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"We check into our barracks at Bagram Air Base, a major staging area for allied forces in Afghanistan. We're in a classic, old seven-bunk bedroom that reminds me of Frost Valley in the New York Catskills on Indian Princess weekends with my daughters. Same musty smell."
Ah, that fantastic smell of our cabins. It hits his nose all the way around the world. Unforgettable sense.