It wasn’t until yesterday (5 days into my deployment) that I found signs of life other than us humans. I still haven’t seen any animals, other than a security forces German shepherd. I hear there’s a cat that lives among us at the facility I work at, but I haven’t seen him yet.<\/p>\n
I was walking to the new fitness center on the base (I live next to the old one) and came across this patch of flora. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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