thedrifter
01-25-08, 09:24 AM
War changes; language, too
At the larger U.S. military bases in Iraq, there are no chow halls. The phrase preferred by the Department of Defense is Dining Facility, known as a DFAC, pronounced dee-fact.
Also, latrines are no more. There are portables with sinks, toilets, and running water. Official name: ablution unit.
Of course, at smaller outposts, the accomodations are more primitive and so is the language used by Marines to describe them.
Tony Perry, at Al Asad, Iraq
Ellie
At the larger U.S. military bases in Iraq, there are no chow halls. The phrase preferred by the Department of Defense is Dining Facility, known as a DFAC, pronounced dee-fact.
Also, latrines are no more. There are portables with sinks, toilets, and running water. Official name: ablution unit.
Of course, at smaller outposts, the accomodations are more primitive and so is the language used by Marines to describe them.
Tony Perry, at Al Asad, Iraq
Ellie