Since I couldn't include pictures with the last posting, here are some pictures of the airplane we flew on from Salerno to Bagram. It's called a STOL, Short Take-Off and Landing. It is mainly used to deliver the mail and a secondary purpose is to move small numbers of personnel. We had to help unload the mail before we could load our gear on the plane.
After spending the night in Baltimore, I had a short day to get home. Flew from Baltimore, through Chicago and on to Des Moines. I was home by 3 pm on the 24th. Here are some pictures from the airport where I was greeted by family and friends.

Since I have been home, I haven't done much but relax. We did take a weekend trip to St. Louis to see a Cardinals game and go to Six Flags. The Cardinals game was a good one, they beat the Astros. It rained on us at Six Flags, but quit by noon and turned out to be a pretty nice day.

No wonder these seats were available, we were looking directly into the setting sun, but only until the end of the second inning. Then they were pretty good seats.

Two more weeks to relax, the kids (2 out of 3) start school tomorrow, the 3rd starts school on the 15th of September. I don't have to go back to work (my civilian job) until 1 Sep. After being away from that job for 9 months, it'll be like starting a new job. I don't plan to continue with this blog as my Afghanistan adventure is over and my civilian job probably won't provide the material for blog postings as my experience in Afghanistan did.