David Clarke - Army Strong Stories

And now they are gone.

David Clarke — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:49:00 GMT

By: David Clarke
Well the transition is over. The 101ST GUYS HAVE GONE HOME. When a deploying unit replacesa the current deployed unit it has to learn the area of operations(AO) and the way that unit ran things... the patrols, tatical operation center (TOC), guard, and anything else we do. First we have to learn the way they do it, and then after they leave we can change it... and believe me we are. Cleaning things up, fixing the random things wrong with the amenaties, building new gaurd towers, changing the...read more

First 2 Weeks

David Clarke — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:50:00 GMT

By: David Clarke
Well, Im here now. Finally at our COB. I was surprised as to how long it took us to get to our actual station over here. First we flew from the states to Germany, then to Kyrgyzstan (never new the country existed till i was there), next was Bagram Air Field (BAF) Afghanistan, then of to Salerno, and now our COB. The flights to Germany and Kyrgyzstan were on a commercial airline, stopping in Germany to refit. Manas is the staging area for US Forces going into Afghan, kind of like Kuwait is for...read more

Deployment Life

David Clarke — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:50:00 GMT

By: David Clarke
Deploying to Afghanistan shortly. My goal is to give anyone interested an idea of what is is like over there. This will be my first deployment, and feel free free to ask any questions as it goes along....read more