Happy Thanksgiving from Kabul, Afghanistan!

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

I hope everyone has a great day.  If we get a pic of the CJ6 folks and Navy folks here, I'll get that out to everyone.  We have the day off today -- not low battle rhythm, the day OFF!  THe Force Protection guys and Operations Cell folks are still cranking along, but I'm sitting on my duff looking at all the bazillion pix KL took in Manassas and San Diego.

 

Everybody be safe travelling -- cuz I'm NOT travelling anywhere today.  I'll be damned if I put my battle rattle on today.

 

Cheers,

Jody

--
"...wrap your arms around your body armor, give it a big embrace, and LEARN TO LOVE THE SUCK!"
  -- Sergeant First Class Jenkins, 13 JUL 08

We made it to Qatar!

Cost to me of a trip to Qatar from Afghanistan: $0
Cost to the US Government:$ A lot I'm sure$
Time to get to Qatar:
  - 30 hours at Bagram waiting for muster time
  - 2 hours of waiting in air terminal
  - 5 hours in a C130 (now I know why everyone scrambles to get on C17s instead of C130s.  Jumpseats suck!)
  - 1 hour in Qatari Customs
  - 1 hour of waiting IN THE BUS with IBA on (no place to store them) for our security escort to show up
  - 1 hour of briefs, sheets issue, and associated crap
  - 0300 get to bed after starting the checks for flying 20 hours earlier.

Sleeping on a brand new mattress (8 guys to a room, but we each got our own locker) with clean sheets and total silence in a country where my cell phone doesn't work/ring: Priceless.

Cheers!
Jody

--
"...wrap your arms around your body armor, give it a big embrace, and LEARN TO LOVE THE SUCK!"
  -- Sergeant First Class Jenkins, 13 JUL 08

4 Day Pass

Hello All,

  Sitting at Bagram Air Field awaiting transportation to Qatar for our 4 day pass.  We've watched some movies, walked around the PX, and played some FreeCiv.  It is SO time to get on that plane tomorrow.  There's tons to do at the 4 day pass site in Qatar.  I'm looking forward to getting there.

 

  Now if I can just find somewhere to watch news since this is election day.....

 

Cheers,

Jody

--
"...wrap your arms around your body armor, give it a big embrace, and LEARN TO LOVE THE SUCK!"
  -- Sergeant First Class Jenkins, 13 JUL 08