So this is the month were stuff gets exciting...... Or at least more exciting than the past 4 months.
So here is a water tower at Fort Hood, Texas. Every time you go threw the gates to get into Ft. Hood they say "Welcome to the Great Place"?????? I'm not sure where they came up with that but it is false advertisement at its best!
The day before we left my buddy Holman and I got picked to load up gear on this big 747. And of course they do it at 4:00 am.
And after loading I had to indulge myself with my last McDonald's Coke.
They seriously have the best Coke there!
This is the day our journey really begins. Here we are loading up on the bud to go to the airport.
Here is a our Deployment Prayer. It was a wake up call for sure!
"GOD SPEED SOLDIERS"
This kind little lady comes and hugs every soldier that leaves out of Fort Hood on deployment!
That's a lot of hugs. I got at least 4 hugs from her :)
And her we go loading on the plane!
So the group that left the day before us had 2 other stops in the states. And they used those layovers to call home and get snacks. So we thought we were taking the same path.
And here we are on our 10-11 hour nonstop flight to Germany!
They didn't tell us where we were going until we were on the plane and it was to late to call home and tell my wife goodbye. It's hard to not be able to call your wife when you told her you going to!!!!
Hahn Airbase in Germany
And I just had to try a coke in Germany!
McDonald's still has the best
They had a giant weiner putting ketchup on itself in the lobby!
And here we are flying over Kyrgyzstan
And over Manas, Kyrgyzstan. Notice how low we fly over here!!!!
Waiting for our gear to show up.
The main drag
Some local food place. I couldn't bring myself to eat here though.
This is where I wanted to eat! But I was to impatient to wait 20 minutes for a Pizza or a Whopper!
Here is the local bar. The only ones allowed to drink here are the other foreign militaries, and airforce????
Really........ Airforce??????
Hotel California my butt! I didn't see anything like the Hotel California here!
A Sign.Nothing exciting..... Just something different!
Speaking of different.
Only in a war zone will you see something like this!
No ammo or grenades in this trash can.
The Fire department, and a Mercedes. Everything here seems to be a Mercedes.
From the garbage trucks, the buses, and a few G-Wagons.
Here is a little market place.
This is where you go to get your fOakley glasses, Morth Face jackets and what not!
This little hut was part of the market as well!
There was a bunch of foreign militaries here!
Anywhere from United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, Hungary, Spain,Turkey, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Croatia, Georgia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Norway, Sweden, Bulgaria,Slovakia, Albania, Azerbaijan, Slovenia.
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Here were our cramped living quarters.
There were full bunk beds down both sides and a row down the middle.
Practicing playing Corn Hole.
I have to beat my brother in law when I come home!
My buddy Holman and I came here to Skype our wifes :)
That's our plane to get us into Afghanistan!
Here we go!
Loading in threw the back.
Thumbs up! We are ready to go!
Once over Afghanistan we went into blackout mode!
When those red lights went on it sent a shiver down my spine!
And Here we are in Afghanistan
This is just a temporary holding place till they moved us to our final location.
There were so many people in this tent, and it smelt horrible! The mattresses or box springs or what ever they called them were so uncomfortable, that some people took them off and slept on the bars! I would sit on one end of mine and it would curl up like a banana! Luckily we were only here for a few days.
And of course! An Afghan coke!
A class on IED making!
The eye in the Sky!
Some German MRAP thing?
Some other countries version of an MRAP!
I wish we had these to drive around in! There are some nice Toyotas here!
Afghan construction workers and surveyors :)
And here we are me and Moos on our way to our final destination
Our other comrades!
And my favorite! Our escort :)
Over Afghanistan
Cool Mountain formations!
Landing in at our final location.
Here is a Chinook. These are pretty cool helicopters.
Pretty sunsets here!
Here is the Doc that we are replacing.
The first week I had to sleep in the clinic. And she is one of those super early morning people. She came in to make coffee and surf Facebook at about 4:30 everyday! Come on lady, sleep in!
Here is an American MRAP!
And here I am doing a little pose for the Camera! I would never ride up in the gunner hatch though!
They want the medics on the inside!
They go threw about $45,000 of bottled water here a week!
Me and Brown ready to take on the Bad Guys
And here we are waiting for Kelly Picker. I wasn't sure who she was at the time.
She is a country Singer who won on American Idol.
And here she is!
She was awesome! She really got into it. It was funny to see all the guys act like they haven't seen a female in 20 years!
So here is the night crew doing some suture practice on some bananas!
Looks pretty legit right!
After we got done with the bananas Doc J walked in and asked if I wanted to practice on him! So of course I said "Heck yeah I do!" So we cut a mole off of him and sutured up his 1.5" long incision! Pictures and a video to come of that event!
Here is Doc S teaching is about EKGs and how to read the Axis of the heart from a 12 lead!
Don't mind the beach ball in the back! It's all serious here! ha ha haaaaaaa
This place is filled with G-Wagons.
Back in the states these are reserved for the rich people!
And here is my place of work!
And here I am as I post this little blog!
It's been a long month and I'm glad it is over. I still am trying to get used to everything, and I still don't know what day it is yet....... Maybe soon I will adjust. This is the life of a Combat Medic!
Okay people tell me what you think! Leave some comments so I know that somebody is checking this thing out! It takes me 5-10 minutes per picture to upload! So someone better be looking at it ;) I hope you enjoyed my journey up to this point. Until next time my friends.
You look really good babe. It was nice to see what you've been up too. It looks like you're having way more fun than you should be :) I love you! You look dang sexy in uniform ;)
ReplyDeleteAll I can picture is old war movies with guys stuck in fox holes and freezing to death in Germany or getting eaten by mosquitos in Vietnam...and now they put you guys up in the Hotel California and give you AC and excess to the internet. It seems more like scout camp but with really cool trucks and guns! We all enjoyed the pictures keep em up. We are all glad to see you doing well and being safe. Take care my brother and well be checking on YOU! (that means post more pictures)
ReplyDeleteLove Jon
Loving the blog bro. Keep it up!
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