Judy here at IDC received a CARE package loaded with St. Patrick's Day stuff from the dollar store. As the self-appointed of the Irish, she went from desk to desk, goading us all into putting on some silly thing with green in it. In what I suspect was a flagrant violation of all our security regulations, digital cameras appeared and flashes popped like crazy.
The base here is hosting a commanders' conference, lots of VIPs running around, and the colonel is off attending to them. So it looks like a case of "when the cat's away ..." Silliness seems to have erupted, as you can see from the tie I'm wearing in the photo below. It's been a decade or more since I had the poor fashion sense to wear a tie with a button-down collared shirt ... the sacrifices we make for our country!
To my right is my boy Keon. Yeah, he's Black Irish. Allison, after taking the picture of us, said, "You look so gangster." But the way she stretched out the first syllable of 'gangster,' I thought she was calling us 'gay gangsters.'
Later on today, I'll break out the green Peeps.
"Strong winds in Kabul on Thursday cut loose an observation blimp belonging to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
The blimp, with cameras used to monitor the city, was launched into the air about two years ago and tied to the ground with a cable. However, on Thursday at about 10am, it went missing due to the strong winds, a shopkeeper in the Jada-i-Maiwand area, Abdul Rauf, told Pajhwok Afghan News.
The strong wind also tore up new saplings planted along the road, another shopkeeper, Asal Shah said.
ISAF confirmed the blimp had gone missing, but said it had been found and was being returned to the skies."
Interestingly enough, another one of our aerostats broke free of its mooring cable and went rogue last month in Kandahar. When last seen, Afghan farmers had snared it and were hauling it away with a farm tractor.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again ... Gotta love this place!
What is it with you and your "bros"? ;-)
ReplyDeleteDid they serve you waaayy overcooked corned beef and cabbage?