In this case, the grass really is greener

In this case, the grass really is greener
By Charlie Coon, Stars and Stripes,
Mideast edition, Friday, September 21, 2007

BÖBLINGEN, Germany — Pfc. Kara Yost was taking deep breaths, but not because she was nervous.

“The smell is so much better,” Yost said. “It’s fresher. The grass smells so good.”

Baghdad is 100-plus degrees of pavement, dirt and trash; Germany is clean and green. What a difference a day makes.

“It’s the little things you notice,” said Yost, of 1st Platoon, 554th Military Police Company, which, on Wednesday, flew to Germany from Iraq, concluding a 15-month deployment.

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The “Ugly Platoon,” as they are nicknamed, oversaw up to four Iraqi police stations at a time in eastern Baghdad in an area controlled by the Schweinfurt-based 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment.

The soldiers went on more than 400 combat patrols, with most soldiers hitting the streets six out of seven days per week, said 1st Lt. Ari Fisher.


Rest of article at: http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=48912



uhc comment: In 1970 I left Viet Nam, came to the states for a few weeks and went to Germany. The beer was great, the people were nice, and best of all people weren't shooting at you.