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DCG posted: " Want a peek into what life is like for our soldiers
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where soldiers post their comments about life over there. Here's some of
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Want a peek into what life is like for our soldiers serving in Bagram,
Afghanistan? There's a web site called
ilovebagram.com<http://www.ilovebagram.com/index.php?page=1> (ILB)
where soldiers post their comments about life over there. Here's some of
the funny quotes I wanted to share with you:
- Because when the local mosque does the call to prayer it sounds like
somebody is choking a flock of geese.
- Because I walked by a dead bird and knew for a FACT it had been eating
the local food.
- ILB because black mold is a form of interior decoration.
- Because of the ash that falls like snow on us from the burn pit which
we were told is NOT harmful to us, meanwhile, I have a letter from the Army
that says we may have long-term health issues. VA CLAIM..HERE I COME!!
- Because this place is so bad I got a care package from an inmate in
Pennsylvania.
- ILB because no one who draws women in port-a-johns has ever taken an
art lesson in their lives.
- ILB because the carefree optimism of the new folks that arrived last
month is now firmly replaced by the "Bagram 1000-yard stare".
- Because I left 3 months ago and am still finding sand and dirt in
places where there shouldn't be sand and dirt.
- ILB because the best thing to do on my "day off" is to go to work.
- Trying to find a shower that drains is like Russian Roulette, but
instead of a bullet you get athletes foot.
- First place I've been where it makes more sense to wash your hands
before you use the latrine than after.
- ILB because it taught me to appreciate anywhere else.
- b/c I feel like I’m on Fear Factor every time I go into the dfac
(dining facility)
- ILB because there are directions on how to use the toilets, and people
still mess it up.
- My favorite perfume scent is now Febreeze.
- Because the only thing worse than getting soap in your eyes, is
getting the water in your eyes.
- Rockets, mortars, Taliban breaching the wire...yet nothing strikes
terror in my heart the way dropping my BlackBerry on the portajohn floor
does.
- Because no where else but Bagram will you see a Soldier carrying his
M4 at the ready with his right hand, while in his left he sips an iced
mocha-latte through a straw.
- Because just last night I got a parking ticket in a war zone.
- Because there is a sign that says Burger King is open but no one knows
where.
- Because you have to use old water bottles, taped together, as AC
ducting. Makes the tent looks like a gerbil cage.
- Because this site could be used by Congress as a professional bulleted
white paper on how to save 60 billion dollars.
*Warning*: If you go to the web site, you will find language that may be
offensive. After all, not all aspects of serving over there are a pleasure.
You've been warned :)
DCG
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