Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Work and Chow at Bucca

This is where I spend my days! A wide angle view of our Troop Medical Clinic (TMC) bunker. Beautiful, I know. Color scheme is amazing!


The warm welcome sign that greets all of the infirm.


The front door to the clinic. You can see the Barrel where all weapons should have safety checks performed or are "cleared". You point the weapon into the barrel and clear the chamber.


Here is my exam room. I've got a wobbly table that is adequate enough along with my supply shelves.


Here is my grand desk where the magic happens.



Here are some impressive cement walls that surround the Dining Facility here at Bucca. As dining facilities tend to have the largest concentration of soldiers and would suffer the most casualties if hit by mortar/rocket its got the best protection.


Lots of love coming from Bucca your way...watch out!


They have tons of banners hanging from the ceiling in the dining facility. I was happy to see that BYU was represented. Even though they didn't represent in the Las Vegas Bowl :(


Here is our post office. Thank you to all who have sent packages/mail. It is in a Connex and we beg a young specialist to open the container so we can get our mail.


These are the real enemy!! Apparently when it rains the sand becomes a sticky, slimy mess. So they cover 90 percent of the Camp with these rocks. Not gravel, but pretty good sized rocks that the soldiers have to walk around on. I see more people in clinic who have sprained their ankles or aggravated existing injuries because of these rocks. They shift underneath you and it feels like you're walking on ball bearings. There are these little pathways that form where people have pushed the rocks to the side to afford better traction. I guess when the rains come we'll be happy we have the rocks, but for know they're a pain.

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