Camp Liberty (site) (Baghdad City)

 military, historical layer / disappeared object

Orignally called Camp Victory North, it was renamed Camp Liberty (also known as Camp al-Tahreer) and it is one of the largest US overseas posts built since the Vietnam War. Camp Liberty at its full capacity can hold around 14,000 troops.
This base is divided into three parts: Division LSA (Life Support Area), West Life Support Area, and Camp Blackjack.
The land around Camp Liberty and nearby Camp Victory was a hunting reserve for Saddam Hussein. The best view is from a man-made hill created from soil removed from a man-made lake nearby, tall reeds and palms line the roadside into the camp.
1st Cavalry Division Headquarters is stationed at Camp Liberty. The Multi-national Corp in Iraq is headquartered at Camp Liberty. The Multi-national Corp coordinates the day to day operations of the military units in Iraq.
Camp Liberty has the largest PX, or post exchange, in Iraq.
About 100 Missouri National Guard troops from the 203rd Engineer Battalion built the first of seven headquarters buildings, but they were making slow progress on the long wooden structures, known to troops as SEA huts. Some problems later persisted: doors ordered for the project didn't fit frames, insulation was cut to the wrong size, and some concrete blocks crumbled. The lumber used for the construction came mostly from Germany and Canada while the electrical supplies came from all over. Most of the time, metric measurements had to be converted to standard.
In late 2003, the first of several hundred mobile white-walled trailers, to be used as soldiers' living quarters, were laid out in rows, in a manner resembling a large trailer park. Each soldier would have 80 square feet of living space. Rooms inside the trailers were to be oufitted with a small window, equipped with two beds, a table and lamp, a closet, and be air-conditioned. Between the two rooms, within each trailer, soldiers would share a shower, sink and toilet. The Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) has built two structures, each larger than a circus tent. Kellogg Brown & Root workers also have a slice of the camp. They continue to provide soldiers with food, morale programs and base maintenance.
A portion of Camp Liberty reportedly serves as a tent compound used to house detainees scheduled to be freed. That facility at Camp Liberty, along with Camp Redemption at the Abu Ghraib Prison, sprung up as a result of the need to streamline the processing of Iraqi prisoners. The facility opened on 14 September 2004, is surrounded by a barbed-wire fence, and consists of air-conditioned tents in which prisoners are kept.