An Army carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Spc. Christopher M. Kurth, 23, of Alamogordo, N.M., during a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Saturday, June 6, 2009. According to the Department of Defense, Kurth died June 4 in Kirkuk, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle was struck by an anti-tank grenade. Kurth was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)U.S. Troops Leaving Iraqi Cities For Sweltering Rural Tents -- Post Gazette
CAMP CARVER, Iraq -- The U.S. military is expanding some rural bases and building others to house thousands of troops displaced by a June deadline to withdraw from Iraq's major cities.
With continual power outages pushing temperatures well above 100 degrees, that can't come soon enough for some soldiers living in sweltering tents at Camp Carver in the small town of Madain, about 15 miles southeast of the capital.
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