True story. The locations and countries involved were not changed to protect their identities...
FOB Ghazni. There used to be a radar site there, one that was in place since about 2006/ early 2007. Either the US Army or the Polish Battlegroup decided to build a pretty spiffy TOC. Large hardened facility, nice wrap around porch for chilling and sipping non-alcoholic beer, nice workspaces, etc.
The building goes up and the Polish start complaining about the radar giving them brain cancer. The Army, USAF, and contractors assure the Poles that the radar poses no threat to their health. Undeterred, the PBG presses the issues until an environment health assessment was done; it too found nothing wrong. Since I'm typing this....
...the Polish weren't satisfied. They moved the main entrance and ECP to the back of the facility. The interior layout? Changed The windows? Covered in tinfoil. The porch? remains the same and at least a dozen guys were out there during my visits. The windows? Yep, still covered in tinfoil.
Don't let science stand in the way of your dreams and if that doesn't work? Tinfoil. Lots of tinfoil.
FOB Ghazni. There used to be a radar site there, one that was in place since about 2006/ early 2007. Either the US Army or the Polish Battlegroup decided to build a pretty spiffy TOC. Large hardened facility, nice wrap around porch for chilling and sipping non-alcoholic beer, nice workspaces, etc.
The building goes up and the Polish start complaining about the radar giving them brain cancer. The Army, USAF, and contractors assure the Poles that the radar poses no threat to their health. Undeterred, the PBG presses the issues until an environment health assessment was done; it too found nothing wrong. Since I'm typing this....
...the Polish weren't satisfied. They moved the main entrance and ECP to the back of the facility. The interior layout? Changed The windows? Covered in tinfoil. The porch? remains the same and at least a dozen guys were out there during my visits. The windows? Yep, still covered in tinfoil.
Don't let science stand in the way of your dreams and if that doesn't work? Tinfoil. Lots of tinfoil.
