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Photo Essay-Life at Camp Bucca, Iraq

An Iraqi woman is stopped as she tries to barter for more donations at the reception center  outside of the visitation center at Camp Bucca.  
Iraqi women wait in line as they are processed to enter the visitation center at Camp Bucca.  
U.S. Navy Capt. Bruce A. Derenski of U.S. Naval Submarine Base New London, Commander of FOB Camp Bucca, holds an Iraqi infant outside of the reception center for the visitation center at Camp Bucca in Iraq Wednesday April 2, 2008.   
US Navy sailors debrief in formation before heading back to the FOB during a shift change at Compound 14 in Camp Bucca Iraq Thursday April 3, 2008.    
Machinist Mate 2nd class Michael Seleba of May Port, FL, right, talks with a fellow sailor as Seleba finds a quiet corner of the guard shack to eat his lunch in Compound 14 at Camp Bucca Iraq Thursday April 3, 2008.    
U.S. Navy "Sandbox Sailors" patrol the parimiter fence around compound 19 at Camp Bucca Friday April 4, 2008.
A soldier reads by the light outside of his pod, as a Christmas tree lights up the background in the Magnolia housing section of Camp Bucca in Iraq Saturday April 5, 2008. 
Sgt. Carlos Echeverry, left, and Spc. Veronica Delarosa enjoy a night of dancing during Salsa Dancing night in the overflow dinning facility at Camp Bucca in Iraq Friday night April 4, 2008.   
Members of the 181st Field Artillery of the Tennessee National Guard clean sand and dust from their guns in their office at Camp Bucca in Iraq Sunday April 6, 2008.  
Specialist Devin Hill of the 352nd MP Company works on his laptop computer outside on a warm night at Camp Bucca in Iraq Saturday April 5, 2008. 
A member of the U.S. Air Force's Fighting Jesters prepares a humvee for their next deployment outside of Camp Bucca Tuesday April 8, 2008. 
Soldiers line up for dinner outside the dinning facility at Camp Bucca in Iraq Saturday April 5, 2008. 
Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Joe Larson of U.S. Naval Submarine base New London exits his pod at Camp Bucca in Iraq in search for something to eat after completing his watch at the detainee compound Sunday April 6, 2008. 
Service members take communion during the Gospel church service in the main Chapel at Camp Bucca in Iraq Sunday night April 6, 2008. 
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Matula of the Fighting Jesters performs a security sweep of the courtyard at the Al-Ibrahimi school outside Camp Bucca in Iraq Tuesday April 8, 2008 as the Jesters bring aid and donations to the school children.   
Members of the U.S. Air Force's Fighting Jesters set up a security perimeter around the Al-Ibrahimi school outside Camp Bucca in Iraq Tuesday April 8, 2008 as the Jesters bring aid and donations to the school children.  
Staff Sgt. John Matula gives medical aid to an Iraqi girl who injured her head at the Al-Ibrahimi school outside Camp Bucca in Iraq Tuesday April 8, 2008.  
Iraqi children watch on with wonder and suspicion at the Al-Ibrahimi school outside Camp Bucca in Iraq Tuesday April 8, 2008 as the U.S. Air Force's Fighting Jesters visit with aid and donations.    
The Air Force's Fighting Jesters Squad 15 stops at a checkpoint outside Safwan, Iraq after delivering donations to the Al-Ibrahimi school outside Camp Bucca in Iraq Tuesday April 8, 2008.  The Airmen have adopted a local dog that hangs out at the check point and keeps the Airmen company.    
Soldiers muster for a morning drill at Camp Bucca Wednesday April 9, 2008.  
U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopters lift off from Camp Bucca Wednesday April 9, 2008.  Helicopters from military bases in Kuwait  were the main transport in and out of Camp Bucca.  
The crew and passengers onboard a Blackhawk helicopter look out over the desert enroute to Kuwait from Camp Bucca in Iraq Wednesday April 9, 2008.  (Copyright Tim Cook/The Day)
Photo Essay-Life at Camp Bucca, Iraq
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Photo Essay-Life at Camp Bucca, Iraq

At its height in 2008, Camp Bucca outside of Umm Qasr, Iraq was the largest detainee camp in the world. A large group of Submariners from U.S. Na Read More

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