| NOVEMBER 4th
Hello:) How is everyone doing? I hope everyone is doing good. Well I would like to let everyone know that I arrived
to Afghanistan this past friday November 3. It took me so long to get here because of the following: I left Baltimore,
Maryland on Tuesday October 30, and I got to Germany (Ramstein) on the 31st. The samd day we left for Turkey to drop
some people off and once we landed we were told that we were not going to be able to take off due to raised security
reasons, so we had to spend the night there. The next day we left Turkey and went to Manas, Kyrgyzstan where we also had
to spend another night because there was no plane to take us to Afghanistan until the next day. Then the next day Friday
(our time since we are 12 and 1/2 hours ahead of California) I arrived here in Bagram safely and with no problems, just
a little dizzy from all the flying and I think that I came down with a cold. MORE
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NOVEMBER 9th
Hello :)
I hope everyone is doing good. I just wanted to give everyone an update on how I am doing so far. Work is going alright
just a little stressful sometimes because I'm learning how to do things I've never done, like talking on the radio, calling
the tower to let them know our teams will be blowing up some stuff and typing up their reports of what they did. The nice
part is that I can see all the stuff that civilians are throwing at us like bombs, mines and stuff, and how I'm helping the
overall mission. My hours are from like 9 am until 8 pm usually, nothing set in stone because it just depends on what we
are doing. I do get time in between to go to the gym, lunch and anything else I want to do, but pretty much nothing else
to do other than that. I managed to sleep until 5 am this morning which is good, since I've been waking up at 4 am almost
everyday. I'm still trying to get used to the time difference! Food is okay, I'm trying to stay away from beef, and milk,
since most people have gotten sick from it. I drink about 4 to 6 bottles of water everyday, which is a lot for me. They
have some texas hold'em tournaments so I'll probably start doing that to keep me entertained.MORE
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