Ranger Camp Shoppette opens
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Patrons assigned to the 6th Ranger Battalion wait for the new AAFES shoppette to open Nov. 3. On October 4, 2005, the Gator Lounge and AAFES Shoppette caught fire and burned to the ground. In the years following the fire, the Rangers and families stationed at Camp Rudder originally made do with a Tactical Field Exchange Unit, a mobile tractor-trailer assembly usually used downrange, before moving to a temporary building in October 2007. The rebuilt facility contains the Gator Lounge, a concession barber shop and the AAFES Shoppette. (AAFES photo/Daniel Eddington)