kuhla Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 This is mostly per a recent discussion with malaphax regarding all the services that can be found at a major base in the middle east according to wiki and what I have read in other places. wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Asad_Airbase Al Asad Airbase (ICAO: ORAA / KQAJ) is the largest US military airbase in Iraq.... located 100 miles west of Baghdad.... Like other large bases in Iraq, Al Asad offers amenities including an indoor swimming pool, movie theater, post office, Morale, Welfare and Recreation center, several gyms, Post Exchange, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Subway Restaurant, and a Green Beans Coffee Shop. The base is self-sufficient for producing drinking water, having both a reverse osmosis water purification plant and a bottling plant. Most of the housing on base are 'cans', shipping containers converted to, or manufactured as, living areas. Some of the original barracks still remain, however, and are used as well. Overflow tents are used when required, such as transition periods, which can nearly double the number of troops on the base. The base is a common destination for celebrities and politicians visiting American troops in Iraq. Chuck Norris approved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi2155 Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 THUNDER CHICKENS HOOAH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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