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It rains too much in Washington: and other debatable 'facts' about life around McChord air force base An omniscient, crusty chief master sergeant once said when explorers named Iceland and Greenland, they called the more frigid, less welcoming land "Greenland" ......(Continue Reading) Trees burn, and when the majority of a base is nestled in a vast training area covered with trees, the threat of fire is constant. At Eglin Air Force Base, Long before there was an Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., people protected the longleaf pine forests that covered the vast area. Today, those people are called the "Jackson Guard." But they do...(Continue Reading)Frozen in time: Life on Lajes is like a 300-year step backward, but with a modern twist - Lajes Air Base, Azores, Portugal Airman 1st Class Avita Weeks is late for work. And not for the first time. Today it's due to a bad traffic jam, a bottleneck in the center of one of ......(Continue Reading)
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