The following story got buried deep -- way deep -- in the business section of the New York Times yesterday. I was flipping through the paper while blowing on Izzy's food and trying to cool it down when I stumbled upon this article.
The 101st Airborne Division, it seems, has called its army depots in central Iraq Forward Operating Base Shell and Forward Operating Base Exxon -- again, this is not an Onion story.
The real kicker was the response of an Exxon Mobil spokesperson, who said:
"My first reaction when I saw it was this was not a political statement in any way by the men and women of 101st," Mr. Cirigliano said. "I think the 101st was being pretty creative and naming things after what reminds them of home. And I think that's pretty neat."Posted by the wily filipino at March 28, 2003 02:30 PM