FOB Smart at 2359 - Thursday
Tomorrow is Friday and it seems as though I have not had any rest in four days. We have been working around the clock to ensure life returns to normal here, or at least to a normal with a new and improved perimeter, capable of thwarting the worst imaginable scenarios again. My comrades here at FOB Smart, at FOB Apache, at USACE KAF, and elsewhere have been performing very well under the considerable pressure we all face. Rest is coming for me in a few seconds...
It rained yesterday here in Qalat. Incredibly, the rain began falling around 1100 yesterday and was steady until around 0600 this morning, or shortly thereafter. It really did a number on the dust levels in the air during cleaning operations on the FOB. It did not smell as it smells in Arizona after a good rain; quite the opposite, but the rain itself was welcomed.
I cannot begin to describe my innermost feelings right now, at least with regard to the last 96+ hours. I can say that I am all fired up and ready for the best in life!
K&K leave for Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, today. We are all very excited. I am so very, very excited!
143, K&K.
Good night and good day.
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