Frequent flyer miles ...
The other day, FL asked me to take on an additional task: go to Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and the Republic of Georgia, and continue training and supporting BDC's employees in the software which rolled out July 3.
I am writing this at Bagram Air Field after flying from Baghdad to Dubai on Friday night, July 8, and then flying a charter from Dubai to Bagram at 2:15 this morning (Sat July 9). Tomorrow morning, I catch a 7:00 AM mil-flight (a C-130, for you veterans out there) to Karshi , Uzbekistan . I will be there for 4-5 days. Then I head back to BAF, catch the charter to Dubai, and take a commercial flight to Tbilisi, Georgia.
FL says I should pay HIM for being able to go to Georgia, and from what I have seen and heard about it, he's right.
At any rate, I will NOT be heading back to Dallas on July 12 like I thought. It looks like I will be going back on July 24. More stay, more pay, as I like to tell myself every now and then.
Submariner and Lobster (the New Guy's nickname, since he impressed us all one night at the DFAC by eating three plates of lobsters and crab legs) have been in Afghanistan for about a week. I caught up with S~ today, and he will be heading back to Dallas for some much-needed R&R and quality time with his kids.
I, too, am looking forward to seeing The Lovely One and the Two GIrls soon.
Thanks to all of you for reading and commenting. It has been a hectic past two-and-a-half weeks, getting ready for the GoLive of July 3 with this new software. Things should settle down over the next two weeks, though, and I am hopeful that I can post some more stories. Submariner took a dim view of my poem, but I will post some as they hit me.
L&K,
Moi
P.S. Can somebody please tell me why the Afghanistan time zone is GMT/UTC + 4:30?
I am writing this at Bagram Air Field after flying from Baghdad to Dubai on Friday night, July 8, and then flying a charter from Dubai to Bagram at 2:15 this morning (Sat July 9). Tomorrow morning, I catch a 7:00 AM mil-flight (a C-130, for you veterans out there) to Karshi , Uzbekistan . I will be there for 4-5 days. Then I head back to BAF, catch the charter to Dubai, and take a commercial flight to Tbilisi, Georgia.
FL says I should pay HIM for being able to go to Georgia, and from what I have seen and heard about it, he's right.
At any rate, I will NOT be heading back to Dallas on July 12 like I thought. It looks like I will be going back on July 24. More stay, more pay, as I like to tell myself every now and then.
Submariner and Lobster (the New Guy's nickname, since he impressed us all one night at the DFAC by eating three plates of lobsters and crab legs) have been in Afghanistan for about a week. I caught up with S~ today, and he will be heading back to Dallas for some much-needed R&R and quality time with his kids.
I, too, am looking forward to seeing The Lovely One and the Two GIrls soon.
Thanks to all of you for reading and commenting. It has been a hectic past two-and-a-half weeks, getting ready for the GoLive of July 3 with this new software. Things should settle down over the next two weeks, though, and I am hopeful that I can post some more stories. Submariner took a dim view of my poem, but I will post some as they hit me.
L&K,
Moi
P.S. Can somebody please tell me why the Afghanistan time zone is GMT/UTC + 4:30?
posted by Steve | 6:48 AM
1 Comments:
Dear Steve,
Your posts have been a hoot for the last several weeks. Glad to see that you have been exposed to "the world". Can you picture your "dearly beloved" dressed in the "au courant fashion", ie:chador,chadari, or bourqa, that you have been exposed to.
As conservative as I am, I would prefer jeans to a chador. But... I seem to remember that the women of Iran thought the same way pre-1979.
May The Lord Jesus Christ (I mean this most sincerely) bless your journey with insight and conservative compassion and with your considerable expertise help these people of the centuries ago.
Your evil-right wing (and proud of it) sis-in-law,
OO-RAH Marine Mom
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