US Soldiers adapt to life further from the fight.. 

 The glowing hot embers of America's war in Afghanistan, embodied by the military's far-flung combat outposts, are winking out one by one. The few remaining outposts will be turned over to the Afghan military soon, as the US drawdown advances to its uncertain conclusion next year. 

For those who have lived much of the last decade at these dangerous little bases in Afghanistan.. it is somewhat bittersweet. Ask an infantryman here what he will miss most, and he will probably tell you he'll miss patrolling — walking through the mountains, getting in fights, learning who is firing at him — and learning who his friends are. But that is becoming a thing of the past for US soldiers in Afghanistan.

I agree to Ben Brody´s recent analysis on prevailing withdrawal from War Zones here in Afghanistan (GlobalPost). However, being in the Military for 30 years+, including 13 years of deployment at War Zones, I know only too well that you need plans and somebody with you before you hit civvy streets.

Our agricultural professionals lived in rather cramped quarters, but our Team decided to do something about it.  

A group of Ag Section personnel 

showed some multitalents, resulting in doubling the size of the interns' living space.