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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 12 Comments »

Today, I sat down to get a haircut (man do I look forward to this) from my favorite barber Ackmad, here at Camp Adams. For five dollars, he will cut you right down to the scalp and then something happens ...

Rock Art

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 12 Comments »

Dear Gang, The country of Afghanistan can be beautiful with rolling hills and lots of color.  It can change just as fast to arid desert area until you hit the next valley with a river running through which brings life to ...

Cultural lesson in Food

Saturday, June 7th, 2008 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 15 Comments »

The other day, I had the opportunity to visit a police station in Kandahar that we built for the local Afghan National Police. Here is some background; in the past five years, the US has built up the Afghan Army ...

Hug a Vet

Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 7 Comments »

Dear Gang, Here I am at “Camp Adams” on Memorial Day Weekend; let’s see “Cut the grass, Wash the Humvee, Clean the poop stains, change the sheets, and clean the gutters.” See, the "Honey Do This and That" never end, ever. ...

Everyone Poops, so have a nice Bidet

Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 31 Comments »

` Dear Gang, You know there are some basic human needs that have to be fulfilled no matter where you are. I guess as you travel the world, figuring out where you go to fertilize the local gardens is something that everyone ...

Happy Mothers day from OEF

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 10 Comments »

Dear Gang, Greeting from, Afghanistan. First of all I want to say Happy Mother's Day to all you gals out there in Cyberland!! I can say that this is going to be a long tour. We travel around Kandahar City, which ...

The New SandGram…

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Site News | 28 Comments »

Dear Gang, If you are reading this, then you found out I have moved. This was a goal I had six months ago and spurred on by my Uncle Bruce who helped me get the domain name for the Sandgram. We ...

Change in Orders

Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 1 Comment »

Hey Guys, I have started my journey to Camp Lejeune NC where I'll start the three weeks of training to prepare for my deployment. I have to say that the tide of the war has surely been changed forever! Since I will ...