Halloween

Almost time for Halloween. Not much is going on here, although KBR shipped some pumpkins over and carved them. It's getting pretty cold, especially at night. I keep hearing this winter is going to be worse then last years. I don't know how last year's winter was, so I don't know how bad this winter will be.



It's been really quiet here. Hopefully I'll have some more pictures to put up soon.

Big City

I got back from Bagram. It's weird going there after a few months. That place is like Juarez. There are tons of people and everything is crowded. It was nice to drive an actual car on paved roads though. On the way back from Bagram to Sharana we flew in a stol aircraft. It was just a small airplane that was run by contractors. It was nice because it wasn't a C-130 and had actual seats and a flight attendent. Compared to the chinooks and other helicopters I was living it up.

Earthquake

Last night while I was about to go to bed, we had an earthquake. It was pretty long and definitely shook the building, but that was about it. It was kind of weird to have one here. I thought I'd only feel them in California or Washington.

Anyway, I should be back to the home FOB pretty soon. This was kind of of a wasted trip since we didn't even get to deliver any mail. Oh well, that's Afghanistan.

Vacation Time

I get to leave our FOB to go to some of the FOB's and to Bagram to give out mail. It will be good to get out of here for a few days at least. I'm also supposed to take some customs class about what we can and can't have when we leave out of here.

It's getting pretty cold now, it looks like it's going to stay this way for a while. It's gonna be bad when it starts snowing though. Oh well, I have a warm coat at least.

Uh Oh

Looks like the unit is experiencing deployment drama. This seems to happen halfway or a three fourths way through a deployment, but is happening early for this one. People getting mad, telling crazy stories back home, doing stupid stuff here is all part of it. Hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come, but you never know.

I heard that Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize. Seems kind of strange, because I haven't seen much progress in that area. They give that prize out for just hoping for peace? They better start handing out a bunch more next year if that's how you get it.

AK47

I wanted to share this picture of me holding an AK47. This is weapon used in Afghanistan. Well, pretty much the entire third world. It's actually pretty light, even though it has a lot of metal and wood in it. They say you can bury it and come back to it a year later and it will still fire. I don't know about that, but it's a cool weapon anyway.

Another Day in Afghanistan

It was a long day today. We had about a billion jingle trucks that had to be either be unloaded, sent somewhere else, or just sent away. Not to mention getting fuel, straps, and oil. Talking to these guys is like talking to kindergartners with ADD. Luckily we have a really good interpreter. He's worked here four years and probably could do all of our jobs. He says he's getting his LAPR card soon and will be moving to San Antonio. Hopefully he does cause he deserves it.

Not much else going on besides this. A bunch of people are coming back from leave so we should be getting some 'days off.' We'll see what happens