Monthly Archives: November 2011

We’ve been busy moving sites for where we stage vehicles and coordinate transportation of supplies. While Kandahar Airfield is a big place, it’s also packed with troops, civilians, and contractors. It almost appears as if there was no big picture plan over the years as the base grew. Buildings and units are scattered in ways that seem haphazard and random. Roads don’t seem to be efficiently laid out.

So, when someone is told to move, the logistics involved are immense. The sparse land that is available is available for a reason. Today, I visited the area that we’re supposed to be moving to. This is the area where we’re supposed to stage our supplies, vehicles, personnel and equipment awaiting a convoy back to the Pakistan border.

In this photo, the water is about up to my knees. This was taken today, four days after the flooding. In most places the water was only up to about halfway to my shins. I know some people would say that water coming up to my knees would only come up to a normal person’s ankles. Ha! I beat you to the joke.

Here’s a photo of a vehicle in another area of the yard – not where we would stage.

The water line is nearly up to the rooftops of these HMMWVs. Crazy stuff as we head into the Afghan rainy season.

All photos are mine.