Hello, from Afghanistan

So, here I am in Afghanistan. Is it what I expected? No, but I don't think anything can ever really prepare someone for a deployment. I mean, the military has great pre-deployment training but things are still different than what I had mentally prepared myself for.

Anyway, here I sit at my desk, almost like a typical office in the United States. I have a desk, a computer, a telephone, books, binders, folders and pens, all the typical office supplies. The people I work with are great and there is always someone there to talk to. Sometimes I actually have to remind myself where I am...Afghanistan.