Using sand from quarries in Kuwait, Navy Seabees were building concrete aircraft parking ramps before the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. When the quarries were closed temporarily, our stockpiles were exhausted in three days. The fourth day the following report was issued: “Kuwait has run out of sand.”
在開始伊拉克自由行動(dòng)以前,海軍工程營使用科威特采石場的沙子建造混凝土飛機(jī)停機(jī)彎道。當(dāng)采石場臨時(shí)關(guān)閉的時(shí)候,我們的儲備在三天之內(nèi)就用完了。第四天發(fā)出了如下的報(bào)告:“科威特沙子用完了。”