She shares the small area with another soldier, but luckily, she says, her roomie is out a lot. Little misses her husband so much that whenever she thinks about being away from him last Christmas, her eyes fill with tears. She is anxiously counting the days until she can see him again. Until then, she eagerly awaits the arrival of the mail. Everybody knows when the mail is in because they make an announcement over the camp loudspeaker.
Mail is really important around here.
She gets two 15-minute phone calls a week and has access to one of the three computers provided for soldiers' personal use at the camp. Little says she's looking forward to eating at her favourite restaurant when she gets back to Kingston. With soldiers doing without many of the comforts of home while deployed overseas, the military provides certain incentives. These include wage increases which take into account time spent away from family, as well as previous overseas tours. There are also periods of leave when soldiers are subsidized to take a trip outside the military camp where they are stationed.