Mike's Section from Kandahar
to Forward Base May 2004


This is Fred, Jimmy and Kurt
on the way out to one of the
forward operating bases (FOB's)
This is Tim, Fred and Jimmy on
the way to one of the FOB's
Mike on the way on the
same flight
Here is one of the crew
members locked and loaded
looking for bad guys
A shot out of the back
of our helicopter
A rainbow during one of the
infrequent thunderstorms
on one of the FOB's
A double rainbow
during the same storm
A shot of the storm
Another rainbow shot
One of the deluxe
men's room facilities
A typical toilet at the FOB.
You sit about 12" off the floor
and the seat is so far back that
you usually have to keep your
knees straight while you are
sitting there.
An outside shot of the
luxury restrooms
Here is Scott doing some
electrical work.
Here is a shot of one of our
work projects. We finished up
this tool shed.
One of the local national
general laborers
Another local national
laborer
One of the locals that goes
around and fills the water tanks
at the showers
Here is the new shower facility
that we had to rewire and
plumb.
Scott and Tim discuss possible
courses of action to take at the
start of one of our work projects.
Kurt and Fred taking a
Gatorade break
We very quickly dubbed this
particular truck "The Cadillac"
May 21, 2004
Another shot of the "Caddy"
Kurt drawing a picture for one of
the young local boys
Kurt chilling out after work
in our hooch

This is a shot of the morning "Village Mayors" meeting