Current Location seems Permanent

Hold onto your socks everyone,

But I am actually posting twice in the same week. I will make a concerted effort to manage my time better to enable me to post on a more regular basis. However, I will be overly cautious in avoiding work related discussions, so please understand if there are some rather large and conspicuous holes in my posts, but protecting the missions and information is understandably my primary concern.

In any event, what I can tell you is where I have been here for the last two months - Afghanistan. I am working for a Joint (multi-service for you civilians) Task Force in Central Command's area of responsibility. How is that for a non-descript update?

As many of you know, my itinerary over the last few months was extremely fluid, to the point of frustration for many of you who wanted to know the details of where I was and what I was doing. This paucity of information will most likely continue throughout my deployment, but hopefully the fact that the food and air conditioning are doing quite well, and I am getting to the gym every day will give you an idea of my living conditions.

However, when it comes down to plumbing fixtures and walkways/sidewalks/passageways, I look back rather fondly at life on an aircraft carrier. I have a much better appreciation for western-designed toilets and showers, and I am quite sick of walking on gravel everywhere.

I hope everyone is doing well, and I will try to update you again shortly - hopefully I will encounter/experience something of interest, and hopefully I will be permitted to share it.

Take care,

Where the heck have you been??!!!

Hello again,

I am sorry it has taken me so long to update this blog and if everyone has stopped checking for updates it would not surprise me at all.

I am doing well, but have been very busy with long hours and limited access to the internet. Nevertheless, the conditions have been quite good all things considered. There is good food, the air conditioning works like a champ, and the gymnasium is excellent.

I will update again as soon as I am able to do so.

Best to everyone.