Post by Brian Roebuck on Jan 24, 2009 8:23:44 GMT -5
Deployed Soldiers Get a ‘Troop Cave’ with Creature Comforts
By Samantha L. Quigley
American Forces Press Service
Tony Siragusa, second from right, former National Football League player and co-host of DIY Network TV’s “Man Caves,” bonds with members of an Ohio National Guard unit during a taping of the show’s one-hour special, “Man Caves: USO Troop Edition.” DIY courtesy photo
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WASHINGTON, (1/23/09) - “Kuwait” and “all the comforts of home” are phrases rarely uttered in the same sentence, but a “Man Caves” makeover at Camp Virginia, Kuwait, will show that sometimes the improbable can happen.
The DIY Network TV show regularly turns basements and dens into guy-friendly hang-outs, but a 2,000-square-foot overseas USO lounge was another matter entirely.
www.ngb.army.mil/news/archives/2009/01/012309-Deployed.aspx
By Samantha L. Quigley
American Forces Press Service
Tony Siragusa, second from right, former National Football League player and co-host of DIY Network TV’s “Man Caves,” bonds with members of an Ohio National Guard unit during a taping of the show’s one-hour special, “Man Caves: USO Troop Edition.” DIY courtesy photo
download hi-res photo
WASHINGTON, (1/23/09) - “Kuwait” and “all the comforts of home” are phrases rarely uttered in the same sentence, but a “Man Caves” makeover at Camp Virginia, Kuwait, will show that sometimes the improbable can happen.
The DIY Network TV show regularly turns basements and dens into guy-friendly hang-outs, but a 2,000-square-foot overseas USO lounge was another matter entirely.
www.ngb.army.mil/news/archives/2009/01/012309-Deployed.aspx