Bouhammer | March 9, 2010
About seven or eight months ago my good friend Scott Kesterson who was and still is in Afghanistan told me “things are changing here, they are going back to a Vietnam way of patrolling”. I was not sure what he was talking about or implying so I asked him. He told me that the troops [...]
Bouhammer | January 28, 2010
I have written on here several times about Man-Love Thursdays, the confusion that Afghan men have with sexuality and the rampant number of homosexuals there are amongst the Afghan male population. I have also had many people ask me if there was any truth to the term “man-love Thursday”.
One of my first blogs that mentioned [...]
Bouhammer | January 13, 2010
Sharana was my old stomping ground, and a place that I know all too well. I recognize the background in the picture below and know exactly where it is.
U.S. Army Soldiers secure a street in Sharana, Afghanistan, during a mission with the provincial reconstruction team from Paktika, Afghanistan, Oct. 1, 2009. The Soldiers are [...]
The Dude | December 20, 2009
LTC Thomas Gukeisen is exactly the type of officer that today’s military needs more of. He is a battalion commander in Logar Province, Afghanistan and isn’t afraid to think outside the box.
LTC Gukeisen’s success, is arguably in one of the most difficult provinces in Afghanistan. This is a reflection of a leader who makes command decisions that [...]
The Dude | November 19, 2009
After observing approximately 15-20 bad guys cross the Afghan-Pakistan border in the same spot for two nights in a row, I decided to take a squad of Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers, my Embedded Tactical Trainer (ETT) NCO, and myself to set up an overnight ambush along their avenue of approach.  Now for all of you [...]
Bouhammer | November 17, 2009
I was featured in an article on the front page of The Buffalo News yesterday. I had been interviewed by Lou the week before and was not sure when or if it would run. I was surprised to see my picture in the print version (it is not in the online version).
It is a [...]
Bouhammer | November 13, 2009
The other day I posted a blog about the under-aged serving in the Afghan forces. You can read it here, http://www.bouhammer.com/2009/11/children-fill-the-ranks-in-afghanistan/.
Well now my buddy PJ Tobia goes after the same topic with pictures of 16-year olds serving in the Afghan National Police. I know some people may ask why the Afghan Government would even [...]
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