DID YOU THINK I was making this stuff up? Here is an AP story about what soldiers need to stay comfortable in Baghdad.

What do U.S. soldiers use to cope with the grit and heat of Iraq? Why, cottony women’s underthings, diaper ointments, pantyhose, and moist wipes with the aroma of baby powder.

Drugstore products usually reserved for women and babies are all the rage among U.S. troops in Iraq.

“In the middle of the desert, somebody would’ve traded you his sister for a pack of baby wipes,” said U.S. Army Military Police Sgt. James Karm, 29, who patrols west Baghdad in a Humvee. “You could’ve got anything you wanted.”

And baby wipes, according to Spc. Rebecca Burt, “are the only thing that takes camouflage makeup off.”

There is more - you will want to read the whole thing here.