Settling In At Bagram, AF

I have heard from Andrew two times since landing in Bragram, AF. He said the base is huge and has a lot of resources. He said the "chow hall" has great food and he is going to have to limit himself to the pecan pie to once per week or only before going out on missions. There are numerous fast food restaurants in a "food-court-like building" which includes Burger King, Subway, Popeye's Chicken, Pizza Hut, and some others I can't remember. He was also impressed with a store that you can custom order cars and motorcycles to be made and ready to pick up the minute you get back into the USA. He mentioned a Harley Davidson and of coarse my response was a big LAUGH!

The weather there is similar to Indiana right now. It is the mid-60's during the day and 40's at night. He said he hasn't been out in the weather much yet because they are stuck inside with trainings to get familiar with the location, job, fellow soldiers, etc...in Andrew words "doing stupid useless waste of time stuff." He has been training the last year for this job and is ready to do the "real" work.

Well that is all for this update. I am waiting for Andrew to send some pictures so we can see his living arrangements, work space, etc.

Until next time......

It's ALWAYS "See you later" NEVER say "Good bye!"

As many of you know, Andrew has begun his 2nd deployment to Afghanistan. He left the state of Washington on 10/25 and flew 6hrs. to Maine. Then from Maine they flew to Germany and Germany to Kyrgyzstan. He was able to call me from Kyrgyzstan on 10/27 around 7am which was 4:30pm for him. We talked on a satellite phone which was a little tricky because there is such a long delay. We will get the hang of it in no time I am sure. He was unable to tell me when he would be leaving Kyrgyzstan and arriving in Afghanistan but will call ASAP when he arrives and gets settled. He will be stationed at a large base in Bagram Afghanistan. I was able to get his mailing address already and have posted on the right hand side of the blog. Feel free to start sending care packages with lots of goodies, movies, books, etc. It is hard to tell how long packages will take to get there, from the last deployment experience it took anywhere from 2wks - 6wks.

Andrew has a camera with him and will hopefully be able to send pictures to me that I can share on the blog. Although, with his job somethings have to be vague and cannot have a lot of detail of people, places and times. Feel free to respond on the blog and send Andrew messages.

I will post again when I hear from Andrew in Afghanistan. For now, hug your loved ones tight every time you see them!