Life at PB Jaker

2,348 views · Published 18 May 2011 · 4:14 · Indexed 31 October 2026

Channel: Stars and Stripes · 2011 · News & Politics

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PATROL BASE JAKER, Afghanistan — About the worst thing that can happen to a grunt in Afghanistan, when not engaged in battle, is running out of tobacco.

So when the mobile exchange, a little convenience store on wheels, rolls into a remote base, the scene is similar, in miniature, to one you might find at, say, Toys "R" Us the day after Thanksgiving — only with guns.

Read more at Stripes.com: goo.gl/kJI1r

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