28 Dec 08 They forgot Pastafarian and True Value comes to....(it was only a matter of time.)

The Army really does a great job at accomodating as many people as possible given the circumstances.  One of the areas of accomodation is worship and from the pic you can see that Army is try to please everyone here.  Christian, Buddhist, Islam and even Pagan services are provided here at Balad (Joint Base Balad or JBB now).  Unfortunately for the the Pastafarians here, there is no service.  What is a Pastafarian you say??? Well....her is a link (http://www.venganza.org/)Also, the 'doily-fication' of bases here in Iraq continues.  With improvements in security and lower violence comes...commercialization.  Yes a True Value hardware store is breaking ground at Camp Victory.  See it for yourself at http://jiminiraq.blogspot.com (Jim is a firefighter and a friend of mine at Camp Victory.)
R/Chris