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Medics throughout the city are spending a lot of time treating soldiers who bake all day in the 100-degree-plus weather.

One 1st AD soldier said his friend stuck a small thermometer between his bulletproof vest and his skin. He let it cook for a minute.

“It was 130 degrees under the plates,” Staff Sgt. Donte Hubbard said.