Pictures From the Weekend

Not as interesting as your pictures, but we had a really nice weekend here with Christy. The second picture is a really neat bug we found on her car - Kraig picked it up and it bit him (of course). Peat has suffering through sharing attention with another animal - Christy loves on him an awful lot though.

Some Pics on the way to Qargha

A few random pics from our travels.

A Couple of Pics from a Meeting

COL Naessens and me at Qargha

The campus-to-be is in the background...not quite done yet.

It's Hoooottt

Hey Dad - I'm sorry I missed you tonight, but if you're on tomorrow morning (tonight for you) i'll be home from church and we can chat. It's been ridiculously hot here, and I found a picture that pretty much sums it up.

Anyway, I miss you and love you! Have a great day.

MG Mallory Visit to NMAA

In another of a flurry of VIP visits, MG Mallory toured NMAA. He is LTG Caldwell's deputy. It was his first visit so we spent quite a bit of time walking around and visiting with cadets and faculty.

LTG Caldwell Visit to NMAA

I got to brief LTG Caldwell on the status of NMAA...and our future plans. It was a great visit. Note that in the gaping-mouth picture, I am not catching flies...I am trying to talk to him over the noise of the helicopters that dropped him off.

Arts and Crafts!

Hey Dad, sorry it's been so long since I've posted pics. My phone / email got messed up somehow, probably around the same time my email account got a virus. But here are a bunch! :)

 Fireworks from the 4th of July, David and I had a great spot by the playground near the pool. It was a pretty good show.

 My wrist after the first day of camp...you can see why this is the perfect job for me.

 And I can come home wearing things like this! I had as much fun as they did.

 This picture is sideways for some reason...but this is one of the signs me and Steve made in our spare time. We hang drawings the kids make too.

 My piano...just a picture to update you on the song-recording process. I found the cord and plugged it in tonight. It downloaded the driver, but didn't do anything after that. I need to find the manual to see if I need a disk, or what I need to do now. 

 Sushi!!! It was so spicy...but good the second round.

 Very professional looking.

And this is just a picture I drew the other day...again not sure why it's sideways. The file itself is right side up. 

I hope you have a great day - I know you're busy! We love you and miss you.

Pics from Sandhurst Tryouts

We served as observers for the Sandhurst tryout competition. The top 9 cadets will travel to West Point in April to compete. In the one picture I am talking to the Command Sergeant Major of NMAA, CSM Brashier. He is a great man and speaks English better than 99% of the officers here. He has seen a lot of combat in his years and we were having a great conversation about the role of the NCO in the Afghan Army.

Handing over the Advisor Team

We had a small ceremony to put on combat patches and to formally hand transition the team from COL Naessens to me. There are some real characters in this crowd!