Comments on: Earthquake In Sherzad http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/2009/05/07/earthquake-in-sherzad/ A chronicle of my experiences preparing for and going on a deployment to Afghanistan Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:04:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: YooperBrat http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/2009/05/07/earthquake-in-sherzad/comment-page-1/#comment-1660 YooperBrat Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:38:52 +0000 http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/?p=339#comment-1660 I loved seein the pic of the rainbow, and that you saw this at the end of the day makes it even more special... Be safe.... I loved seein the pic of the rainbow, and that you saw this at the end of the day makes it even more special…
Be safe….

]]> By: jody http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/2009/05/07/earthquake-in-sherzad/comment-page-1/#comment-1638 jody Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:51:46 +0000 http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/?p=339#comment-1638 Liza. I thought a similar thought about the rainbow. It is God's promise . I was happy to see it also. Prayer is one of the most powerful weapons we all can use to help our men and women get thru this. I am so glad to see the support here. Keep sending those care packages. They are really uplifting and the troops greatly appreciate them.. Hey, Drew, miss and love you.. Come home soon... Praying for God's hedge of protection around you .. God Speed PFC Drew. Liza.
I thought a similar thought about the rainbow. It is God’s promise . I was happy to see it also. Prayer is one of the most powerful weapons we all can use to help our men and women get thru this. I am so glad to see the support here. Keep sending those care packages. They are really uplifting and the troops greatly appreciate them..
Hey, Drew, miss and love you.. Come home soon… Praying for God’s hedge of protection around you .. God Speed PFC Drew.

]]> By: liza http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/2009/05/07/earthquake-in-sherzad/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 liza Sun, 31 May 2009 13:17:35 +0000 http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/?p=339#comment-1518 lol ...."ready, fire, aim..." I love that you took a shot of the rainbow. It shows your optimism in the middle of all that mess. Eventhough, my husband is getting ready for a deployment on his sub, we still count our blessings everyday. Thank you from both of us! Good luck with all you do! lol ….”ready, fire, aim…”

I love that you took a shot of the rainbow. It shows your optimism in the middle of all that mess. Eventhough, my husband is getting ready for a deployment on his sub, we still count our blessings everyday. Thank you from both of us!

Good luck with all you do!

]]> By: Nick Burtch http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/2009/05/07/earthquake-in-sherzad/comment-page-1/#comment-1487 Nick Burtch Sat, 30 May 2009 20:41:32 +0000 http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/?p=339#comment-1487 what u need to make this entry complete is picture of me rocking that fork lift son!! go supply!! what u need to make this entry complete is picture of me rocking that fork lift son!! go supply!!

]]> By: Tom http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/2009/05/07/earthquake-in-sherzad/comment-page-1/#comment-1363 Tom Wed, 27 May 2009 11:18:54 +0000 http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/?p=339#comment-1363 Jody - Funny you should mention that - my first suggestion was to buy 1,000 Flip Videos and pass them out, so they can show the world what they're doing (and keep the camera!) I guess the contest (with only 4 cameras) is a kind of...compromise! Maybe if it works we can do better next time. Jody –

Funny you should mention that – my first suggestion was to buy 1,000 Flip Videos and pass them out, so they can show the world what they’re doing (and keep the camera!) I guess the contest (with only 4 cameras) is a kind of…compromise! Maybe if it works we can do better next time.

]]> By: Jody Bowden http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/2009/05/07/earthquake-in-sherzad/comment-page-1/#comment-1221 Jody Bowden Sat, 23 May 2009 18:42:00 +0000 http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/?p=339#comment-1221 A suggestion for Tom. Give Mike the camcorders! Every soldier deserves a free camcorder. Perhaps you can see what you can do. Every soldier in Afghanistan (and Iraq for that matter) risk their lives every single second of every single day.. If you can please please get these fantastic people camcorders, that would be awesome! THey are all heroes and deserve to be treated with the upmost respect! Mike: Where have ya been? Everything good? A suggestion for Tom.
Give Mike the camcorders! Every soldier deserves a free camcorder. Perhaps you can see what you can do. Every soldier in Afghanistan (and Iraq for that matter) risk their lives every single second of every single day.. If you can please please get these fantastic people camcorders, that would be awesome! THey are all heroes and deserve to be treated with the upmost respect!

Mike: Where have ya been? Everything good?

]]> By: Tom http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/2009/05/07/earthquake-in-sherzad/comment-page-1/#comment-1058 Tom Tue, 19 May 2009 12:31:01 +0000 http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/?p=339#comment-1058 Mike - As someone who has been there a couple of times myself, nice work showing the "other side" of Afghanistan. I'm assuming you moderate comments, so feel free to read and delete (couldn't find an email address on your site) - I just wanted to make you aware of a video contest being sponsored by NATO (videos screened for OPSEC then posted to YouTube for voting) with a few camcorders to give away. As the theme is "Why Afghanistan Matters" you or your fellow HA-ers may have an interest in entering. All info is at afghanistanmatters.com. I appreciate that you guys took cameras and posted pictures from the earthquake relief - hardly anyone knew that US or NATO troops pitched in to help afterward. If everyone took a camera along and (properly screened of course) shared the good news, our public would have a different picture of Afghanistan! Stay safe and keep up the good work. Mike –

As someone who has been there a couple of times myself, nice work showing the “other side” of Afghanistan. I’m assuming you moderate comments, so feel free to read and delete (couldn’t find an email address on your site) – I just wanted to make you aware of a video contest being sponsored by NATO (videos screened for OPSEC then posted to YouTube for voting) with a few camcorders to give away. As the theme is “Why Afghanistan Matters” you or your fellow HA-ers may have an interest in entering. All info is at afghanistanmatters.com. I appreciate that you guys took cameras and posted pictures from the earthquake relief – hardly anyone knew that US or NATO troops pitched in to help afterward. If everyone took a camera along and (properly screened of course) shared the good news, our public would have a different picture of Afghanistan! Stay safe and keep up the good work.

]]> By: Lucas http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/2009/05/07/earthquake-in-sherzad/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Lucas Sat, 09 May 2009 19:37:56 +0000 http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/?p=339#comment-726 I'm so amazed by you all over there. For you to give up one of your rare days off to go on a HA mission just proves what incredible people our service men and women are. Thank you so much for the pictures and the story. Your photos really show me what it's like over there and that makes it a little easier for me to deal with having a loved one over there. Please keep yourself safe. People back home are thinking of and praying for you. I’m so amazed by you all over there. For you to give up one of your rare days off to go on a HA mission just proves what incredible people our service men and women are. Thank you so much for the pictures and the story. Your photos really show me what it’s like over there and that makes it a little easier for me to deal with having a loved one over there. Please keep yourself safe. People back home are thinking of and praying for you.

]]> By: Lorraine http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/2009/05/07/earthquake-in-sherzad/comment-page-1/#comment-697 Lorraine Fri, 08 May 2009 23:16:09 +0000 http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/?p=339#comment-697 Very good to hear from you. Just a note about getting stuck in Afghanistan: Every blog from the area always includes a got stuck story. Now I don't mean the body of blogs - I mean every story about leaving the wire. I guess there are better drivers than others but still - it is easy to get stuck there. When I was there in the early '70s there was a paved road to Herat. If you were off of that one road - you got stuck somewhere - period. Maybe that is why the toyota corollas are so popular - don't weigh as much and aren't wide. What do I know - I get stuck in snow 1 inch deep. Please keep up your writing and stay safe. Very good to hear from you. Just a note about getting stuck in Afghanistan: Every blog from the area always includes a got stuck story. Now I don’t mean the body of blogs – I mean every story about leaving the wire. I guess there are better drivers than others but still – it is easy to get stuck there. When I was there in the early ’70s there was a paved road to Herat. If you were off of that one road – you got stuck somewhere – period. Maybe that is why the toyota corollas are so popular – don’t weigh as much and aren’t wide. What do I know – I get stuck in snow 1 inch deep. Please keep up your writing and stay safe.

]]> By: deborah http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/2009/05/07/earthquake-in-sherzad/comment-page-1/#comment-685 deborah Fri, 08 May 2009 14:07:43 +0000 http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/?p=339#comment-685 Glad to hear from you. Got worried something was going on. Loved the story although I'm sure you were royally PO'd with the "QPUS" you had for a driver. Have a great week. God bless you and your team. Deborah Glad to hear from you. Got worried something was going on. Loved the story although I’m sure you were royally PO’d with the “QPUS” you had for a driver. Have a great week. God bless you and your team.

Deborah

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