12/16/2008

Another day in beautiful Afghanistan is drawing to a close. Temperatures are slowly starting to get colder although still no clouds in the sky and no snow either. I'm still running around without a jacket on so it's not that bad yet!

In some interesting news....As some of you may already know I had to pack a "toughbox" for the deployment. Basically it was supposed to be a year supply of all hygiene items, extra uniforms, or anything else that you thought you might need. I spent a lot of money on getting it ready and I also put all my extreme cold weather gear (military down jackets and pants) in the box. We were notified about a week ago that our toughboxes had made it to Pakistan (they had to travel but ships across the ocean). THEN...we get told that the shipyard was mortared and there is a 65% chance that all of our toughboxes were destroyed. They still can't confirm though....what a waste of my money! Who knows if or when I'll ever get it. Oh well....

We've been really busy here lately with elections coming up. Taliban is moving in and trying to influence people so we've had to step up our patrols. Elections are in January, so hopefully once that is over things will calm down a little.

I wanted to thank everyone for the amazing care packages. I couldn't have better friends and family back home! Miss you all!

Me and my flight ops counter part (SSG WIRTH) showing how we handle unruly pilots!



Chilling out at the flight line. Notice the sky...NEVER A COULD IN IT!