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Seven Bridges in Budapest

According to our guide (and so worthless that almost half the group walked away from his tour on top of the Buda side of the river, electing to walk back rather than listen to drivel and ride a bus) there … Continue reading

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Whatever in 2009

I looked back at 2009. Eleven years ago. The blog is mostly about the sweater I was knitting at the time – the infamous Phoenix –   and dashing to the train. nothing about Passover, little about work or the … Continue reading

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Different Places – different years

I have been thinking back over where I have been in different years for Passover. Over the next several days – I am going to try and work my way forward from as long as I have been writing this … Continue reading

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Looking back 20 years

29 April 2018 – Looking back 20 years Today I am on a ship, sailing to Halifax. Civilian ship, lovely surroundings, great food, good friends. Contrast that to 20 years ago. My location was Blue Factory, MND-N, Bosnia. This mailing … Continue reading

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HOA & Djibouti

Watching the map this morning as we w\sailed through the narrowest part of the straights (which I am sure was planned for daylight) I was reminded of how little I miss the Arab Middle East. Or HOA (Horn of Africa) … Continue reading

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It was hot

as Bruce reminded me last month when I mentioned the temperatures in Phoenix. He remembers me welcoming him to Kuwait at 0200 on 21 July 04 with a temp of 112F. That was eight years ago as the world turns, … Continue reading

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If you want to survive in

the Phoenix area heat – you have to have access to one of these As I stood there looking at it, my mind went back to the Blue Factory in Bosnia and the kiddie wading pools three of the docs … Continue reading

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Right Seat – Left Seat

Along with all the other times, the military (mostly Army) has specific vocabulary for transitions, turnovers, overlaps and transfers of responsibility from one organization to another. One of those terms that has evolved is the “left seat – right seat” … Continue reading

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They are here!

And it is another fine day here in Afghanistan.   The sun is shining and I have managed to round up my replacement, get him to breakfast and start the orientation. Should I mention that I was meeting an inbound group … Continue reading

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Pi Day

3.14 ….. for those of you who are still mentally working their way through the joke. Go have a piece of pie. Otherwise, I am scrambling to sort out various projects, track down the in-bound replacement personnel and decide what … Continue reading

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Rack ’em, Stack ’em

Scotland might have snow, and Japan obviously has rain, cloud cover and thousands of square kilometers of tragedy. It is probably raining in the rest of the UK; I have been afraid to even look at the US weather patterns. … Continue reading

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sleepy = stupid

After standing by for several flights on Thurs in Kuwait (all of which were canceled), starting early Friday morning the AF reorganized their flight schedule once again. Means that, instead of two flights a day (to be changed, canceled or … Continue reading

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Fallen Comrades

It was about 2200 last night when we found out why the flight was delayed. There would be two young service members making their final return trip to the US – with the first leg being Kandahar to Kuwait on … Continue reading

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Once again into the delays

The good thing about stopping at the PAX terminal immediately after classes today was finding that the 0015 show time was now 1645. Since it was 1615, this gave the two of us just about enough time to dash back … Continue reading

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Rude People

Unlike Bagram where I have my own private little corder of BHut, the billeting arrangements on the road vary. In the case of Kandahar – the DV women’s quarters are back in one of the MODS which means an interior … Continue reading

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The people you meet

“the places you’ll go, the people you’ll meet” with applogies to Dr Seus Especially the people. I meeting interesting people just sitting around in the lounge between 2100 show time and 0000 when it becomes obvsious that our flight is … Continue reading

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PDHA & 18

Let me lead with the important first. Maus has her 18th birthday today and The Mole had his yesterday (#20). As you can probably guess, in years past it means that we have had a busy couple of days with … Continue reading

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It is NOT Saturday!

It struck me about 1100 this morning that today is Friday, not Saturday. The long list of everything I needed to do prior returning to Craig Joint Theater Hospital for another run of PDHAs did not need to be finished in the … Continue reading

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Not Sane

been working at this course full time for the last two days. And trying to convince the laundry that I need my clean clothes. And doing post deployment health assesments on our unit between 1800-2200 everynight. Would you believe that I am … Continue reading

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more organized?

I would really like to be sitting here and telling you I have everything together. That the room for this iteration of the course was ready to go, that I didn’t have to make three calls in order to track … Continue reading

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