The picture was taken from FOB Blessing by 1LT Alex Pruden in his Blog.
FOB Blessing base is very complex and castle-ie. There is a healthy combination of hard stand (concrete, reinforced... can generally be trusted to withstand a mortar round) and plywood B-huts that the soldiers built (far less protected and might as well be a deck of cards). The only thing paved here are the LZs (landing zones). Everything else is dirt, gravel and junk.
The base has a compact DFAC (dining facility) open 24/7 that serves mostly heavy, starcy, meaty foods. sort of ricy gooieness), mixed vegetables and green beans (all presumably cooked in some animal broth). The regular staples are sandwich meats and breads, chicken tenders and fries. There's ice cream served by a local worker, and ice cream bars in a separate freezer.
The logistical miracle it took to bring all the stuff from the manufacturer, presumably through several countries with sub-standard infrastructure, to a theater-level base and finally to a small, remote base on the afpak border is very impressive indeed.
One night the interpreter Burhan brought the soliders kabobs from the local bazaar for dinner and the soldiers provided drinks and the Ciprofloxacin, for good reasons.
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