Tug & Lebette

Monday, October 10, 2005

WestofBAF

WestofBAF
Originally uploaded by Pandora and Bacchus.

Here is an aerial view of the mountains and land west of the base. This picture was taken on our trip to Kabul early last month. I always knew there was some green out there somewhere!

Mntnandhuts

Mntnandhuts
Originally uploaded by Pandora and Bacchus.

Here is the remains of an Afghani hut right on the edge of the base.

Qatar2

Qatar2
Originally uploaded by Pandora and Bacchus.

I spent last weekend at the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) at Al-Udeid AB in Qatar. Here is a look at how flat and desolate central Qatar is. Take a look on GoogleEarth and see if you can find the airbase (hint look in the center of the peninsula for a large airbase) Tough huh?

Qatar3

Qatar3
Originally uploaded by Pandora and Bacchus.

For those of you who came to the wedding in West Texas and thought it was flat out there.....guess again. Central Qatar is very flat, dusty, hot....and HUMID.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Afghan Terrain

The photos above are from Northern Afghanistan between Mazar-e-Sharif and Bagram. One of the guys in the group was flying back from Uzbekistan and saw this canyons. He said it reminds him of a "mini Grand Canyon". I'm just glad I don't have to walk up and down those hills. So, the next time you hear about our troops out there hiking through Afghanistan, you can picture what they are facing.

I'll post more pictures as they become available.
Monty

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Bagram or Bust!

Most of you know that Monty recently deployed to Bagram AB, Afghanistan. He was given 17 days notice for a four month long deployment over there. He should be back home in the middle of January. He is really excited to be over there and is working very long days. I have included some pictures of the hut that he lives in with 5 other guys. Cozy to say the least! I guess that the bathroom is several yards (40-50) from the hut. Not too bad now...just wait until winter! Yipes! Maybe Monty will get an opportunity to do some Blog posts from there. In the meantime, he has the camera and I will try to post anything interesting!

On a side note, I am now gainfully employed! I start work on Monday for the foundation at a local university. I am looking forward to it and it came at a really great time. I should be really comfortable there by the time Monty returns and working will make the Holidays go by a little faster.

That is all for now. I will try to get better at posting...but don't count on it!