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I live in room 206 in building 203a. Until last season this
dorm mainly housed researchers and scientists. It is one of the newest dorms with small rooms but nice furniture, plenty of
washers, driers and clean bathrooms. This season the housing office has started moving to more single person rooms and I am
lucky enough to have one to myself. My room has two twin beds which I pushed together to make a bed large enough to stretch
out on. The people that share the dorm with me are all very quiet and keep the halls and bathroom clean. This is so much nicer
that the dorm I lived in last time with 4 people per room , lots of noise and nasty bathrooms. I found out in a meeting this
week that late this season all of the rooms in my dorm will get 26" flatscreen TV's. I don't watch much TV down
here but it will be a big improvement over the 15" ancient TV in my room now.
I eat in the "galley" which is our dining facility.
The food is very good considering the meat arrives frozen by ship and is stored for several years before being prepared. There
are always several choices of entrees , fresh baked breads , and several different desserts. We also have an ice cream machine
with all the toppings for sundaes. Fresh fruit and green salad are available when the C-17 flies it in from New
Zealand. This season there is so much more " freshies" than in the past. I have had salad at least 3 days a week.
Bananas are always in short supply and a real treat when they arrive. Over all the food is excellent. The only people
I hear complain about it have never served in the military. There is small galley at the sea ice air field where I eat
lunch. They do not cook there but just truck the prepared foor from town and serve it. There is not nearly the selection at
the air field galley and the food takes a beating some times riding in the back of a truck but once again it is
better than most food I had in the Army.
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