Afghanistan My Last Tour

It's starting to snow.

Last night after completing my TAC duty, I walked back to camp from ANA land.  Shortly after arriving at my B-hut, it started to rain.  The temperature was dropping and I was certain the freezing rain would turn into snow.  When I awoke in the morning, my assumption was right.  It was snowing and the snowflakes appeared to

Ugly looking snowman.

be getting larger by the hour.  Lately it has been cool in the morning and at night, but during the day it has been rather warm.  Being from Tampa, Florida, balmy might be too strong of an adjective.  But the weather has been unexpectedly warm.

Since it started snowing, it hasn’t stopped and the flakes are increasing in size.  I spoke to a contractor who has weathered several years here and he said February and March are the winter months here.  According to him, he last time we had these same weather conditions, it snowed for 3 days straight.  As much as I like the snow, I don’t enjoy trudging through it to walk to the latrine and shower room.  So far it seems to be melting and not

Despite the snow, the vehicles must be inspected.

accumulating too much.  Some energetic soldiers were scraping off vehicles, roofs, etc to get enough snow to build a snowman.  That must be the dirtiest snowman I have ever seen….lol

Despite the blustery weather, we still had to perform our weekly inspections on the vehicles.  A little bit of snow never hurt anyone and we had to ensure our

Is that a snowball in your hand?

vehicles were inspection order in case we are tasked with a mission.  Some of my teammates also engaged in a friendly snowball fight.  Actually it appeared two of them were ganging up on an unsuspecting teammate who had his back turned.  So perhaps if he is interested in the responsible culprits, my photographs might shed some light on who the

Who are you going to throw that snowball at?

guilty parties might be.

A friend of mine sent me a humorous picture.  It just goes to prove that I am not the only one who sees bizarre things here and takes unique pictures.  The picture was supposedly taken in downtown Kabul.  Look closely in the back window and you will see a McCain-Palin sticker …. lol.

McCain-Palin sticker in back window of a truck in Kabul.

Lastly, I couldn’t resist taking some pictures of the stray camp dogs outside the camp.

ANA Camp dog posing for camera.

They are very friendly and even pose occasionally for a picture.  Vixen didn’t hear me approach, so she was sound asleep with her puppy nap.  I’ll bet if a piece of Pupparoni accidentally fell from my hand, she would wake up … lol.

Vixen taking a nap.

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