A Year In The Sandbox

On 15 March 2009 on our way back to the FOB from assessing a future school site in Kot, the lead vehicle of our 4 vehicle convoy (I was in the 4th truck) struck an IED. The truck was occupied by SSgt Timothy Bowles, SGT Christopher Abeyta, SPC Robert Weinger and SPC Norman Cain, four [...]

On Saturday after I got back from Achin I was sitting in my office and my buddy Cal came in and said, “You have to come to the ECP (entry control point), they have a MONKEY!” So I grabbed my camera and we walked out there. When I got there I saw this little guy [...]

Servicemembers provide medical care to 120 Afghans
This was back at the Our Mother of Hope school. I wasn’t on this mission, it went while I was still in Qatar, but the medics both talked about how rewarding it was and how much they enjoyed it.

We took a trip out to Bati Kot the other day to assess some clinics and ended up a little lost. All we get for the locations are a rough grid and from that we have to try to find it on our own. We have some aerial imagery and maps to try to nail [...]

Not much to write about in this one, just a few pictures to share. We went down to the Shinwar district the other day to check out some clinics and so one of the Civil Affairs guys could talk to the governor there. Everything went smooth and we found everything we were looking for (doesn’t [...]