The Weirdest, Dirtiest And Wildest Jobs In The Military

Burn Pit Detail

While fighting in the field, soldiers usually don’t have access to running water. So they build burn pits, which are like wooden port-o-potties that consist of large buckets, usually half of a steel drum, underneath a wooden seat. These pits become full of human waste, and then have to be dragged out, filled with gasoline, set on fire and stirred around. A disgusting job for sure, but the waste has to be disposed of, so it is necessary. Usually this position is rotated so that no one soldier has to endure the wretched smell of human feces burning over and over again while they whirl it around.