AMERICAN GIs are nothing if not creative. Read this article about how they use cardboard boxes to create privacy and luxury in their adopted quarters in Iraq.

In northeast Baghdad, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment troops living in an Iraqi cigarette factory are using cardboard packing boxes to build some privacy.

Spc. Peter Muller, for example, has a 7-foot high cardboard wall around his cot, and he’s added a walk-in closet. A “Vietnam style” tunnel leads to his space.

“If I ever go homeless, I’ll know how to do it in style,” said Muller, 23, of Hudson City, N.J.