Afghanistan - One Month In

What can I say? You do one war zone, you gotta do the other. "War zone". That's funny to say. When you grow up as a child and fantasize about "Saving Private Ryan" in the woods with sticks, or playing Call of Duty, this place doesn't strike you as a war zone. Don't get me wrong, as cliche as it might sound, I am at the Tip of the Spear.

Being on the border of Pakistan might not sound appealing to most sane people. Add that to a list composed of descriptive components such as "tiny base", "Afghan security", and "Haqqani's backyard". To put it bluntly, it's real here. Iraq was a bad neighborhood. This is something different. For one thing, this is a country with people that operate at a tribal level. Interacting with them makes me feel like I'm starring in an episode of Stargate SG-1.

The people, the culture, the terrain... Almost everything is different.

I'm writing this post at a spur of the moment, I really haven't thought of anything to actually write about. However, I view this like getting back in the gym: Once you start back up, its easier to keep doing it rather than just talk about it. In the next couple of days I'll start posting meaty entries. I'd like to quickly cover what happend for the months missing. I'd also like to restart the POTD posts.