A baseball game some of the guys in the unit organized a few days ago. Most of them are on the night shift so they were pretty much dead by the end. We probably won't see much more of these. The last couple of days it has been in the 90s by 10 in the morning.
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I bet there is someone, somewhere whose job it is to provide sports equiptment to deployed...people. Can you say "the deployed"? (: Which leads me to a larger question. In these office shots...there is TONS of stuff. Chairs and desks and boards for putting messages on and pins for the boards and I bet even pencils. (: Whose job is it to get this stuff? Does it arrive first? Before the people who need it? Some of it must be requested after the fact...I guess...but the first guys there. Were there crates lying around saying "PC Office"? The ENORMITY of this is amazing. I am still in the WWII movie era. (: A tent in the mud with a radio. (: Do any of the tags that I know (ie: procurement, logistics, personnel) fit for all this home away from home stuff?
Most of the baseball equipment was company equipment but I can't tell you who purchased it or when. Before a unit deploys they are given thousands of dollars a month to buy basically whatever they need. It is mostly used to stock up on office supplies and the like but it can be used for baseball equipment. There was a lot more of that money the last time we were over here. Things are a lot more like back home now since everything is pretty well established and it isn't hard to get supplies here. As far as all the office equipment - that depends on where you are going. Last time we replaced another Army unit and we brought all our own desks, chairs and such from Alaska. The Marines do it a little differently since they come over here more often for shorter periods. They bring very little equipment and fall in on the stuff already here. It is a lot cheaper than shipping office furniture around the world. I imagine the first units here used a lot of wood and over time the furniture has accumulated. It's a lot different having a stationary battlefield - logistics is so much easier. The Army is doing a lot more of what the Marines do - units are coming over with a less stuff. And yes, those words still apply :)
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