Staying cool in the shade, playing a little football, and eating MRE's; it's the life of a Marine or at least these Marines visiting MCLB Albany.
"we just started working on getting the marines a place to sleep, place to eat, place to shower, a place to use the restroom, and trying to figure out with the base to figure out where they can do some recreational activities," says Marine Ricardo Tomas.
But there's not just members of the Marine Corps here at the base, there's also evacuees from the Navy and Air Force and they say, they're just trying to pass the time until they can get back home down south.
"Some of the females like to run athletic and run around they have a football that we can play out back, they've been playing music and games, it's really been kind of a break, its been a nice break honestly," says Navy Officer, Yvonne Parker.
Around 48 hundred members of the three branches rolled in last night on nearly 80 buses and they say it's been a chance to relax and get to know everyone.
"We don't have time on the base, but now we have time to actually talk to the marines, get to talk to the air force, get to see what the differences in the branches and stuff and that's really cool," says Parker.
And back in the Emergency Operations Center, officers are watching the storm closely, thankful that they're not in Pensacola.
"The storm surge was going to be 6 to 12 feet, once that happened, our marine sail men and airmen that live down in the low lying of the Naval Air station down in Pensacola were in a danger zone," says U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Robert Sherrill.
And they say Albany has been the perfect safe haven.
"Everyone's been great, really been great up here in Albany, and I mean the on-base personnel, the civilians that we've dealt with everyone has been great, very hospitable, and really bent over backwards last night to help us," says Sherrill.
If everything goes as planned, they'll be hopping on the buses, heading back to Pensacola Thursday.
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Sleeping cots for Military evacuees
Marine Ricardo Tomas prepares for troops
Yvonne Parker enjoys her stay in Albany
U.S. Military Officers monitor Isaac
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