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2,000 inmates already are in two tent facilities PHOENIX - Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio wants 11 more large tents to house an influx of illegal immigrants. --

U.S. Soldiers Provide Tents to Bedouin Families U.S. troops from the 48th Brigade Combat Team and the 406th Corps Support Battalion deliver tents to replace homes lost in a recent winter storm. By U.S. Army Sgt. David Bill 48th Brigade Combat Team BASE CAMP ADDER, AN NASIRIYA, Iraq, Feb. 22, 2006 — U.S. soldiers from the 48th Brigade Combat Team and the 406th Corps Support Battalion delivered large tents to five local Iraqi Bedouin families who lost their homes during a recent winter storm which brought high winds and heavy rains to the area. "You [coalition forces] saved me...

SATHER AIR BASE, Iraq, Feb. 9, 2006 — The thought of a field hospital conjures up images of medics rolling battle-wounded troops on gurneys into a dimly lit operating room. "We are the only surgical-based clinic at Victory Base Complex. We’ll do emergency surgery here, but then move (the patient) to a higher-level facility (in or out of theater)." U.S. Air Force Col. Christian Benjamin The 447th Expeditionary Medical Squadron at Sather Air Base, at Baghdad International Airport, also faced the desert dust and worked in cramped quarters. They moved inside recently to a new 15,000-square foot modular medical clinic,...

12/27/2005 - BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- In a sea of tents and trailers on Balad Air Base in northern Iraq, shrapnel is being surgically removed from a limb, medics are racing to stop someone from bleeding to death and another life is being saved from wounds inflicted on the battlefield. It is that sea of tents which houses the Air Force theater hospital, where servicemembers and civilians get the most advanced medical care possible in a combat zone. Run by the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group, the hospital offers trauma and specialized medical care for people throughout Iraq and...

Today's relocation of about 4,000 evacuees from the Astrodome and Houston's other giant shelters to two Galveston-based cruise ships has been delayed because shelter residents don't want to go. Volunteers trying to fill buses bound for Kentucky also found few takers

The Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com Army tents plug into solar powerBy Megan FrommTHE WASHINGTON TIMESPublished July 11, 2004 New technology aims to make military missions safer and more energy-efficient.     The U.S. Army's Natick Soldier Systems Center is working in conjunction with Iowa Thin Film Technologies to develop tents and other fabrics made with flexible solar panels that can provide up to one kilowatt of energy, enough power to run devices such as laptops and lights.     Such capabilities would ultimately make travel safer for soldiers in countries during wartime. Extra battery packs carried by troops are sometimes left behind, providing unnecessary...

Iraqi Freedom vets teach younger MarinesSubmitted by: MCB Camp LejeuneStory Identification Number: 2003112194839Story by Cpl. Shawn C. Rhodes CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.(Nov. 21, 2003) -- A tradition in the armed services for war veterans to pass on the knowledge they gained to the newer generation of warriors, so they can go into combat ready to face the enemy. This tradition doesn't just apply to shooting and squad movements, though. "In Iraq, it was our job to set up the command operations center tent," said Cpl. James K. Renner. A vehicle commander for 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion during Operation Iraqi...

No more flapping-in-the-wind, mildew-smelling canvas tents for soldiers in the army. The IDF's Logistics Branch has decided to replace the ubiquitous khaki tents with small, cream-colored, eight-person trailers – complete with air conditioning. Senior officers say the aim in phasing out the traditional military abode is to give soldiers the best equipment and conditions possible. "The army is advancing in every field," said one senior officer. "We can't let them sleep as they did in 1948." Many a veteran can recount months of field conditions of living in tents that were muggy and fly infested in the summers, and often...