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Klarissa7 months, 2 weeks ago

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"In Iraq, the soldiers stayed in solid trailers. In Afghanistan, they would be living in tents. "

" But the compound assigned to the battalion proved to be a lot worse for wear than the troops expected.

Years ago it had been home to Polish troops, but now the buildings were withering away in the sun.
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The engineers spent their first days tearing down some structures with bulldozers and ripping the interiors out of others.

"There is still a lot of work to be done here," said Fitzgibbon. "right now our motor pool, the place we're supposed to park our vehicles, is a lake."

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