I have a friend who's going over there for his second tour, I should ask what kind of laundry equipment they use where he's stationed. ("Dude, that's classified! You don't want me to break OPSEC, do you?"
As for cycles, they should be labeled, "barracks" (gentle, for lightly soiled uniforms), "patrol" (warmer water, for heavily sweaty uniforms), and "combat" (heavy duty, for ground-in desert dirt and occasional blood stains).
Question is, does the lid lock down to keep out those pesky camel spiders (if you want a good scare, go put "camel spider" into a picture search)...?
I hear the version FEMA is shipping to Louisiana comes along with a cycle called "emergency" which causes the machine to make some reassuring noises but otherwise do nothing. Hmm.