Finally time to update

I figured I should update this with something else so here goes.

I'm pretty much settled in here, enjoying the deployed life....crappy mattress in a 6x8 plywood box (aka my hooch), 9 shower stalls for close to 80 soldiers, oh and cheap bootleg dvd's (3 for 5 bucks).

I'm at one of the quieter bases in the capital region. Theres troops here from all over, all 4 branches of the US military (no im not including the Coast Guard in that), England...well all of Great Britain really, Germany, Turkey, Hungary, and France. On a day to day basis I work with most of the senior leadership from these groups, as they come into the TOC regularly. For you non-military types out there, the TOC is the Tactical Operations Center...basically where the command staff work outta. My job there is to give everyone their intel when they get ready to head out in the morning, and get important info out of them when they get back. I also work the radio and data links to our guys in the field, as well as regular clerk duties like answering the phones, taking out the trash, making sure the coffee pot is always full, which is the most important job of all of them.

The area that I'm in is beautiful. Theres mountains all around us and the palace from the last Queen of Afghanistan is about a 20 minute hike up a hill. The air is a lot cleaner here than in the downtown area, cause we're a bit higher up. When i say higher up i mean we're at about 6200 feet altitude here. It took some getting used to, believe me.

I'll put more up when I can but I cant promise that it'll be regular. Keep sending those letters and care packages...mail day here is probably the best day, other than fridays (surf and turf night in the chow hall).  My address here is different than the one I had posted before:

Maxwell Titelbaum
A 1-101FA 86th IBCT (MTN)
Camp Dubs
APO AE 09320