A Year In The Sandbox

We left FOB (Forward Operating Base) Fenty early in the morning on Friday the 7th and headed for FOB Finley-Shields.  We had no idea what the billeting situation would be, so I made sure I was out there early enough to get on the first run hoping to get my pick of the billets.  They [...]

We left Ft Bragg on the 30th of October around lunchtime.  We flew on a chartered Ryan Air 767 which was a pretty nice plane.  There were 3 teams traveling together, so almost 250 folks.  The first leg of the flight was about 4 hours or so, from NC to Goose Bay Canada.  We stopped [...]

Thanks to my brother Walter I’m finally able to get on here and post an update.  Ever since I got to Afghanistan I hadn’t been able to log in here, I just got a blank white screen when I tried.  He found a workaround for me so now I can update again!  I have a few [...]