"This is where we come to forget why we're stationed here," said Andrey Korivitsky, 28, a legionnaire from Belarus who resembles Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber.
About 500 Polish and 500 Bulgarian soldiers are stationed here, with smaller contingents from other countries.
That includes the deployment of the three main brigades of the Third Division and several other units, like Ranger and military intelligence troops, who are stationed here.
Ms. Eyzaguirre, whose father was an American military officer, had a job shelving bottles of beer and liquor in the military-run shopping center that serves the 16,000 soldiers and their families who are stationed here.
There are no visible signs that any United States ground forces are stationed here in Jalalabad, or that American military action beyond the bombing of suspected Taliban and terrorist sites is imminent.
More than 70% of the national budget is paid for by Russian aid money and around 3,500 Russian troops are stationed here.
The Colombians, who are stationed here for four months at a time, keep themselves busy by building a new accommodation hut which they hope will prove more comfortable than the tents they are currently sleeping in.
"Just as we are proud of Harvey Milk, who was stationed here during his time in the Navy, we are also proud of Sean Sala, who was also stationed in San Diego".
Only one Afghan logistics battalion was stationed here.
But he'd been stationed here to escort guests to the lodge.
"They were stationed here in Mineola, and they were here every day.
