Waiting to Push Out Again
I'm still here, waiting to push out further to do my thing. Not much going on, just briefings and drawing supplies. It's hot and getting hotter... yes it is a dry heat. |
Back From Afghanistan
I'm still here, waiting to push out further to do my thing. Not much going on, just briefings and drawing supplies. It's hot and getting hotter... yes it is a dry heat. |
The past couple of days have been somewhat boring. Right now I am waiting for a flight to take me somewhere. We missed our flight, or it broke down, or an old friend came in from out of town, or there were locusts... Anyway, I had heard that getting anywhere in Afghanistan is difficult... I heard right. One nice surprise about being close to the flag pole is that I had a freaking massage last night, for $20.00. Who would have thought that there would be massage therapist in theater. It must be the NATO influence. Speaking of NATO... I've been waiting around fro a flight and there are at least a dozen different countries represented here. I've seen Czech, Turkish, Italian, British, Australian, Canadian and Italian troops and some others. I've notice a few things about these soldiers. They can do whatever they like with their hair, and none of them are fat. The only pudgy Soldiers are the US Soldiers (myself included). As far as the grooming goes, I saw an Italian guy who could be in ZZ Top, and A female Czech Soldier with a ring in her lip. Lots of good people watching here. I will get some pictures uploaded at some point. |
I am now in Afghanistan. The mountains are beautiful, but the FOB I am at is not as aesthetically pleasing as the base in Kuwait... and it wasn't really pretty in Kuwait. I saw Erika and Chris there. That was cool to cross paths with some of my buddies from home. I'll post some pictures later if I have time. The convoy to the FOBwas interesting. I saw kids playing (one gave us the finger)we saw some men with beards who looked pleased to see us, and others who looked not so pleased. I saw a few jingle trucks and I even saw a woman in one of those blue burkas, like on TV. Doc said she was wearing high heels. I didn't notice, but he swears she was wearing high heels. The United States Military or State department need to get some civil engineers and some landscape architects here ASAP. There's a lot to do. Some of the buildings (remaining portions) that weren't just shacks made from old conexes were sort of in that brutalist style that I like so much. Paul Rudolph would aprove. I noticed a brick "factory" on the way. There was no kiln, just mud bricks drying in the sun. I would have taken pictures along the way, but they told us not to take our hands off of our weapons. We're not in Kansas any more. |
Well... I'm not actually inAfghanistan yet, but I am no longer in America. I'm in a very hot place. I am super freaking tired. I haven't slept in a couple of days and I'm pretty grungy too. Not much else to report. |
I just hugged and kissed my wife and daughter about 100 times. They got on a plane back to GA and I won't see them again for a long time. That was tough to do. I can't adequately describe how hard that was. |
Well... The time has come for me to travel to a foreign land. Training in Kansas is over. I'm not sure how often I'll be able to update the blog. It all depends on where I go and what I'm going to do. I have a general idea, but I don't know any specifics... and even if I did, I wouldn't post it. I know that Osama is reading my blog. and then there's this... I may get a chance to post something over the next few days. Stay tuned... |