AFGHANISTAN

So couple days ago I landed in Bagram, Afghanistan. As soon as you get off the plane, mountains surround you. It is a beautiful sight. These mountains are nothing like the appalacians (SPELLING), and supposibly higher than the Rockies. There was snow still capped on the mountain tops. They are very rugged looking. Other than that, this is one crappy place, and for it to be considered a big FOB, i was highly not impressed. First off we stayed like 5 miles from the computers, telephones, internet, and the main area. We finally got ammo. I hate walking around out of the US without ammo. I walk with ammo in the US, so outside of it, was def a little creepy.
During my luxury stay at Bagram, I visited many places to eat, such as Diary Queen. Here they ran out of french fries and onion rings. I ordered a 4 piece chicken nuggest MEAL. The foreign man at the register wanted to bargain with me because the ran outta fries. He said 8 pieces of chicken, no fries, and no drink was the final offering deal. WHAT THE HECK. But whatever, that was lilke 5 minutes of argueing with the idiot. The I went to get a Coffee with ice (becuase it was hot there) from a local vendor and the woman at the register, also foreign, said WHATS ICE. I said never mind and walked away. There was several places like this where I just wanted to choke somebody. Strawberry smoothie doesnt mean strawberry banana, and it doesnt mean strawberry mango. It means STAWBERRY ONLY. Stupid. These people are dumber than Taco Bell workers. WOW. Its gonna be a long year.
Today I should be headed over to our main outpost were I will call home for at least half a year till I move to the Battalion main FOB (Foward Operating Base). The mountains arent as high as Bagram, but still in the distance. I just cant wait till I get to were I am staying so I wont have to tote my bags everywhere (duffle bag, tough box, backpack, computer bag, armor, m4, 9mm, rack system, helmet, etc). Kinda annoying. Get on the bus, get off the bus, get on the plane, get off the plane, stay in this building, no wait move your crap in this building, then get out of this building. AGAIN KINDA ANNOYING.
The good thing is I have talked with Celia several times and able to use the internet. Hearing her vioce is really nice, although I usually call her at 3 in the morning (your time). Someone has to make the sacrifice on time. I guess she can take one for the team. YOU LOVE DEAR. The next week will be hecktick, doing change of command inventories. Going through everybit of equipment and making sure if works and is there. Finding all our containers with our equipment in it. Making sure all personnel gets here. This should be fun, not really.
Well until the next post, hope all is well there in the States. Love yall, take care.