Half Way Home

WE'RE HALF-WAY THERE!!!!!!!!! Brian has been in Afghanistan for 3 weeks now. His contract is for 42 days. We're going on when he arrived not when he left home so he officially has 3 weeks left of the contract. Whether he is asked to extend a bit or not has not been determined.
He's a bit frustrated with how things work over there. His electrical equipment is sitting at Kandahar Air Field (KAF). It was supposed to reach Leatherneck on Thursday. It took 16 hours and who knows how many phone calls to find out that the truck drivers had been bribed to take someone else's load first. So Brian's equipment is sitting, waiting to be picked up. No word yet on how long the wait will be. But the broken down insulation blowing machine will keep him plenty busy until the equipment arrives. He's already fixed it once and is having to fix it again.
And then there are the new friends he's made who invite him to go out target shooting with them. He's still a really good shot!!!!!
He let the virus protection lapse on his computer. When I talked to him, he was running a scan. It hadn't gotten very far through and had already found over 3000 viruses. He wasn't sure that his computer would be salvageable but has managed. Thank heaven for Skype!! I can actually call his cell phone from my computer for about $.35/minute. We don't talk for long but until his computer is fixed, it's all we have.
Here's a photo from his target shooting. He has an M4 carbine. If you look really carefully, you can see he's actually standing.


A couple of posts ago I stated that moving to the Middle East was NOT an option. I'm reconsidering.