New Year

I hope New Year's eve was great back home.

New Year here was pretty nonexistent. Nothing too different than what we normally do. Considering life in our part of Afghanistan hasn't really changed......there are several hubs before I make it to Dallas: Blessing to Jalalabad air field (JAF); JAF to Bagram air field (BAF); BAF to Kuwait; Kuwait to Atlanta/Dallas. Guys have been making this entire leg in 3-4 days time, including the day they "regain" as they fly back to the States......

From Blessing, LT Alex Pruden also wrote in his blog today:

"... We keep waiting for things to slow down a little bit, but as it turns out in the Pech Valley, the term "fighting season" is kind of a misnomer.  It seems like every season is the fighting season, and Winter no less so....... so much so that we barely even noticed the holidays (except for getting Christmas off to relax).  But we still managed to find a little time to celebrate......"