Afghanistan Stories


A DAY IN MARJAH

0000/midnight: post from midnight to 0400 0400: prep for combat/security patrol 0430: start patrol 0530: roughly half way point start route back 0630: return to base 0700: relieve squad on detainee watch 0800: go on quick reaction force(qrf) 1200: back on post 1600: combat patrol 1800: return to base and get chow 1900: lift/workout (sandbags ...


Kabul: Carpets and 'Copters

Carpets and ‘Copters: Kabul Friday past in a series of meetings at one of my company’s facilities just outside of Kabul on the Jalabad road. In the evening I had dinner with members of the local management team at a restaurant in ‘downtown’ Kabul. I didn’t bring my camera, and regretted it as we drove through the city and turned off into increasingly n...


A Trip to Kabul Commences

A Trip to Kabul Commences I got home at 11pm after my flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok. Unfortunately, in addition to the departure of the flight being delayed, when I arrived in Bangkok my two instrument cases appeared to be mislaid. I won’t mention the name of the airline involved, to protect the guilty, but after an hour wait (I declined the ...