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to tent city had been expanded by the-Red Horse (Civil Engineer-  
ing) detachment at Al-Dhafra, and was being constantly graded to
keep it usable. 
Living conditions in tent city
	 Living condition in tent city were better than I ex-
 pected.  Overall, more than 2,100 military personnel from the
363TFW, 306SW, 117th Tactical Reconnaissance Group (117TRG), Air
National Guard, Birmingham, Alabama.
and other units in tent city.  The maintenance and security   
in air conditioned ten-man tents, with air conditioners being at-
tached to the back of the tent.  So, while the temperature outside
was 120 degrees.  all of the aircrews at Al-Dhafra were billeted in
air conditioned hootches (Air-conditioned trailers) some of which
housed up to six personnel.  The 306SW had the use of seven
hootches each housed one aircrew (four personnel.  The 306SW
staff were also housed in one of these hootches.  The female
aircrew members and the 306Sw deployed commander had the use of
semi-permanent hootches (used previously by West German
personnel).  The aircrew hootch consisted of two bedrooms, a small
kitchen, and a separate bathroom, while the commander's hootch con-
sisted of one bedroom, with kitchen and bathroom.  The rest of the 
people in tent city used hootches with showers and toilet
facilities inside.  On Monday, 17 September 1990, these facilities
were air-conditioned.  Inside tent  city there is a post office,
[(b)(l)sec3.4(b)(6)] two dining hall tents, a Morale Welfare and Recreation
tent, where people could sign out books and games, a movie tent,
medical clinic [(b)(l)sec3.4(b)(6)]
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