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A military camp or bivouac is a minor, semi-permanent facility for the lodging of an army. Camps are erected when a military force travels away from a major installation or fort during training or operations, and often have the form of large campsites. A nations army is its military, or more specifically, all of its land forces. ... Training is the teaching of vocational or practical and relates to specific useful skills. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Campsites are often situated in or near forests. ...


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Camp Bucca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1302 words)
Camp Bucca is the name of a holding facility for prisoners of war maintained by the United States military in the vicinity of Umm Qasr.
After a substantial turn-over in the chain of command at Camp Bucca and substantial amendments to camp policy, the US military held up Camp Bucca as an example of how a model detention facility should be run [1].
Christopher T. Monroe assigned to the 785th Military Police Battalion stationed at Camp Bucca is killed when his 5-ton truck is involved in an automobile accident with a civilian vehicle in the vicinity of Basra, Iraq.
Camp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (160 words)
Labor camp, concentration camp, relocation camp, prisoner of war camp, or death camp
Camp is also a place in the Republic of Ireland (it can be found between Dingle Bay and Tralee)
Camp (style), an ironic appreciation of that which might otherwise be considered outlandish or corny
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