It is hard to believe that I have only been here 3 weeks. I have about 5 more weeks on this current adventure until I will come home for a while. It will be great to see everyone when I get home.
This trip however has added greatly to the respect I have for the members of our military forces who spend 12-15 months at a time at dumps like this. The living conditions seem very spartan to me, and they are, many other residents agree, but the men and women who serve in our armed forces will often live in much worse conditions than this for much greater times.
The men and women of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corp who make are stationed here at Camp Lemonier as part of CJTF HOA weren't given the option of coming out to work for a couple months, they were told to report to duty here and do so day in and day out. Many of them are reservists who were activated and sent here to the middle of nowhere. At least one of them is even a Dell Employee who was activated.
My hats off to all the men and women who make it so I can go where I want and do what I want at the expense of that basic liberty themselves...
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