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Mr. McPeek Status Update 5
By MrMcPeek | April 25, 2010
Good Morning to You All,
I am writing to you all from Afghanistan. I made it here safely, and am holding up well. It is now Noon on Sunday April 25th, and back home it is 3:30 AM on Sunday April 25th. An 8 and 1/2 hour time difference, makes calling home a little more difficult. Cindy and I get to talk via the phone at least twice a week. She sounds like she is holding up well, and I really look forward to talking with her, and the boys.
Well….Let me fill you in on what I have been doing. If you are all familiar with the POD moving containers, that is basically the size of the room I am sleeping in, and sharing the room with another guy from North Carolina. When we moved in it was just 2 beds on steel frames, and now after 3 weeks of being here it is a little more accomidating. Bought some sheets and blankets, and a rubbermaid chest of drawers to hold the clothes. Other than that, its a safe place to sleep, beats living in a tent!!! The food has been outstanding believe it or not. The bases now outsource to private companies who feed the THOUSANDS of servicemen and women from around the world. We have countries here like Romania, Germany, UK, Slovakia, Sweden, Denmark, and some that I am not even going to try to spell. The base is dusty, not the dust like we get in our homes, but the sand is so fine that it is more like a dust. So any wind that kicks up is blinding and makes it hard to breathe. We do have a lake here on base, but it is not one that I will EVER going swimming in, or fishing in (full of CRAPPIES). It is a lake of sewage. All of the bathrooms are sent into this lake. So you can imagine the SMELL of this under 90-110 degree heat. It really makes your eyes water.
I am working as a liason to the army taking care of the computer network infrastructure for my Navy Battallion. Trying to keep this network up is a 24 hour a day job, not getting much sleep but enjoying it! Great bunch of people to work with. However the technology is a little out dated. The sand builds up in the computers and printers, we are constantly having to take them out of service for cleaning. My unit is in the process of building numerous SWA (SouthWest Asia) Huts for the base, pouring tons of concreate, and fixing the airfield for future operations. We are all keeping busy and doing our own parts to hopefully put an end to this conflict once and for all. Please keep us all in your thoughts and prayers! Even though we are still on base doing our work it is still dangerous. From working on the jobsites, to the attacks on the base from the locals (very few, but still happens, 4 since I have been here).
Sorry for the delay in my emails, I will try to keep them coming more often.
Take care of yourselves, and each other!!!
Warmest Regards,
Doug
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