Wanted to attach a link to a story I published today about Hairaton logistics at the Afghan/Uzbek border Link   Some of my favorite photos from the story A view of the river and streetside from a building in Hairiton.  You can see the German force protection team with their armored vehicles in the background. Lieutenant Csech, Hungarian Army, on the left was our joint visitor bureau guide at Camp Marmal.  He arranged transportation and tents for us :) Maj Gen McMahon presents a unit...read more

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Just got back from an amazing mission to Afghanistan!  Managed to get to the Afghanistan/Uzbek border, Afghanistan/Pakistan border, Masar e Shariff, Hairaton, Jalalabad, and Torkham.   Here a just a few of some great photos that I took.  More later when have more time :)   At the Afghanistan / Uzbekistan border (Hairitan) March 24, 2010.   At the Afghanistan / Pakistan border, March 25, 2010.   A walking patrol of Torkham, Afghanistan with a heavy personnel security detail.  A...read more

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Great article from 3rd Army regarding the move of cargo/equipment from Iraq to Afghanistan and retrograde operations.   Article Link   Photo credit Sgt. David John Nunn Spc. Robert-Lee Pass performs preventative maintenance checks and services on his Heavy Expanded Mobility Truck, or HEMT wrecker, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. His National Guard unit, the 1166th Combat Heavy Equipment Transportation Company, is supporting Third Army’s Responsible Drawdown by transporting heavy equipment from...read more

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I’ve been able to spend some time at what we call the SPOD (seaport of debarkation). The main SPOD in Kuwait is the seaport of Ash Shuybah. There are over 20 berths for vessels – a huge number for a seaport. Many large seaports only have 7-8 berths. The U.S. military normally only uses 2-4 of the berths and usually only 1-2 concurrently now. During the major surge of Iraq operations in 2003, they sometimes used over 10 at a time. There are many moving pieces of the operation to include...read more

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Things are going well here! Planning an upcoming trip outside of Kuwait. Will be able to discuss more after. It was awesome to see photos of my boy Ezra playing with his grandparents and momma!!!!

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Yes, it is possible to have some grass in the desert!  Some soccer photos of a game with Kuwait Military team versus U.S. Army Kuwait team  

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Everything is well here. It is starting to get hot, I mean real hot! & I love warm weather. I have been working out at lunchtime but that may be ending soon. Yesterday, I ran a 2 mile run for time on the track in what was probably 95 degree heat. My time was very good considering I was still sore from my soccer game and the heat. I was able to run a sub 14 minute 2 mile which probably equals almost a 13 minute two mile with fresh legs and decent temps. Yesterday afternoon and evening I had a...read more

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  We had a meeting the other day with some Special Oeprations logisticians.  The Special OPS guys specialize in foreign internal defense, counter-insurgency, and clandestine ops.  Much of what they do is secret so can't really discuss on a blog.  However, during the interest roundtable discussion, one officer mentioned the concept of the starfish and the spider.  The idea is that a starfish keeps re-generating no matter where it gets cut.  However, a spider can be killed by cutting at the...read more

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Have some things to say but no time :)  will add a few photos   Yes, KFC exists in the desert :)  i have not eatend there for fear of my stomach not accepting it but in case i decide too there are also some nice port-johns nearby there is a small Starbucks beyond the KFC too!   Cool photo today from the DOD Flickr site Caption "U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates exits a V-22 Osprey aircraft at Forward Operating Base Cafferata, Afghanistan, March 9, 2010. DoD photo by Cherie...read more

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All is well here in the desert. I was able to get away today to workout during lunch. I need to buy some actual boxing gloves because the weightlifting gloves are not enough. They work for about 10-15 minutes but after that my hands start blistering. I’m definitely going to buy some or order some today because 30 minutes of heavy bag boxing equals knuckle blisters without gloves. Yesterday, we had a two star Army General that went very well. We ended up having an informal dinner at the dining...read more

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