RAMADI, Iraq — It had all the makings of a reality TV blockbuster — drama, violence and do-it-yourself home improvements.
Like some combat version of “This Old House” or “Trading Spaces Iraq,” U.S. soldiers, Marines and Navy SEALS seized two houses in Ramadi’s deadliest neighborhood Tuesday and converted them into a fortified patrol base.
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Capt. Michael P. McCusker uses a map and radio to keep tabs on action in downtown Ramadi after seizing two homes for use as a patrol base Tuesday.
Spec. Brian Beardslee, 21, of San Clemente, Calif., keeps an eye out for insurgents through a hole cut out of a building seized in downtown Ramadi Tuesday.
Soldiers use concrete blast walls to fortify a newly-created patrol base in downtown Ramadi recently.
Soldiers with the 40th Engineer Battalion get down to business Tuesday at a newly-established patrol base in downtown Ramadi.
Combat engineers prepare to convert an Iraqi home into a fortified patrol base in downtown Ramadi Tuesday.
Soldiers take a break from carrying and positioning sandbags at Observation Post Grant in downtown Ramadi recently.
Soldiers with the 40th Engineer Battalion prepare to remove a window frame and replace it with sandbags at Observation Post Grant in downtown Ramadi recently
Soldiers with the 40th Engineer Battalion prepare to remove a window frame and replace it with sandbags at Observation Post Grant in downtown Ramadi recently.
