Greetings friends and families back home. I hope this update finds you all well and in good health.
Our Battalion has been in country over six weeks now, and after many issues with space and maintenance of vehicles we inherited, the Company has finally set into a battle rhythm.
It is definitely cooling off. The area is quite arid and the temperatures are more reflective of desert environment. During the day it is still probably in the mid 70's, but has dipped several times into the 40's.
The 100 days of wind, is a period of 30km winds plus that was supposed to end in August end, but is just now finally subsiding. It will be nice not to hear the wind whip around the sand.
The people are very innovative here with what resources they have. AS you have seen from some of the pictures, they build compounds of mud bricks, which we see everywhere. They also have a water system where they poke holes into the ground to follow any sources of water. We have actually seen some that have fish in them, even with it looking like a desert only a mere 5 ft away.
As with most third world countries, they just throw their trash and garbage everywhere, it is sad really.
Some towns are friendly, with kids all over the place wanting free stuff from us. It is fun for awhile, but some are quite bothersome. I had one 8 year old boy grab at my watch wanting it, I had to say "Ney" which means "No" in Dari, and "Knanna Buru" which means go home.
To me the most enjoyable aspect of this deployment is the actually patrolling of the towns and seeing the people,
In closing I'd just like to thank you all again, your support, packages, letters and much more keep our spirits high and morale even higher. I can never truly tell you how much that means to all of us.
Know that you're in our thoughts and prayers at all times and we'll complete our Mission and be home soon!
Baamaane Khudaa ~
1 LT David. B. Smith
Charlie Company 3/144 IN FWD
Company Commander
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