My Life In Astan, Vol V

Bouhammer | April 30, 2007

Volume V of the My Life in Astan series is out and available for viewing and download. This video opens with Ranger hanging out with Chuck Norris and giving us one of his Chuck anecdotes. The video is put to some music that I have been holding onto for a while and wanting to use, [...]

Step Two in the Process of coming home

Bouhammer | April 29, 2007

Well I am now in Kabul at Camp Phoenix, after flying in today on a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. I wasn’t supposed to fly until tomorrow, but because of some seat availability issues, several of us from the team flew up a day early. It was a very good day to fly with the sun shining [...]

Step One in the Journey Home

Bouhammer | April 27, 2007

Well I have left my FOB and am no longer in Sharana. We pulled out yesterday and our whole team is back together at or CORPS HQ here in Gardez. It is the first time our entire NY team has been together since the day we split apart at this exact location on May 17th, [...]

Counting down

Bouhammer | April 24, 2007

The days are winding down to what will soon be hours left here on our FOB. This morning I was on QRF as Loon and Prophet took out some of the new guys to show them the AOR (area of responsibility). They took them around to show them all the main avenues of ingress and [...]

Range Shooting Video Posted

Bouhammer | April 22, 2007

I have created and posted a new video in the Afghanistan Photos section. It is a compilation of videos and photos taken out on our range over a two day period. There are credits at the end listing all who is in the video. We spent a couple of days last week shooting a variety [...]

The good ole days of war fighting

Bouhammer | April 22, 2007

The days are lazy and slow. Well they have been at least. I wish they weren’t so time would go by much faster. Back when Face and I had been on operations a lot I remember telling him that I wish we could be on missions every day our last two months here. He looked [...]

Birthday in Afghanistan

Bouhammer | April 21, 2007

Well yesterday was my Birthday, and again it did not mean much. No different than any other day, except that could have been out of here. That would have been a Birthday present like no other. At the first of the month, when I posted an entry saying to cut off all mail ASAP, it [...]

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A blog originally created by a 22-year retired First Sergeant of the Army. This blog started out as a way to write about military related issues. It turned into a way for Bouhammer to document his 16 month tour as an ETT leader in Afghanistan for family and friends. It is now one of the leading and award-winning blogs written exclusively on operations in Afghanistan and other military related topics. In addition to Bouhammer, another writer is The Dude who is a National Guard Officer currently serving as a civilian contractor in the country of Kuwait. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy what you see. If you care about what is happening in the land where the attacks of 9/11 were planned and if you care about our military, this is the blog for you. Tell your family, tell your friends, and even tell people you don't like.

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