Back to Reality

It's been a couple days since my last posting. Yesterday we all got a sobering reminder of why we are here. Two American heroes paid the ultimate price, for our country and Afghanistan, while on a convoy in a neighboring village. Their convoy was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED). The explosion was big enough we heard it and felt it on the base. As a result our communications to outside world were restricted until the families were notified. A good reminder to me as to why I'm glad to be a FOBbette and to do what I can to improve the facilities and support for those who do go outside the wire.

Enough of that stuff, the top picture above shows another mode of transportation for the Afghan workers on the base. There are several small tractors, one pulls a small trailer that the workers ride in, standing up. I usually see this one every morning as they go to the local Afghan bakery, on base, to get bread for their lunches or for a break. The second picture is one of the bunkers on base. This one has to be moved as it is in the way of our road paving. The last picture is of a plane on the gravel runway off-loading supplies for the base.

The local bakery is called Aziz's Bakery, I'll try to get a picture of it for a future posting. It's operated by a local and has been allowed to stay on the base to serve the many locals and third country nationals on base. Aziz (not sure on the spelling) has invited our team for tea on Friday afternoon. The last team went there often and he is probably feeling the loss in revenue. Looks like I might get a chance to sample the local cuisine later this week.