When I commissioned I became a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force. It was a day I had been striving toward and dreaming about. I would have gold bars put on my shoulder and I would transition from being a cadet to an officer. At my commissioning, eight other cadets sat with me. […]
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The Food from Afghanistan
While deployed to Afghanistan I was able to taste real Afghan food. Sometimes there would be a potluck on the Forward Operating Base (FOB) other days our local national engineers would bring us kebob wraps from the local market, occasionally our contractors would bring us food either at the site or to a meeting on […]
Long Days Preparing for War
It felt like I was in Afghanistan for a long time or at least it felt like a long time. The weird thing was that I spent four months in training and almost nine months deployed, but the longest part of the deployment was the four long months of training preparing for war. It seemed […]
Leaving for Afghanistan
Adjust – Day 16 Leaving from Indiana and arriving at my temporary home in Afghanistan required me to be ready to adjust. Here is the story of how we got there. We left late one night on a plane headed to Germany. I called my husband right before we boarded to say I love you […]
Take my life and let it be for your glory
Take my life and let it be for your glory. Before I left for Afghanistan I remember being scared. I was uncertain I would survive the adventure I was about to embark on. I’m not sure if it was the fear of dying or just the fear of the unknown, but either way, I was scared […]
Lonely Days of a Military Wife
I quickly learned the lonely days of a military wife before I even left the military. The first time my husband left after our son was born was when he was 8 weeks old and he was gone for 8 weeks. Before my husband left my son had started sleeping long stretches each night. I […]
Find your calling for your season
This word was originally focused on what I did when I was in the Air Force as a Civil Engineer. I started to reread it and it was so techy and geeky that even I wasn’t interested. I love nerdy things and know math jokes like why did i say to pi to be rational […]
Work, Work, Work
My prompt word and my title don’t really seem to go together, but they do. Trust me. Rest – Day 12 When I was deployed to Afghanistan there were no days off. There really wasn’t anything else to do besides work and work out so each day we would go to work, but on Sundays […]
Watching Baseball in Afghanistan
My dad taught me everything I know about baseball. And the fact that I got to watch baseball in Afghanistan near the end of my deployment was pretty cool. When I was traveling home from Afghanistan the Giants were in the playoffs. It was the National League Champion Series (NLCS) match up that I watched […]
How to Care for Military Families
It is Friday so it is time to write for 5 minutes. The FMFriday word is CARE. GO Military families are just like your family except they are probably far away from theirs. They likely don’t have Grandma and Grandpa living nearby. When they stay in town for holidays they probably do not have anywhere to […]
