As I and Emerson, the office administrator, were speeding along at 24 kph (about 12 mph for us Americans) down the back roads of Camp Bastion looking for an easier route to Camp Leatherneck, we happened upon a large dust cloud. Oh this would be the perfect time to tell you about my conversation yesterday with Mark Cawood, the country director for Prolog. We were on our way to lunch and I was telling him about a ticket I had received from the MPs for driving while using a cell phone. I has going on about how bored they must be to be bothering people about using a cell phone while driving at break neck speeds like 24 kph. So back to the original story.
This large cloud of dust moving toward us from the side had a large canon sticking out the front of it. It was an M1 A1 Abrams tank which cut me off and sped past me looking like Pig Pen from the Charlie Brown cartoons. Good thing I wasn't talking on my cell phone, not paying attention, cause at 24 kph a car is little more than a speed bump to an Abrams. I looked over at Emerson who was splayed out on the seat, eyes wide, and I said " well ya don't see that everyday."
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