Haiti - dinner in the US compound

The first night I was in Port-au-Prince, I went to the compound where the Google.org team was operating (along with many other NGOs). It was a converted country club, with tents and military vehicles set up on tennis courts, parking lots, and other open areas, all tightly guarded by the US Military. At the front, they asked me what I was doing and I told them, and offered to show some ID. The soldier said, "you speak English, that's good enough for me". I continued to where the team was staying, but they were out. I sat down to dinner at a picnic table on a tennis court, set out among the tents, and was introduced around. Sean Penn and a couple of people from his team were there, eating the regular meals (stew, with MRE snacks on the side). We talked about what his group was focusing on - medical care to some of the underserved populations. They were doing incredible work, and large volumes of it. He was very gracious, friendly with the US troops, and obviously focused on actually getting stuff done there, not image. Very impressive.