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Stories from when I was deployed to Afghanistan on a PRT. Most focus on the different missions I went on as Civil Engineer and a female in Afghanistan
I survived a pretty big earthquake in Afghanistan. Here is a letter home about the uneventful, but slightly dramatic event. This update also provided other details about Afghanistan and me dreaming about going home. Earthquake in Afghanistan Last night is slept through a 6.3 earthquake. We don’t know where the earthquake center was, but my […]
It is another Tuesday and another prompt word. This week’s prompt is BELIEVE. I don’t really know where this post came from. It is one of my favorite parts about prompt word writing. You find out what is inside your mind waiting to come out. I hope you enjoy this post and how it ties […]
Afghanistan through pictures from my Afghanistan deployment as part of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). It is adapted from a funny presentation my co-worker made right before it was time to head home. It will show you where we worked and pictures from around the base and Kapisa Province. We were at Forward Operating Base Morales […]
I deployed to Afghanistan as part of a Provincial Recontruction Team in 2010. Today I’m sharing part of my experience of when we went to the capital to meet women in Afghanistan. If you would like to learn more about my deployment click here. Mission to the Capital of Kapisa to meet women in Afghanistan […]
I thought I knew what it meant to be in a true combat zone. Then I became a mom and learned what it truly means to be in a combat zone all the time. No relief, no end in sight. Motherhood changed everything. I always thought deploying to Afghanistan would be the hardest thing I […]
Going home from Afghanistan is a lot of hurry up and wait. You probalby don’t realize the process it takes to get you from Afghanistan and back to the United States. Some of it makes sense, some of it is just a part of the military. Here is part of the story of going home […]
