Bouhammer | November 28, 2006
My trip home on leave was a long one but worth every bit of it. I spent about 24 hours in the air alone, and that is not counting the days I spent in Baghram. The trip was quiet and went relatively smooth. After one night in Kuwait, where I stressed most of the time [...]
Bouhammer | November 24, 2006
I had one more mission before it was time to start my trip home. It may be getting cold here, but that does not slow us or stop us from going after bad guys. We have been working intel for a few weeks trying to find some taliban commanders, and while I was in Bremel [...]
Bouhammer | November 24, 2006
Well the voting is out for the 2006 Weblog awards. These awardees are based by category and then are picked based on the number of nominations that are made for each blog. The category for my weblog is military. I guess there is actually a weblog conference every year and that is where the [...]
Bouhammer | November 22, 2006
By the time you read this I will be home on leave, and enjoying my time with the family. I am writing this from Baghram Airbase while I am waiting for my flight to leave Afghanistan in a few hours. I have written a few postings and delayed their showing up on the site. These [...]
Bouhammer | November 21, 2006
Well it was the third time I was on the route and this time nothing exploded. It was the route that the last two times I had been on it, either IEDs blew up right behind me or right in front of me. Of course, this time we made sure that a lot of precautions [...]
Bouhammer | November 15, 2006
Well the other day we lost 3 terps within about 4 hours. It was a bad day for the team, but the terps did it to themselves. Every month the terps get 4 days of vacation to go home and spend time with family. This is in their contract. Since all of them are from [...]
Bouhammer | November 14, 2006
Whenever we get intelligence (intel) and we follow up on it but nothing is there, we call it a “dry holeâ€. But when we follow up on it and we actually get something out of it we call it a “wet holeâ€. Wet holes are good but seem like they are all too rare. Dry [...]
A blog originally created by a 22-year retired First Sergeant of the Army. This blog started out as a way to write about military related issues. It turned into a way for Bouhammer to document his 16 month tour as an ETT leader in Afghanistan for family and friends. It is now one of the leading and award-winning blogs written exclusively on operations in Afghanistan and other military related topics. In addition to Bouhammer, another writer is The Dude who is a National Guard Officer currently serving as a civilian contractor in the country of Kuwait. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy what you see. If you care about what is happening in the land where the attacks of 9/11 were planned and if you care about our military, this is the blog for you. Tell your family, tell your friends, and even tell people you don't like.
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