вторник, 18 января 2011 г.

The Musa Qala District Center base

US Marines from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines burn human waste as they clean their lavatories at the Musa Qala
District Center base on January 17, 2011. The top US military officer said January 12 he sees an increase
in bloodshed in Afghanistan as allied forces step up their offensive against the Taliban



About toilets...
Each morning one of the marines cleaned the toilets, he took a barrel from under the toilet, filled it up with fuel and burnt it! I think they put something in it to kill the smell.
Nobody cares when you get up! As long as you do your tasks and your duties. So if there is nothing to do you can just sleep! That's solves many problems! Everyone has enough sleep and doesn't feel tired during the day, secondly you will never find a queues in front of the sink and the toilet! And everyone have time to take a shower!
In my country in the army it is normal to take a shower once a week, even though you are running and jumping everyday and getting sweaty.


Everyone does exercises when they have free time!
The main rule here is to be informal but to do everything as efficiently as possible.
It reminded me of a morning when I was in the army. It was in Karelia. At the beginning of the course there was two companies, 200 males in all. Everyone went to the toilet at the same time! In a few days it was overwhelming so the attendant just had to fill it up with bleach. In a couple of weeks you couldn't go inside the toilet and everyone did what they had to outside the toilet! Then everything was covered with bleach. In the end of course it was impossible to come closer then 10 meters! Everyone went over the fence to the forest! I thing nothing has much has changed. 
A US Marine from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines gets a haircut from a comrade at the Musa Qala District Center base on January 17, 2011
A US Marine from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines gets a haircut from a comrade at the Musa Qala District Center base on January 17, 2011.
A US Marine from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines looks on at dusk with a near-full moon rising at the Musa Qala District Center base on January 17, 2011. 
US Marines from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, together with Afghan National Army soldiers, carry supplies flown on from an MH-53 helicopter at the Musa Qala District Center base on January 17, 2011
An Afghan National Army soldier (C), together with US Marines from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, wait as an MH-53 helicopter flies past at the Musa Qala District Center base on January 17, 2011.
A US Marine from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines gathers firewood at the Musa Qala District Center base on January 17, 2011
US Marines from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines work in a tent at the Musa Qala District Center base on January 17, 2011. The top US military officer said January 12 he sees an increase in bloodshed in Afghanistan as allied forces step up their offensive against the Taliban.
A US Marine from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines exercises at a makeshift gym at the Musa Qala District Center base on January 17, 2011.

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