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Sam Damon in Once an Eagle:

"Ah God. God, help me. Help me to be wise and full of courage and sound judgment. Harden my heart to the sights that I must see so soon again, grant me only the power to think clearly, boldly, resolutely, no matter how unnerving the peril. Let me not fail them."

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Afghanistan

I've made it to Afghanistan safe and sound.  It took several days of travel that seemed like a never-ending cycle of waiting and flying but we finally made it to Kandahar.  It doesn't smell as bad as Manas did, but the dust is absolutely horrible!  I couldn't believe just how bad the dust was until we got here.  It gets everywhere, into everything, and just causes problems for both equipment and people.  The drivers here on Kandahar AirField (KAF) are horrible too.  At night you have to go around wearing a reflective belt, and you only have to be on the road for 5 minutes to understand exactly why. 

Right now I'm doing some training to get ready to join my unit, and after we finish it up, I have to stay for about another week doing more training to get ready to take a platoon.  Well, my time on the computer just ran out, so I'll be back to post more soon.
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