DU Soldiers unit featured today in Stars and Stripes (SoCalDem)

[RamboLiberal]

I posted in LBN, but figure since so many of us are supporting these guys that moderators would give me a pass to mention over here.

When Pfc. Alan Shaffer wakes up each morning in his camp near the Tigris River, he looks up and sees the stars. He grabs an MRE for his morning chow; for a toilet he uses a slit trench in the grassy field not far from where he sleeps. A shower to wash off the sweat? Only in his dreams.

Shaffer and his infantry buddies from Company A of the 173rd Airborne Regiment’s 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment live in the yard of a village water plant in north- central Iraq. The two open, concrete buildings aren’t safe to live in, so the soldiers sleep outdoors in a chigger-infested yard ringed with barbed wire.

The neighborhood, a hotbed of Saddam loyalists, isn’t terrific, either.

The run-down water plant is the 11th camp Shaffer has called home since his unit parachuted into northern Iraq in April.

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=18133

[RamboLiberal]

1. I'm going to kick this myself

:kick:

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. While others get to live like kings

I guess these poor guys don't genuflect enough.

[AnnabelLee]

3. If you look at the pics that are included with the article

There are several of KBR's laundry facilities. It says all of the workers are from the Phillipines. I wonder how much they're getting paid out of the obscenely large amount of our tax dollars KBR didn't even have to bid for?:grr:

[RamboLiberal]

4. I'm at work so I didn't check out the article real close

That is obscene. Figures KB&R would be using near slave labor.

[KoKo]

5. Kick!

:kick:

[proud patriot]

6. Here's a link to the poll given to soldiers about Living Conditions

http://www.stripes.com/morale/daythreestats.html

[spotbird]

7. My soldier's return address is

Tf l-63 Armor
c/o 173 ARBN BDE

Is where he is featured in the article, I can't tell?