An old mud building where some of the guards sleep
A network switching box for a multimillion dollar Afghan MOD Network inside the Mud Hut...that is planning at its finest
Old picture of a nearby village
They have been working hard. Note the transition from mud to bricks and the tower in the middle. This is the common style for a home in the area and most of AF. It is probably an entire family (grandparents, parents, kids and more) in the walled off compound.
Nearby hydro-electric damn
Russians left in a hurry and left a bunch of junk
Sweet jeep thing that we are going to try to rescue next trip to Kabul
I am taking orders if anyone is interested let me know your size and preferred color. I can get a great deal if I order in bulk. Note: they have purple and gold
High rise living. This is in Bagram. These are CONNEX boxes like you see on 18wheelers going down the interstate. We use these for everything over here.
What a week! Started the week with a run to KABUL for various reasons. Finished a book titled Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror and started another on what “The West” must do to fight off religious extremists that will stop at nothing to destroy our way of life. I have started making election security preparations. With that said, my leave has changed to early Sept, vice the second half of August due to the elections. The initial scheduling of my leave during the elections was an oversight on my part. Some of you have expressed concern for my mental well-being in response to some of my writing. I am fine. I have been doing a lot of reading about politics and other current events, and much of it has been eye opening. I am not talking about rumor mill “Where was Obama born?” stuff or anything of that nature. I am talking about possibly more disturbing things:
1. Did you know that very few, if any, of our congressmen actually read bills before they vote on them one way or another? What do we pay these people for? Is that representative of your way of doing things? We have to stop electing career politicians.
2. I mentioned last week terrorist training worldwide and even in the U.S….just this week, a few family members were arrested in VA for just that.
3. Some congressmen are so out of touch with reality they don’t know the details of some of the most basic laws in the U.S. (ie. Drinking age and smoking age). Once again, how can we entrust the responsibility of making and enforcing laws to an elitist few who don’t care to learn about what laws they are making or the people they affect?
(same guy this guy is unbeleiveable and par for the course as far as our "representatives" go, as far as I am concerned)
My world is not all doom and gloom. I enjoy myself day to day here in this wild country. A little biblical lesson: Many of you may have wondered like I have, “What is wrong with these people?” “Something just ain’t right.” I will let you know that it is written that these people shall not “be right.” Genesis Chapter 16 is God talking to Abraham’s mistress, Hagar. She had just run away from Sarah and Abraham after Abraham got her pregnant…long story short, God tells her to cheer up, “you’re with child…your having a boy…Ishmael…He shall be a wild man. His hand shall be against every man and every man’s hand against him.”
Some translations even say Ishmael’s people will be a “Wild ass people.” The Arabs are decedents of Ishmael. Afghans will tell you that they are not Arabs…surprise guys, you come from Arabs.
As far as still coming home in December, that is up in the air, too. The Navy will try to use guys like me that are already trained and over here to fill some positions for a few months to take us out to our original dates…going with the flow as usual.
Thank you all for your prayers and support. Have a good weekend. God Bless.
BMP
Requesting 4 Red and Gold dresses (with the beaded star detail) for you, Murl, Maj and me. It's mandatory for Red Dress Run 2010.
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