New camp puppy - might call him "Scavenger" - any name suggestions?
After breakfast this morning I was outside the DFAC conversing with the French colonel. When we looked down a very small puppy was at our feet. The puppy seems to be too young to be away from his mother, but he was busy lapping up the crumbs dropped by people at the outside picnic tables. So now I might have a new friend. The camp has several cats inside the barriers,
Army SSG and ANP
but this was the first dog or puppy I’ve seen. There are several dogs running around ANA land too.
Today we were accompanying camp personnel on a convoy to the Afghan National Police (ANP) Headquarters. The US military at this camp are responsible for mentoring the ANP in the same manner my team mentors
Madrassa funded by Iran
the Afghan National Army (ANA). While at the ANA building I was introduced to a policeman who was shot above the knee by insurgents while on duty in the Tagab valley. He was rather fortunate and recovered from his wounds, except for a noticeable limp. The ANP have lost just as many if not more policeman in battle than the ANA.
Bed of petunias
The Taliban target their outposts which are thinly manned and then overrun them using an overwhelming numbers of insurgents. In addition scores of ANP have died as the result of IEDs or they locate where the senior leadership lives and at night raid the home and murder the entire family. Recently I read an article where the Taliban kidnapped a policeman and the tribal elders negotiated for his release. As a condition of his release, he had to promise not to return to the ANP and find a new line of work.
Directly behind the ANP station was a large two-tone colored building. It looked very modern and had at least 4 or 5 floors to it. I was informed this was a student madrassa and was funded by Iran. The landscaping outside of the ANP was filled with colorful petunias and the
Sunflowers in full bloom
sunflowers were in full bloom. I also caught a glimpse of a nearby mosque and took a picture of its towering minaret.
After the ANP station, we continued on with the secondary part of our mission. It was an uneventful day. Now if I could only get my private Internet access working. It might be another week until they can transfer my account from my former camp to here. At least I still have access to the MWR computers and able to send my blog entries and read email.
Filed under: Missions | Tagged: Afghan National Army, Afghan National Police, Afghanistan, ANA, ANP, Deployment, ETT, Internet access, MWR, photography, Taliban
How abt Stan for the puppy as in Afghanistan. The Madrassa looks much different than I thought it would. Expected something less ‘funded’. Are there lots that big? Stay safe.
WoodbridgeOC on twitter.
( Hoover ) if it’s a boy.
( Eureka ) if it’s a girl. LOL. AS for the Madrassa. would females be aloud to attend.? i have found some ref, that they can, but i am sure the taliban, would put a stop to that. stay safe.
It seem to me like you just found a “Buddy” and he is like to found you.
The sunflowers look just like the ones in my backyard here in South Carolina! That struck me as odd for some reason.
Moses?
The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 09/28/2009 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.