Chris, Chris and Chris
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Breakfast – Cheerio’s and Not Milk
Yesterday I talked about ISAF base, but I just realized that I didn’t explain what ISAF is. ISAF stands for International Security Assistance Force. It’s the name of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan. It’s comprised of multiple countries’ military forces, and the ISAF base is next to our base here.
USAID is between the ISAF base and Camp Eggers, our base. Eggers was named after a soldier killed in action by and IED. While we’re on the subject of acronyms… here’s something a little morbid… there are three types of IEDs… in order of severity, they are: IED, BBIED and VBIED. I’d define each, but would rather move off of the morbid stuff. You can Google the acronyms if you want to know what they stand for.
I have an office mate from Diet Pepsi. She’s a VP who’s been working here on and off since we first started in 2003. She was born and raised in the Dominican Republic, and married an Irish-American. She’s an absolute riot. This morning, I lamented not being able to take any pictures, and she showed me to the roof of our building. I snapped quite a few photos. Hover over an image to read the caption. Click on an image to enlarge it.
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- Chris, Chris and Chris
I also went back to USAID again for another visit. When I came out, my new friend Bashni was playing in the dirt and was VERY happy to see me. “This my dirt. This dirt, my dirt.” How cute is that?!?!?!
