The Mud... Three months of rain and snow left the Afghanistan's barren landscape into a huge mud soup pit. I was out at the gates of KMTC pushing the slop around with a square shovel and shoveling gravel into them... only to see it disappear and someone stepping in it which the slop 'ate' their foot before they yank it out. At least it was fun ( Read more... )

Yarr! No small pox, no small pox!! For now at least, the medics had ran out of the crap earlier today so me and the rest of my squad is on 'hold' until further notice ( Read more... )

Yea, I had alot of stuff on my 'plate' to go done on the net yesterday, and NOTHING gone done. So I'm quickly doing what I can, and hoping the people that I wish to chat to logs on soon, but being at this time of the day for me, everyone is asleep. And since there is a class alittle bit later on today, I have very limited time ( Read more... )

Yea, as soon as the clouds broke up and the sun came out, the snow rapidly melted as the temperature rose to around 50 degrees and made Camp Phoenix's roads and walkways nothing but a slushy lake ( Read more... )

Yea, 7 inches of snow has collected today and it's still snowing alot right now. looks pretty, I'll be taking some pictures of it and passing it along. However we have a 'On call' patrol/mission to do, if and whenever we get called up to do the mission. The mission is to escort the Mongolian horde (Yes the LT said 'horde'. lol) to an air base ( Read more... )

Yea. I'm hating it. One Joe that I promise to help him find software for his digital camcorder didn't bring it, another Joe wants to download pictures from his digital camera later, and the other one forgot to bring it. *sigh* Now I have to wait until much later to upload pictures on the net, unless I could bare the cold and wake to the MWR ( Read more... )

Believe or not. A third world country has some really nice places. We took a 'patrol' to a real fancy hotel a ways past Kabul, and the place is really something. I'll be posting up pictures and links to the pictures next update hopefully. And I'll say more about the trip ( Read more... )

Not sure why I didn't spot it, but I did before we left KMTC yesterday. No matter how cold it gets, the Mad Mexican never puts on any extra cold weather gear. He claims that he's never cold, and anyone else is wussies. Heh, he sat next to me as I was gunner on the Pizza (on the M-240! Yarr) truck on the way back to Phoenix. He also shared that ( Read more... )

Yea, I'm a bit ticked off. Last two nights ago, the weather has gotten so cold that it damaged and shut down five generators in Camp Phoenix. And the barracks had gotten cold... Ice cold. So far, my batteries in my digital camera became shot... again. And a few bottles, ie, my shapoo bottle had formed ice crystals in them. I'm sick of that, ( Read more... )

Uhm... yea, wtf? We were suppose to get them back at Atterbury some eight months ago, and they decide now it's a great time to inject the virus on the troops. Talk about insane... during the three week period that our bodies are fighting this crap, we can easily pass it around to others or other part of our body and that crap really f***ed with ( Read more... )