25 Oct. Just a quick note. Bean emailed me and said she may be moving to FOB Fenty today. She was at the flight line with her 3 duffel bags and laptop (paints quite a modern day warrior picture eh?) waiting for confirmation of a place to stay and available space on the flight. Her container is not yet on site, but there may room at the KBR quarters. We got to chat for about 15 minutes last night. She sounds great. It looks like the area around FOB Fenty is a little greener than Bagram. It's primarily a Pashtun region (if you read Kite Flying that may resonate). The area of Jalalabad was a Al Quaida stronghold prior to 9-11, but I don't know if it's the Jalalabad that Beanie is going to, which is east of Kabul, or the Jalalabad that is about 150 miles NW of Kabul. I guess it really doesn't matter too much as the area she is going to had been pretty calm (by war zone standards) as of late.
Late Breaking News. I just got an email from Beanie. There were only 7 spaces on the flight and Beanie wasn't one of them. She left two of her duffels, flak vest and helmet at the terminal, and went back, in her words, to her "cozy room'. It may all be working out for the best as the KBR room didn't pan out and she had visions of moving back into tent. The flight schedule for Sunday is not net published (she is 11.5 hours ahead of AZ time) so she really doesn't know what's in store. The good news is Sunday is the short day (8-10) hours and she's looking forward to sleeping in till 7 or 8!
It's funny as she has been gone three weeks and is still not where she should be. It's amazing. At this rate she'll only actually be working 5 months as a week is set aside for travel home and redeploying through MTC.
I'm also pissed cause I messed up the day count. Today there is "only 158 days" to go.
Shouldn't the Name Tag Read Beanie?
The Bean & Me
Hiking the Santa Rita Mountains
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4 comments:
I thought the same thing--K. will have a month down before she gets settled at Fenty. I didn't know of another Jalalabad in AFG but the one K. is going to is the former Al Qaeda stronghold.
"Jalalabad is a strategic city located on the main route between the Afghan capital Kabul and the Pakistani city of Peshawar. The area was a stronghold of the Taliban, and al Qaeda maintained a large presence in the area."
Looking forward to new posts.
Nice pictures. I might add that the thing you call a "shelter" is what we here in the United States call a "sewer pipe." Perhaps the addition of a layer of sand bags and the Jersey wall blast barrier is the key transition.
Hey Colonel. Thanks for the sewer pipe lesson. How are your boys doing??
The boys are good, thanks for asking. One's back from Iraq and just made E-5. The other is in school and is planning to deploy in the summer. If I had to guess he may see the Bean.
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