Bouhammer | May 30, 2006
The night before memorial day we received an urgent message to be ready for a VIP visit the next day. We had to call on the TACSAT (tactical satellite radio) back to BDE (Brigade) and find out what this was about. They told us that THE General of the Afghanistan Army was coming to visit [...]
Bouhammer | May 29, 2006
Today was a busy day in A-stan, as our ANA battalion was getting settled in. I had my first full day with them, spending most of my time with the ANA CSM. They are like dealing with 3rd graders, and not so much because of their education level but because of their maturity level. I [...]
Bouhammer | May 29, 2006
I was asked to provide some definitions of some of the acronyms that I use. Here is a short list:
ANA-Afghanistan National Army
ETT- Embedded Training Team
OE- Orgun-E
Hummers- HUMMVE
FOB- Forward Operating Base
MG- Machine Gun
IED- Improvised Explosive Device
VBIED – Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device
HA- Humanitarian Assistance
COL- Colonel
LTC- Lieutenant Colonel
MAJ- Major
CPT- Captain
LT- Lieutenant
CSM- Command Sergeant Major
1SG- First Sergeant
SFC- Sergeant [...]
Bouhammer | May 28, 2006
Well we have moved to a new FOB after a long, hot, tiring ride. The other day we moved from Gardez to Orgun-E (OE). The convoy was actually made up of multiple serials with ANA, Jingle Trucks, US Up-armored HUMMERS, and ANA Cargo trucks. The ride took us through some of the worse roads you [...]
Bouhammer | May 21, 2006
A lot of people have asked me what to send, what I need, etc. I really don’t have any specific needs here as of now. We just hit the ground and right now are still settling in. There are some things I could see on the horizon and would be benifical at any time during [...]
Bouhammer | May 21, 2006
I have several pieces of info in this post that some of you have been asking me. First, my address is:
William Troy Steward
ANA ETT
TF 2/87th CATAMOUNT
ORGUN-E
APO AE 09354
Next are items that I need. These are not things that I need but that we need. We do lot of Humanitarian Aid Missions, and we could use [...]
Bouhammer | May 21, 2006
We have been here at our FOB in Gardez for a few days. Most of the team has been broken up and have went all different directions to fill different manning needs. I have SFC C and SFC S with me and we are here for a few more days. The last two days [...]
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