A few days ago, I headed to Bagram Air Field in Regional Command - East for a quick visit. I've posted two pictures from that visit. One is just a random picture of the base; trying to get the mountains in the background as we had beautiful weather there (it's currently a nice 81 degrees F here in Kabul this week). The other picture is of the sign outside the Egyptian Field Hospital. Just a little reminder of all the countries that are represented here (this hospital fully staffed, funded and equipped by Egypt).
I headed over to Bagram on Thursday, the 11th with Bruno (Team France) and a small French contingent/convoy. It was a nice hour or so drive before we were there. I think Bagram is the largest base here, with something close to 28,000 people stationed there. They also bring on a few thousand local national workers each day to work. And it's about 18 kilometers around the base. I spent three full days or so there and I probably saw a quarter of the place. So you get the point...big, busy (continuous construction) and big. I flew back to Kabul on Sunday morning on a small prop plane, contracted by Blackwater/Xe to move U.S. mail; only about a 15 minute flight (slept through the whole thing since I had to be at the terminal to check in at about 3am).
Anyway, it was a productive visit and I'll try to post another couple pictures from there (though my camera is awful).
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