equipment. it s where they board the planes and head back to the united states. in between they get a little r and r. right now on the stage, you ve got the cheerleaders for the washington redskins, two days ago the cheerleaders from the philadelphia eagles. they ve had rock bands. it s a chance for those soldiers coming out of iraq to decompress a bit before they go home. there isn t a lot to do while they wait for their flights. they have been able to speed up protein ses. a couple weeks ago, this place was slammed and you might wait five to eight days if you were a soldier hoping to fly back to the states. the crew i came in on the convoy last night with, said they expect it to be stateside at least within the next two days. as they told me, they plan to be the biggest holiday gift their family has ever had. that s probably troupue. a lot of happy homecomings planned. the soldiers themselves looking forward to going home. we came here to do a job, we did it, and now we r