From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: Rex is on his way home; he’s made it to Ali Asaleem, Kuwait. Before leaving his camp in Afghanistan Rex did one last “in country” interview with WUSF Radio’s Bobbie O’Brien about his deployment year, which aired last night in Tampa during NPR’s “All Things Considered” and again this morning [...]
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Here is a link to this week’s chat with WUSF reporter Bobbie O’Brien. We talked about the latest school supplies delivery mission, the preparations for it and how the children reacted. To hear the story, click here. Also congratulations are in order for Bobbie and her editor Joshua Stewart; the pair has won a regional [...]
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From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: Due to slow Internet connectivity, Rex is unable to send his blog entry for today. But he managed to send one picture and the first two lines of the entry: Over the past year, I have taken many photographs of sheep in Afghanistan. I never got very close to them. [...]
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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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Here is this week’s conversation with WUSF Radio’s reporter Bobbie O’Brien, which aired yesterday during “All Things Considered” and will air again today during “Morning Edition“; the conversation focused on more corruption with the ANA and the lack of consequences for it. 3-2 MLT Bad Water Flows If you want to read the transcript of [...]
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My conversation with the ANA soldiers continued. I relayed a conversation I had yesterday with the ANA Mullah about Taliban Mullahs; the ANA Mullah had told me the Taliban Mullahs are not really Mullahs and use this title to their advantage to control the uneducated followers and villagers. As such, out of fear and respect [...]
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Here is a link to the latest interview with WUSF Radio’s Bobbie O’Brien. We talked about my visit with the Afghan soldiers’ literacy program where we had a lively exchange about Americans and why U.S. troops and the coalition forces are in Afghanistan. The piece aired on the NPR affiliate in the Tampa Bay area [...]
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Here’s a link to the latest story with WUSF Radio’s Bobbie O’Brien. We talked about a piece of stone art near our camp and my upcoming visit to a religion class for Afghan National Army soldiers that addresses infidel misconceptions. My Last Tour: Afghan Culture
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Here is the link to today’s radio story with WUSF’s reporter Bobbie O’Brien. We talked about Excel spreadsheets and mentoring the Afghan National Army. My Last Tour: Dari spreadsheets
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Had a chance to chat with WUSF’s Bobbie O’Brien this week. Here is the link to that interview, which aired Friday in Tampa during NPR’s “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered.” My Last Tour: 30-hour mission
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