Mission Day 5 – Into Afghanya Valley

Another early rise at 0430 hours.  I woke up at 0330 hours due to the prayer music being blared over the loudspeakers.  Blueberry Pop Tart and Famous Amos chocolate bit cookies for breakfast….yum…yum.  Not necessarily the breakfast of champions, but it will suffice until I can chow down an MRE at lunch time.  Prior to [...]

Mission Days 3 & 4: Leaving COP Rocco for Alah Say Valley

Day 3 VMO Mission: We disassembled our tarps, folded our cots, packed our bags and equipment and set out for the next leg of our journey.  Little did I know how brutal and punishing the roads would be.  To compound the misery, the flatbed hauling the 10K forklift was inoperable.  So following the forklift to [...]

Day 2 Village Medical mission

Our doctors along with several Afghan NGO doctors set up their supplies in a crude and rustic concrete building divided by several rooms.  The outlying villages were informed of our presence.  The biggest problem these villagers face is lack of medicine.  They are unable to purchase or have access to antibiotics, aspirin, topical creams or [...]

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