Soldiers Seek an Elusive Escape in Shakespeare [4min]

Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, is home to a multinational taskforce that conducts humanitarian and counter-terrorism operations across the Horn of Africa. For seven months last year, commentator Marine Major Adam McKeown was stationed there. A reservist, McKeown is an English professor at Adelphi University when he is not serving. While in Djibouti, in addition to his regular duties, McKeown offered a fully accredited Shakespeare class to more than 24 of his fellow service members. He says the class discussions provided less distraction from the war than he thought they would.