This letter was sent home during my deployment to Afghanistan in 2010: Soon after the first mission our team headed out to our final location Forward Operating Base (FOB) Morales Frazier. I lived in a tent (an Alaskan also known as SSS) with six other girls, I share my bunk, but have plenty of room […]
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PRT Missions (Part 4)
The Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) went on missions “outside the wire” (off base) for many different reasons. Most often the PRT Engineers had some part to play in the whatever PRT missions happened. The main reason the PRT Engineers had to go off base was to complete site visits of the various projects located […]
Part 3: PRT Civil Engineers
I did a briefing shortly after arriving home from Afghanistan about my deployment on a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) as PRT Civil Engineers. You may have been reading my stories or maybe this is your first time visit. Either way, here is a deeper look into what I was doing while deployed to Afghanistan. If you […]
Part 2: The Province of Kapisa
I did a briefing shortly after arriving home from Afghanistan about my deployment on a PRT. This is a five part series giving a little extra detail about what I did while I was deployed overseas and where I was. This is all about the province of Kapisa. If you missed Part 1: Defining a […]
Part 1: Defining a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT)
I did a briefing shortly after arriving home from Afghanistan about my deployment. You guys have been reading my stories, but may not know the full details of what my team was doing in Afghanistan. Here is a little bit about the PRT mission, where I was and what I learned. This is a 5 part […]
Children Waiting for a School in Afghanistan
This letter was sent home during my deployment to Afghanistan in 2010: Last week, I went out on a mission and was able to see three construction projects, two roads, and a school. When we inspected the school building, school was still in session. So we were able to see the children outside studying in […]
Afghanistan Deployment: Hot & Jammin’
This story comes from my deployment to Afghanistan in 2010: Here is what is going on ‘work related’. We got to go on a few missions over the past week. I went to Kohistan and Kohband to do inspections for schools and roads. I also went to meet with the Koband Sub Governor and we also […]
The Adventures of Hank
Military members sometimes have crazy traditions when they are deployed. It may be a ritual done each time they leave the wire or a lucky talisman they bring with them to help keep them safe. My friend had a little guy she took with her everywhere. He was often tucked between her uniform and body […]
Welcome home from Afghanistan
I thought a new way to share my Afghanistan experience would be to see some of the responses I received from different letters I sent home. In this first addition. I am going to pick responses from when I sent the letter that I was finally home. I made it back to the United States […]
Learn How to Forgive from Unbroken
*This post contains an affiliate link. I finished Unbroken and it brought back a lot of painful memories that I thought I had forgotten. But it taught me an important lesson. I realized I needed to learn how to forgive. It was painful to read through his torture. I was looking at the dates and […]
