A Dixie Sukkah in Al Anbar
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Chapel Hill, N.C. – Sturdy pontoon bridges, guard towers and mess halls are standard work assignments for the Seabees, the U.S. Navy’s construction battalions. But a physician assigned to a Seabee unit in western Iraq had to look elsewhere this year for help erecting a small hut that will last only eight days.
Dr. Lloyd Krapin looked to Tobacco Road.
As a lay leader of the “very small, active Jewish population” at the Al Asad Airbase in Iraq’s Al Anbar Province, Krapin, medical officer of the Reserve Seabee Unit, NMCB 28, wanted a sukkah.
It’s great to see the ingenuity of Jewish chaplains in obtaining Jewish supplies in far flung posts!
Dee
Jewish Prime Vendor
PS Sukkahs, complete with schach, are available on warfighter.dla.mil. Search for 9925-01-532-0688 for 6 x 8 (large size)or 9925-01-532-0686 for 40″ x 40″ (personal size).
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