TSO Embedded in A’stan
Stuck like Chuck an MP.
I was disabused today of my previously held belief that QRF was some sort of latin for “Quiet and Relaxation Farce.” Astonishingly, they actually believe in this unit that it is the “when things go to shit, who ya gonna call” force. Which really put a pretty sizeable dent in my plans today, which involved […]
Outside the Wire, fun with the ANA
Even before I made it out here (FOB Andar) I had heard an NCO tell me how lucky I was to get embedded with Able Co, 3-66. “Awesome unit, awesome leadership”, he said. “They love the CO, but they worship the 1SG, dude is a stud.” That was my first impression when I met the […]
Top 5 Things I hate about Afghanistan
1) BAF 2) The Pax Terminal at BAF 3) The personnel at the Pax Terminal on BAF telling me my flight is cancelled. 4) After personnel at the Pax Terminal on BAF tell me my flight is cancelled, and that there is some Space A, and I should give them my passport and then either […]
Officers in the mist….
Living with officers in a hooch, I can’t help but feel like Jane Goodall or whatever her name was. The officer class is an inscrutable race. I live with 5 O4’s, an IG, G2, JAG, PAO and Chaplain. The Chaplain has been remarkably tolerant. One should never get 3 Mass guys together around a chaplain […]
Stuck inside of Kandahar with those Sharana blues again….
Disregard, I may have found a guy who knows a guy whose second cousin once dated a dude who can fly me in an ultra-light. (Actually, I may have a bird.) Unicorn Shit Pancakes for Brunch FTW.
No shit, there I was….
So I land at KAF and we head over to check in. Dude gives the “Welcome to War” speech and then goes into the does and don’ts of KAF. Wear your PT belt, eye protection at all time, rockets bad, sex bad, beer bad etc. So the guy gives the spiel about rockets and when […]
Waiting on the birds
Crossposted from my other home… Kentucky. $#!^! I’m still only in Kentucky. Every time I think I’m gonna wake up back in the desert. When I was home after my first tour, it was worse. I’d wake up and there’d be nothing. When I was here, I wanted to be there. When I was there, […]
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