I am exhausted, it's 11 pm, I stuck around late to help prepare for the raid. But I know people want to know how today went. So here's what I saw while I was media liaison for the inspection today, 4pm, at camp.
It went okay.
They were happy to see compliance, a sign of continued compliance, and that we're "showing willing," ie, that change has been made and will continue. They seemed to want more things done, considering they honed in on two pieces of cardboard that were still on the ground where someone had just moved out.
The inspector's face was stony, but I think he was just being professional considering a media train of about 50 reporters and camera men were trailing him like a pack of wolves the whole time.
It was a quiet, solemn, nerve-wracking procession. We had people from our contingent -- a few from media and comm, and one senior medic -- answering the inspector's questions. He had a lot of specific, hard questions, and they had good answers.
The campers did a great job. Almost everyone was helpful and respectful, I didn't see any camera-clowning. I saw a lot of the kids jump up and finish up the odds and ends that hadn't gotten cleaned during yesterday and today's big overhaul.
The camp looks more open, orderly, and thinned out. There's more light, less crowding, less feeling that something hidden could be going on somewhere. There's less mud, the Porta Potties don't smell inside (they were inspected).
The kids got up a drum circle with vocalist and dancers at the end of camp, which the media loved.
Kitchen packed up and moved out temporarily, in anticipation of a raid tonight. Instead, we had a wedding-sized feast of Greek casserole-type entrees that were absolutely wonderful. Kitchen was kind enough to shuttle a few chafing dishes to 101 and GA.
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