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WUSF Radio interview for March 30
This week’s conversation with WUSF’s Bobbie O’Brien covered our mission to a girls school to drop off donated school supplies and President Obama’s visit to Afghanistan. The story aired Monday during...
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Case of a Mistaken Village
Now that our mission is over, I will reveal what I couldn’t yesterday about the potential of being the biggest blunder of my deployment. It took some real finesse and some sheer luck to resolve the...
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Organized Chaos
G Company loading truck with boxes of school items. Now that we had a solution, it was time to implement an action plan. The next day, my teammates and G-Company, 186 BSB combined forces and loaded a...
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This week’s radio interview
Reporter & Producer Bobbie O'Brien Here is a link to this week’s chat with WUSF reporter Bobbie O’Brien. We talked about the latest school supplies delivery mission, the preparations for it and how...
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Preparing for ANA School Supply Drop Mission
One of two truckloads of school supplies. After delivering the school supplies, our convoy departed the school and returned back to camp. But my day was only half over and after lunch, I would have to...
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ANA On Their Own
Afghan children hoping to get more school supplies. Yesterday I mentioned that the ANA visited a village school and dropped off school supplies and Beanie Babies for the children. Today I had an...
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Time is Running Out
1Sgt does his “Jarod” impression. Like an hourglass that has been turned upside down and the sand granules slowly deplete and amass on the bottom, so is the amount of time we have left on our...
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Corruption – My Last Straw
Me loading a big roll of HA blankets. It started off as a perfect morning. I had some extra time for breakfast and enjoyed a fluffy egg omelet, fresh fruit, and washed it down with some mediocre...
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Radio chat for this week
From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: Rex has departed his camp and is on his long journey home. Before he left he had a chance to chat with WUSF Radio’s Bobbie O’Brien. They talked about Rex’s recent visit...
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Last in country radio conversation
Rex with his MRAP on a mission in Afghanistan. From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: Rex is on his way home; he’s made it to Ali Asaleem, Kuwait. Before leaving his camp in Afghanistan Rex did one last “in...
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