At a recent class, five of us who are scheduled to go to Balad Air Base were in a class with more than 30 regular army sergeants. All of them had been to Iraq or Afghanistan at least once and when they found out where we were going they all said, "You [guys] are going to Camp Cupcake." They had all heard of Camp Cupcake. And every one of them hoped their next tour would be there.
I had to check this out. The on-line description says:
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That was written in 2006 - they might have a Macaroni Grill or a Ruby Tuesday by now.
Camp Cupcake indeed.
-Julian
One of my buddies who saw this post reminded me we will also have no beer, no sex, no family . . .he would rather those than Burger King.
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