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ANA On Their Own

Posted on 04/10/2010 by Rex Temple

Yesterday I mentioned that the ANA visited a village school and dropped off school supplies and Beanie Babies for the children. Today I had an opportunity to discuss the trip with Mir Wais, the interpreter who accompanied them and took these photos. Since there was so much stuff to transport, they piled everything into a [...]

Filed under: Mentoring ANA, Missions, School supplies project | Tagged: Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, ANA, ANP, Deployment, education, ETT, gender discrimination, humanitarian mission, nation building, war, women's rights | 2 Comments »

This week’s radio interview

Posted on 04/08/2010 by Rex Temple

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 [...]

Filed under: Missions, Radio interviews, School supplies project | Tagged: Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, ANA, Deployment, education, Edward R. Murrow Award, ETT, humanitarian mission, news, RTNDA, U.S. Air Force, war, WUSF | Leave a Comment »

Organized Chaos

Posted on 04/08/2010 by Rex Temple

Now that we had a solution, it was time to implement an action plan. The next day, my teammates and G-Company, 186 BSB combined forces and loaded a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) with the boxes packed full of school supplies. Before loading them, we stacked them in the parking lot by type of item [...]

Filed under: Missions, School supplies project | Tagged: Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, ANA, convoy, Deployment, ETT, humanitarian mission, photography, U.S. Air Force, war | 6 Comments »

Two Missions and a Surprise

Posted on 04/06/2010 by Rex Temple

The past few days has been nonstop planning, coordinating, analyzing, and preparing for these missions. The first leg of the mission had the potential to be the greatest blunder of my deployment. For OPSEC reasons, I can’t provide any more detail or pictures until later on this week. I even penned a catchy headline entitled [...]

Filed under: Mentoring ANA, Missions | Tagged: Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, ANA, Darulaman Palace, Deployment, ETT, Kings Palace, U.S. Air Force, war | 2 Comments »

Please vote for Rex’s blog in MILbloggies awards

Posted on 04/04/2010 by Rex Temple

From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: Rex is out on a mission and I am using this space to ask you for your continued support. A few days ago I asked that you help nominate Rex and his blog for MILbloggies awards as a special anniversary gift for Rex. You came through and now Rex has [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Afghanistan, anniversary present, blogging, Deployment, ETT, family, military spouse, war, wife, writing | 1 Comment »

Eating With the Interpreters

Posted on 04/03/2010 by Rex Temple

Today was another opportunity to cross another item off my “Things To Do List.” Time is running out and the clock is rapidly ticking away, so I am steadily crossing items off this list. Omid, my interpreter, returned from his temporary duty at FOB Shank and I wasted no time putting him to work. Our [...]

Filed under: Mentoring ANA | Tagged: Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, ANA, Deployment, DFAC, ETT, ink cartridge, interpreter, U.S. Air Force, visa, war | 2 Comments »

An Interview With Female ANA soldiers

Posted on 04/02/2010 by Rex Temple

No Tom Foolery here! It was one more thing I could cross off “My Things to Do” list. Today I had a unique opportunity to interview two female ANA officers. Judging by their attire they were wearing, you would easily mistake them for a housewife or local citizen and never know they were proud officers [...]

Filed under: Mentoring ANA, Missions | Tagged: Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, ANA, ANP, Deployment, ETT, female soldiers, military spouse, wife | 3 Comments »

Help me give Rex an awesome anniversary present

Posted on 03/31/2010 by Rex Temple

From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: Rex has no Internet access today – our 4th wedding anniversary. So I’m using the space to ask for your help. I want to give him a special anniversary present and if you are a regular reader of this blog and like what you see, you can help me. I [...]

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A Visit to the Past

Posted on 03/31/2010 by Rex Temple

My curiosity finally got the best of me and today I would pacify it. I’ve driven past it dozens of times and had hoped to see it up close. Today a handful of teammates and I would visit the 14th century ruins that reside on a portion of ANA land. We were a bit skittish [...]

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WUSF Radio interview for March 30

Posted on 03/30/2010 by Rex Temple

This week’s conversation with WUSF’s Bobbie O’Brien covered our mission to a girls school to drop off donated school supplies and President Obama’s visit to Afghanistan. The story aired Monday during NPR’s “All Things Considered” and will run again this morning in the Tampa Bay area during “Morning Edition.” Or you can click on a [...]

Filed under: Missions, School supplies project | Tagged: Afghanistan, charity, corruption, Deployment, education, ETT, humanitarian mission, Karzai, news, U.S. Air Force, war, WUSF | Leave a Comment »

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