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Well, I was assigned a roommate and an old shipping container about two months after my arrival. I was glad to be out of the 30 man tent, but there is no furniture availble for the rooms, so I had to come up with a plan that would be workable for two people in a 16×7 foot room. Since I am working 5 am until midnight each night, I figured the roommate would like it far better if I didn’t wake him up in the wee hours of the morning, so I built the beds in the back of the room with some storage under the beds. The shelves hold a microwave and some drawers on the wall hold the rest of the kicthen supplies. I built a desk with some shelves on the wall and then added a DVD rack and small shelf to hold little supplies and a lamp. Add in a fridge, TV and some folding chairs and we have the makings of a comfortable room. The room now has a study, entertainment area, dressing room, kitchen, and sleeping area. I even split the electric so that the two lights in the room work independently. Hope the year goes by quickly.
-- "If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you."
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Durnik150
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posted 112 days ago
Necessity is the Mother of invention!! It’s almost like you were given an RV that didn’t have any furnishings. Especially considering that you are getting all of your material via the scrounge method I’d say you have done a great job!
Keep up the great work, on and off duty!
-- Behind the Bark is a lot of Heartwood----Charles, Centennial, CO
Built2Last
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posted 112 days ago
My question is, are you going to ship it back home with you when your tour is up? LOL!!!!
God Bless you and all of the hero’s over there fighting for us!!!!!
We love you and are praying for you!!!!!!
Your friend
Gary
-- BUILT TO LAST WOODWORKS, West Blocton, Alabama
huff
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posted 112 days ago
Looks like home away from home. Like I said before, keep safe and we look forward to you coming home.
Thanks for your service.
-- John @ Myrtle Beach
SCOTSMAN
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posted 112 days ago
Make sure you get enough ventilation in that crate otherwise you’ll get bad headaches and condensation good luck otherwise.Alistair
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Paul
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posted 111 days ago
Good job of making do with what you have to work with. Thanks for your service and come home safe.
-- Paul, La Center, Washington
BTKS
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posted 111 days ago
The more work in each day the faster the year will go. Keep safe and come home with all your buddies. Best of luck, GOD bless. BTKS
DAN
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posted 111 days ago
be care careful over there … you do neat work … looking forward to your return to the USA
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Sailor
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posted 111 days ago
Looking good!
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a1Jim
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posted 111 days ago
creative ideas
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
MNWOODWORKER
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posted 109 days ago
I thank you for keeping all of us safe, I can only hope that our next generation will learn from our mistakes, keep safe over there, hurry home, and God bless. Very nice creativity, it’s the little things that we tend to forget about here.
Nate
Jamie
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posted 99 days ago
I love seeing your projects. You always seem to come up with some simple solution to any problem,with only have very basic tools, and scrounged for supplies. Thanks for the inspiration. God bless and come home safe.
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