Arrived

Alright, I know I have a lot to update....

First, thank you all for the Birthday wishes. The Marine Corps birthday is also the same day, so every year we have a cake for that which is quite nice. This morning, at 7am out in 31 degree weather, we had a nice cake cutting ceremony with all of the Marines here at this base (maybe 20 total), the Marine two-star General and two other Army Generals.

I'll try to update some from the last post...
I got out of Kuwait on Friday, the 6th (I think). Left the base around 11pm, got on a bus, waited, got on the plane, waited, and finally departed around 230am. It was a 3 1/2 hour flight to Bagram, which is 1 1/2 hours ahead of Kuwait as far as time zone. So I arrived in Bagram like 9am. I checked in there, did some quick Admin work and lucked out by getting on a flight to Kabul around noon. It's only about a 15 minute ride from Bagram to Kabul. Even got to sit in the front (back of cockpit) of the C-130; I think because the co-pilot had a crush on Marines :)

So I got into Kabul on Saturday, the 7th. That day (after not sleeping at all flying the night prior), I was running around until about 10pm. Checking in, getting set up and getting right to work. The Marine I was replacing was leaving just two days later on the 9th. With that work and lack of sleep, I managed to pick up the 'Afghan crud' or a nice little head cold. The next two days was spent working a lot, trying to get all of the information I could out of John (guy I replaced) before he left.
Things are finally starting to slow down just a bit. I'm also finally getting rid of the 'crud'.

I'm working at the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Joint Command (IJC) Logistics division. I'm working on everything fuel related. A lot of customs issues in getting fuel into the country and where it needs to go.
I work with a diverse team. An Army (US) officer, a German, a Brit, two Dutch and a Frenchman. It's a good group of guys and we all get along well. Basically a Dutch-German team are running the show here (obviously augmented from other countries) until February when I believe the Polish will take over primary staff duties. So a lot of the team will turnover in February.

I think that's it for now. Need to get some sleep before 'Groundhog Day' starts again tomorrow.