FOB Smart at 1930 - Thursday
Rain, rain all day long! This morning we awoke to even more overnight rain, which increased the muddy condition all over our forward operating base. I am honesty appreciative of this weather, although I would not want to live in such year round, like the Pacific Northwest.
We completed a long foot patrol this afternoon through all of Old Qalat City. We had a news crew with us; I was interviewed and several of my coworkers were as well. The patrol was uneventful, thankfully, and I was able to see much of the old city and my surrounding projects in the rain. This was a new experience for me. The streets, where not paved, were a boggy mess and when downhill during the patrol, made for slippery slopes that required finesse to ensure we did not upend and slide in the mess. What made the conditions worse were the constant outflows of urine and fecal matter, which is a constant occurrence from peoples exterior walls to the open ditches common to this area of Afghanistan. Anyway, it was a great mission and fun to be out in the messy rain.
Tomorrow we have a onetime return of "Any Hat Friday," where we are able to wear, literally, any hat we choose, so we are all excited and ready. I will, of course, be wearing one of my golf hats, a familiar trademark hat for me many of you have come to know.
143, Kaesen.
Good night and good day.
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