Re: burning human feces. Reminded me of a great/horrifying little story from _Gulf War I_. Quote:
"When we got to Saudi and rolled out into the desert in October 1990, we stayed in the same spot for about three months (during the big build-up of forces in the region). Digging holes wasn't a practical solution for a battalion of 350+ people because we'd eventually have to walk all the way to Syria to find a place to dig a hole. Thus was revived the grand tradition of the "Latrine burn", more commonly known as the "shit-burning detail"...

Read the whole thing at
http://www.cultdeadcow.com/cDc_files/cDc-0355.txt