Author Archives: Adam

You know, I wish I could give myself a hip hop nickname. Layne calls herself L-Boogie, which is . . . awesome. But I don’t have a hip hop nickname, and I think if anyone needs one, it’s me, right? … Continue reading →

So there is a book by the title Kabul in Winter, and while the winter is many months away, I have been thinking about it for some reason. Each day when I leave my barracks, whether there is cloud cover … Continue reading →

Wow, I didn’t expect to wake up to this news – did anyone? I have had a lot of moments lately where my brain has seemed to shut down in order to try and deal with the rapid change going … Continue reading →

Today, I helped the Afghan workers in our office to learn a valuable lesson in Western culture. I taught them the rules and general strategy for the board game known as “Sorry.” I also explained why it was named “Sorry” … Continue reading →

It was just 11 years ago, in 1992, that the socialist government that had controlled Afghanistan, was overthrown by the Mujahideen , and an era of influence by the Soviet Union came to an end. The celebration of the fall … Continue reading →

Here are all the differences between what I’m used to in the United States and what they have here in Kabul. I mean all the common, everyday things that have taken some time to get used to since I’ve been … Continue reading →

I was talking with some of the locals a few days ago, and they were telling me this incredible story. I thought I’d relate it here. It was a really moving story about an Afghani named Anhahandy who was working … Continue reading →

The training course we went through when we got to Camp Gibson was very interesting, because it had lessons in Afghanistan history, counter-surveillance, roadside bomb construction, and convoy security. You guys in the military know all this stuff, but the … Continue reading →

Camp Gibson is in the north part of Kabul, right up against a rocky hillside, and like most camps designed by DynCorp, it is roughly 200mx200m. I find it interesting that my 40,000sq meters is all that I get for … Continue reading →

In AD 615 according to the Gregorian Calendar, Muhammad, the founder of Islam, was living in Mecca and was being persecuted for his beliefs. In fact, all of his followers were being persecuted by an economic monopoly that feared a … Continue reading →