Blessings from Deployment

Posted on 03/21/2010 by Rex Temple

Rex is safely back from his latest mission but too tired to write until tomorrow. So I am using the space to say thanks to some very special people. They are Keri-Anne Kolodiej and Christine Merry, students at the University of Tampa and leaders at UT’s Peace Center. In the last few weeks they have [...]

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Brain Injury Awareness Month = facts about head trauma

Posted on 03/20/2010 by Rex Temple

From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: While Rex’s is out on a mission, I’m posting this piece in honor of Brain Injury Awareness Month. LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) – Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, has been labeled a “signature injury” of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. It also occurs in non-combat settings in association [...]

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A Long Friday

Posted on 03/19/2010 by Rex Temple

Yesterday we did our sensitive items check (weekly check of our weapon serial numbers and other devices), which allowed us to sleep in a little bit longer today.  Today is also Jumaa and our ANA counterparts are off or at least most of them.  They are preparing to celebrate the New Year on Sunday.  So [...]

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Relocating ANA Library?

Posted on 03/18/2010 by Rex Temple

I woke up energized and motivated for today’s tasking.  We have been planning for weeks to open up a new library for the ANA soldiers and relocate the literacy room to a larger room.    I attended our morning meeting and the Sergeant Major unveiled a large chocolate cake.  Not sure if he was planning on [...]

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This week’s radio chat

Posted on 03/17/2010 by Rex Temple

Here is this week’s radio interview with WUSF’s Bobbie O’Brien; we talked about a literacy program and a new library our team is providing to the Afghan National Army soldiers to help fight the estimated 80% illiteracy rate among the new recruits. This piece aired yesterday during the station’s afternoon fundraising drive and it will [...]

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Post Office Doesn’t Like Me

Posted on 03/16/2010 by Rex Temple

Imagine it’s your first day on the job and you are responsible for picking up the mail and incoming packages for the camp.  You visit the main post office and in a wooden bin they have a stack a mail of that hasn’t been picked up in awhile.  Then you ask the question “Is there [...]

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S.N.A.B.U. = Situation Normal All BAF-fed Up

Posted on 03/15/2010 by Rex Temple

After 2 hours of driving and being bounced around on the Afghan highways like a ping-pong ball, we arrived at our destination.  Originally we were planning to drive on to BAF and then off-load the Humvees.  But when we found out about the mountain of paperwork and coordination required to escort our ANA counterparts on [...]

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Excess Humvees to BAF

Posted on 03/14/2010 by Rex Temple

My team is still trying to clear up the property book and we have given away or transferred everything possible, but we still have some excess up-armored Humvees to dispose of.  When we merged with the Brigade, our vehicle fleet doubled in size.  We managed to transfer 90% of our vehicle fleet except for two [...]

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The Mutilated Face

Posted on 03/13/2010 by Rex Temple

From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: Rex is still out on his mission and I’m using the space to publish some very graphic reminders of why education is so vital especially for women and young girls in Afghanistan. Many of you may have seen a report on ABC News this week about a young Afghan woman [...]

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This week’s radio chat

Posted on 03/13/2010 by Rex Temple

From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: Rex is out on a mission and asked me to post this chat he had with WUSF Radio’s Bobbie O’Brien earlier this week – it was a time consuming production as they lost Internet service in the middle of it and had to conduct the rest of it on the [...]

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