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Spent most of yesterday and much of the evening organizing my room. I live in a CHU, pronounced CHOO, like Ah Choo, or Choo Choo. CHU stands for Compartmentilized, or Continerized Housing Unit. It is a railroad shipping container with a door. You have seen them on giant container ships, railroad cars, or on Semi Trailers. They are not too big when you put two people in them. I have a door, window, two beds, two wall lockers standard issue. Mark and I bought two mini fridges, and a TV. It is like a dorm room but more tiny. I am greatful however, most of the troops in previous rotations lived in tents. I have done that for a few weeks at a time but a year would be pretty unbearable. The best part is that we a have a window air conditioner which makes the living even better. We are decorating our room with lots of little trinkets from home. We have two clocks - one for Iraq time and one for East Coast time. I have begun to hang my artwork on the walls. Since we are in a metal container I can use magnets to hang pictures. The
only problem is the PX does not carry magnets. Thousands of CHUs in Al Asad but no magnets again what a disconnect with AAFES and Soldiers.
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Ginnie Anthony
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Toast?
Any toast behind the bed?!?