Well this month seem to have flown right by me which is a great thing. Its been very hot, it got up to 128 here this month. 2 days ago my new Corporal that will work for me the rest of the deployment got here. He is motivated about joining the whole "Nation Building" (War) thing we are doing here. That's the new thing to say, Nation Building. When I think of Nation Building I think of a peaceful event where people show up to some place and start a new civilization. I guess to a certain extent we are doing that. We are creating buildings that never existed before, We are attempting to convince the locals that there is something better than harvesting drugs, We are assisting them in creating a Army out of well nothing. I have hope it will all work, hope that someday maybe they will decide blowing each other up or attempting to do so to us "Nation Builders" up. I hope someday they will say Thank You America for making us a more independent country and
showing us the better path. Then that other thought creeps into my mind. Do they really trust us? Hmmmm... Do we trust them? I think that is a 50/50 split. Personally and this will not sound nice, I don't. I really want to, but I don't currently. Will that change by the end of my deployment? I'm not sure as my personal interaction with the Afghan military is limited. Will they reject the progress and sacrifice we have made? I hope not. As I hope those that gave the ultimate sacrifice will not have been in vain. Other than that I now have something I look forward to here. 1st is Fridays. We have started "Flight Suit" Fridays. Next is my Sunday Carmel Frappuccino that I now look forward to. They build a coffee place here called Green Beans. My lovely wife and father in-law got me gift cards to it, and by the time I use them up I will be very close to October! Speaking of my wife, she is truly an amazing women for everything she's done. To those that read
this, which maybe 4 or 5 lol Thank you for showing interest in my life through this challenging time. Until next time, signing off from a country with a future that is unknown...
