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  • Gutierrez was on top of a hesco when we got hit and he jumped off and no one knows if he took a bullet or just broke his leg.

    Into the Valley of Death Junger, Sebastian 2008

  • The men work around the outpost in teams of three or four, one man hacking at the rock shelf with a pickax while another shovels the loose dirt into sandbags and a third drops the biggest chunks into an ammo can, then walks over to a half-full hesco, muscles the can over his head, and dumps the contents in.

    Into the Valley of Death Junger, Sebastian 2008

  • But rock bag by rock bag, hesco by hesco, the outpost got built.

    Into the Valley of Death Junger, Sebastian 2008

  • They were aimed at a soldier who had exposed himself above a hesco.

    Into the Valley of Death Junger, Sebastian 2008

  • The kop has a landing zone and a clutch of plywood hooches and barracks tents and perimeter walls made of dirt-filled hesco barriers, many now shredded by shrapnel.

    Into the Valley of Death Junger, Sebastian 2008

  • How ironic it was to see various bits of orange and white broken plastic all over the shop and hesco baskets stained by blue Turdis liquid all around.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Most are tiny - a few hesco barriers surrounding a makeshift command post.

    Signs of the Times 2010

  • They'd probably argue they've a better idea than someone who's spent a few tours in the ammo depot, or filling hesco?

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • They'd probably argue they've a better idea than someone who's spent a few tours in the ammo depot, or filling hesco?

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • How ironic it was to see various bits of orange and white broken plastic all over the shop and hesco baskets stained by blue Turdis liquid all around.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

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  • Mainly military use, a wire frame that can be filled with dirt, rocks and other material to form a barricade.

    July 9, 2012