sgtdub

27 January 2007, A good day.
The reason I'm running late tonight is because we had a presentation for the other Afghan that helped Rambo at the front gate. He has asked to remain anonymous as much as possible because he is concerned for his and his family's safety. I can understand his reluctance. This incident has been stressful on him and he is concerned that his photo may jeopardize his life and that of his family if insurgents did get it. He has asked to be able to move to the United States. We are currently working on finding out what needs to happen to facilitate that. Of course, once he and his wife are in the United States, he has to decide where he would want to live, get a place, a job, basically start from scratch. I can't believe the undertaking this would involve. He was telling me tonight tat he does have experience with computers, but would need to 'train up' for a couple of months to regain those skills. I'll keep you updated on what is happening with him. Rambo is a different story all together. Just shortly after the EOD team detonated the vehicle bomb he managed to grab lunch and was eating it at the scene. He feels he did nothing extraordinary and already see the threat for his life by being so visible at the front gate. He has told us he will remain on Camp Phoenix for as long as Americans are there.
In other news, well there isn't much other news. I spent about 3 hours working on building a new wall in our conference room. We were moving along at a decent pace when we realized there was going to be a briefing in just over an hour in that room. Needless to say, we had to stop building and start cleaning, as well as reassemble everything that was needed for the briefing. We kicked it into overdrive and got things back in order with time to spare. I guess we will be back at it tomorrow.
Be safe and have a good day.