Merry Christmas to anyone who is taking time out of their Christmas to check the blog! We just got done with all of our festivities with all the military efficiency that one would expect from high speed commandos and the PSYOP guys who support them. We had a very tasty meal prepared by our Afghan cooks under the expert guidance of Ericka (one of our medics) and Joe (one of my guys). They whipped up all the stuff you would expect to have, turkey, ham, mashedapatoes, stuffing, veggies, and salad, plus some fresh fruit that just came in the other day. Afterward, we went and opened up presents in the TV room. Back in November we exchanged names to do a secret santa gift exchange, so just about everyone got at least one pretty cool present. Some people didn't, like the person I was suppose to give a gift to, because our wonderful mail system over here is broken and the people at KAF don't seem to place the importance on all the mail that they have on their own. Anyway, they'll get here eventually. Joe and I also went around yesterday scavenging up stuff from around the camp that would make good Christmas presents and wrapped them up in PSYOP propaganda and newspapers. See photos below!
One of the guys, Erick, got me this sweet Colombia jacket, which fits perfect, and as you can see, is also my favorite color!
This is Erica, the medic who made dinner. Here she is sporting the awesome Afghan fashions that we provided her for a Christmas present. We asked her to put on her Burka, but she said it was serving as the Christmas Tree skirt.
Some of the other guys unwrapping their presents.
This is Laquisha, our other female medic, showing off her equally stylish Afghan fashions!
A few weeks ago, we received a dozen of these Dollar Store GI Joes with the title "Extreme Edition Special Forces", that some rocket scientist thought would be good to give to kids in an attempt to improve the image of the Afghan Regular Army and Commandos. However, GI Jihad, as we called them, more closely resemble Taliban jihadist extremists than they do Special Forces from any known country, so we gave them out as presents so that the guys could remember their experience here for years to come. I think I saw one of the guys attempting interrogation techniques on one of the action figures.
One of our other medics showing off his GI Jihad right before he began waterboarding it =)
Our weather guy seems way too happy about the bottle of Sparkling Cider!
Our wonderful selection of beverages and fresh fruit... no, sorry, the can in the bottom left corner of the picture is only Beck's Non-Alcoholic Beer.
Our awesome Afghan cooks!
Enjoying the spread
One of the guys, Erick, got me this sweet Colombia jacket, which fits perfect, and as you can see, is also my favorite color!
This is Erica, the medic who made dinner. Here she is sporting the awesome Afghan fashions that we provided her for a Christmas present. We asked her to put on her Burka, but she said it was serving as the Christmas Tree skirt.
Some of the other guys unwrapping their presents.
This is Laquisha, our other female medic, showing off her equally stylish Afghan fashions!
A few weeks ago, we received a dozen of these Dollar Store GI Joes with the title "Extreme Edition Special Forces", that some rocket scientist thought would be good to give to kids in an attempt to improve the image of the Afghan Regular Army and Commandos. However, GI Jihad, as we called them, more closely resemble Taliban jihadist extremists than they do Special Forces from any known country, so we gave them out as presents so that the guys could remember their experience here for years to come. I think I saw one of the guys attempting interrogation techniques on one of the action figures.
One of our other medics showing off his GI Jihad right before he began waterboarding it =)
Our weather guy seems way too happy about the bottle of Sparkling Cider!
Our wonderful selection of beverages and fresh fruit... no, sorry, the can in the bottom left corner of the picture is only Beck's Non-Alcoholic Beer.
Our awesome Afghan cooks!
Enjoying the spread
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MERRY CHRISTMAS! Looks like fun!
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