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Living and Working in Niger

  • Defense.gov
  • Dec. 10, 2018 | 1:00

Airmen with the 824th Expeditionary Base Defense Squadron are specially trained just for deployments like this one on a small Nigerien air base. Here’s what life is like for these troops working day in and day out in Niger.