A couple things I forgot to mention...

So, I forgot a few things I wanted to tell everyone about in my last blog post.  While travelling back from SP DeMaiwand, I experienced a first.  When a helicopter lands at a FARP (Forward Area Refueling Point) all of the passengers have to get out while they are refueling, for safety reasons.  So when we got out, we were literally in the middle of nowhere and there were no lights as far as the eye could see.  That meant that the sky was absolutely clear.  I have never seen so many stars in my life.  In fact, and this is where the first comes in, I could see the milky way.  That was pretty cool to me!  It's too bad I wasn't able to take a picture of it to share, as I know it will definitely be a memory of Afghanistan that I keep with me forever.

The other thing I forgot to mention, was that I missed Toby Keith.  I was so excited for him to come to KAF, and I had to be gone the day that he was here.  I had been looking forward to seeing Toby Keith even before I deployed and knew that he would in fact be coming.  So, I have to admit that I was really disappointed.  Hopefully somebody else will come and put on a concert, but it sure would have been cool to see him...