It’s just not the same as our old camp, but my team members are already finding their way around and establishing new relationships. Our small team split in half today and we were all assigned various tasks. Half of the team concentrated on vehicle repairs, while the Captain and I worked on administrative issues. We [...]
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This morning when we awoke, the sky was still illuminated by thousands of stars. Surely this was a bad dream, but it wasn’t. The mission for today was to pick up some precious cargo. One of the FOBs does not have any electricity or water, so we were tasked to pick up a large generator [...]
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For the 2nd day in a row, I awoke before the sun had risen for a mission. It was 0400 hrs and it was time to pack my final belongings and begin a new journey. Part of my team is being relocated to another Forward Operating Base (FOB). As part of General McChrystal’s strategic vision [...]
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From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: Rex has packed his bags and made the journey to his new location at another FOB. He just called from the new camp and says he will be back to writing for the blog and posting tomorrow.
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Today we woke up before the sun rose to prepare for an important mission. We were returning to the shooting range. As I have mentioned before, working in the joint environment has its challenges. Today’s mission was to resolve another one of those unique service peculiarities. Despite going through Army training at Fort Riley and [...]
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From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: Rex is very busy today and won’t have time to post. But he asked me to share with everyone this story from WSAV-TV in Savannah, GA about the recovery of his teammate SPC Christopher “Kit” Santiago Lowe. As many of you may remember he was critically wounded on Aug. 7 [...]
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Earlier in the day I went to ANA land to plan for some future projects. MSG Abdullah will be extremely happy after the security fence is erected. Right now, much of the area is open and vehicles drive freely to the warehouse. Despite having a guard on duty, I think MSG Abdullah wants to protect [...]
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Our school supplies project was featured on the local news last night in Tampa on WTVT-TV/Fox 13. Here is the link to that story by anchor Mark Wilson if you would like to watch it too. Soldier fights battle in Afghanistan with pens For more information on the project, please visit the “School Supplies” tab [...]
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Internet has been horrible the past few days and I have been unable to post any entries. So today’s entry is a combination of the past few days. Just a few days ago on 9 September, Massoud Day was celebrated here. Ahmad Shah Massoud or more commonly remembered by his nickname the Lion of Panjshir [...]
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From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: Rex is busy on assignment and can’t post today. Instead he asked me to post these pieces analyzing the situation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. Taliban Spreading In Afghanistan Despite U.S. Buildup From NPR’s Jackie Northam: The Taliban now has a permanent presence in virtually every area of Afghanistan, expanding its [...]
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