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		<title>We ain’t going anywhere</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t care what the President says. We are not leaving Afghanistan anytime soon. The administration can spin it any way they want but the evidence is here in Afghanistan. Recently the President gave a big old prime-time speech and his officials were on all the new talk shows talking about how &#8220;he&#8221; kept his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Own Return</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prologue- As you will see I kind of wandered in this blog posting as I wrote it. What you are seeing are some of my truest emotions being typed out as I think them. I have not written like this since I was last here in 2007. I am sorry if this was not purely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My flight into Afghanistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I flew from Kuwait into Afghanistan and boy was it one heck of a ride. I had been waiting in Kuwait several days trying to make the manifest for a flight to Bagram Air Base. But because I am not a soldier anymore, I kept getting pushed down on the list. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Smell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes that is what it is&#8230;the smells here. There are a lot of senses that are familiarized with this place but I am convinced it is the smells that have the most meaning. I wrote about it a little already, but as I have spent several days in Afghanistan it is clear to me now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mornings in Afghanistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was here before I used to like to get up early, grab a cup of coffee and go outside when the sun was coming up. I did this a lot when I was in Orgun-E. The air always smelled cleaner then, and it always seemed less dusty. This morning I got up at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That Look</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That look, the one that soldiers have as they are moving to and from a combat zone. If you have been around this type of environment, then you know what I am talking about. I notice that many of the soldiers and marines walking around in Kuwait seem to have &#8220;that look&#8221;. It is hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The closer I get</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The closer I get to Afghanistan, the more the memories come back. Walking through the moon dust of Kuwait, the smell of Diesel generators, the smell of the handwashing area before you go into the chow hall, the Chuck Norris jokes on the bathroom walls, oh and the HEAT.&#160; I thought it would take a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The military is my DNA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So now the trip has started. A trip that I think really started 11 months ago when I left my career in Information Technology for this new one where I support the warfighter. The warfighter that I can no longer support directly since I have retired from the Army, but one I can support now [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bouhammer.com/2010/08/the-military-is-my-dna/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-military-is-my-dna</link>
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		<title>The start of my return to Afghanistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you read this blog entry I will already be on my way back to Afghanistan. It has been a little over 3 years since I left the country and now I return. Granted it is only for a short stint compared to my last time in country that lasted a year, but I am [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bouhammer.com/2010/08/the-start-of-my-return-to-afghanistan/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-start-of-my-return-to-afghanistan</link>
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		<title>Technology that works for Afghanistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of money spent on new toys, gadgets, weapons, etc. for the war in Afghanistan. Some of them are loved and some are thrown to the side by the soldiers/marines. Some are only used by special operation forces and some are issued to everyone.&#160; One that has been loved by all who [...]]]></description>
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