equipment is designed for use by a rifle squad. However, it can readily be structured to accommodate any task-organized unit, regardless of that unit's size or mission.

The tent group equipment is commonly referred to as the ahkio group, as the tent and the ahkio are the two key items among all the equipment that constitutes the group.

Review equipment and set-up procedures before entering a cold weather environment.