Seven years of junk awaits the troops of the 15th Sustainment Brigade at Contingency Operating Base Q-West, south of Mosul, in northern Iraq. The base's units are clearing out their storage bins as the military prepares to close U.S. military operations on the base, and hand the keys over to the Iraqi government.
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More stuff in boxes at the sorting yard at COB Q-West.
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Q-West has its own water-making facility, but it will be shut down as the base closes. In anticipation, the logistics troops are overproducing water and stockpiling it in order to keep U.S. troops hydrated until they leave.
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The sorting yard at Q-West. The shipping containers, or Conex containers in the background have been used to store extra equipment for the last seven years. Now, units are going through the containers to see what can be kept and what can be given to the Iraqis or thrown away. The containers will then be used to transport the equipment out of Iraq and possibly to the US or Afghanistan.
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The forklift at Q-West's sorting yard.
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A soldier burns papers his unit found in the basement of the headquarters in anticipation of the handover to Iraqis.
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