| A man needs to strive to better himself physically, mentally, and spiritually.
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| Experience has taught the soldier how to
pack his pannier, with the stuff he needs the most
near the top, where he can get at it. In the outer pockets
he stows his onions and garlic, sealed tight so they don't
stink up the weather kit and half-fleece on the other side.
At the bottom, deep inside, he stashes those items that must
at all costs be protected, against dust, against being
dropped, against the elements. There, in the doeskin
you gave me, I keep your letters, my darling wife.
-The Afghan Campaign, Steven Presfield
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| i wish i had a journal with me. instead, i've been writing in the same notebook as my sermon notes.
Kyrgyzstan is beautiful. the mountains are beautiful. the scenery is beautiful. the weather is beautiful. what's not beautiful is the giant air force base in the middle of it.
we leave tomorrow for helmand province. but from what i hear is that it's really crowded at Camp Bastion (where we're going to be for a few weeks). it's already crowded here at Manas, units have been flying in for the past couple of days getting ready to fly into Afghanistan.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/bloody-summer-for-uk-troops-in-taliban-country-1685352.html
don't...
it's too early to tell... but i think i might... if... |
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| A man never forgets where he came from.
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