After the start of the uprising against Gaddafi in 2011, Mr Haftar returned to Libya, where he became a key commander of the makeshift rebel force in the east.
Because of his military experience, he quickly became one of the main commanders of Libya's makeshift rebel force in the East.
After reuniting with his wounded commander, Daoud sobs in his makeshift base near the front lines, an abandoned house that once belonged to Islamic State supporters.
The commanders and dignitaries seated around the makeshift shed that serves as his HQ do not look any more overjoyed than he.
Columns of black smoke hung over the courtyard of the shrine, where militia commanders planned their fight and where a makeshift hospital attended to the wounded.
So here in a makeshift base camp, we have a brigade headquarters with few reservists to command and no regular Army commander to support.
On Tuesday afternoon in Camp Lima, commanders briefed their soldiers on the battle ahead in makeshift white tents, running through various scenarios with markers on the ground indicating the placements of roads and buildings.
Down the hall, at the makeshift dental office, a steady stream of reservists waited patiently to have their teeth inspected by Commander Green or Lieutenant Andreen, who were operating behind a cloth curtain.
The video from the drones is gathered in a makeshift operations centre in the Nevada desert and distributed to leaders in the Pentagon and commanders on the ground.
WASHINGTON, June 1 — American commanders are expressing frustration at the increasing death toll in Iraq caused by makeshift explosives, which have killed 80percentt of the Americans who died in combat over the last three months, despite the billions of dollars being spent to fight the threat.
