Bosnia

Somebody decided that New Orleans accurately replicated Iraq and its sandy desert conditions and sent 600 Marines for 2 weeks of intense urban warfare training prior to shipping them out to Iraq. Since New Orleans is located in a swamp and most of its architecture is French/Arcadian based with Spanish influences, which hardly has any resemblence to Iraqi architecture as far as I can tell, the Marines will evidently train mostly at night, with helicopters and jets flying around overhead to simulate nighttime warfare conditions.

I have no idea exactly what part of New Orleans these 600 people have chosen to run around in, pretending to be in a very humid and rainy Iraq, but the helicopters have obviously decided that flying over my house would most benefit the Marines and their training.