On Friday night we toured the outskirts of Bagram. Here are a few of us posing in front of the mine fields which surround the entire base. The mines were left behind by the Russians, as a gift to Afghanistan.
Here we are lugging the gear off of the truck on the flightline, on Saturday morning, getting ready to load up the Chinook, enroute to FOB Metharlam and FOB Fenty.
First stop - FOB Metharlam, a small post out in the middle of nowhere. It was 115 degrees. Rob fried some eggs on his cymbals. The officers showed us a ram they kept in the middle of the complex - saying that the plan was to barbeque it on Monday evening.
Check out the view of the village directly behind FOB Metharlam. Also note the pallets and pallets of water, and the bomb bunkers directly behind the band.
Next, we visited FOB Fenty in Jalalabad. Incidently, Jalalabad is where a while back we bombed the living shit out of the mountains because Osama was hanging around in the caves. This FOB also utilizes the Predator drone planes, which are piloted via remote control by pilots in Las Vegas.
Awaiting our C-130 to take us back home to Bagram.
thanx for the updates mac!! matt actually looks good with the rough look he has going!!
ReplyDeleteSweet Mac! This is my first look at your blog! Looks like you are having the experience of your life! Does the heat make it hard to keep your instruments tuned? (musical instruments that is) Stay safe.
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