It's Finally Lost Its Allure

Well, by now you've all heard about the attack on KAF last night. Nothing I'm going to tell you can't be found on the internet. It started at 1950 with a rocket attack - I hit the floor (on Skype with Jolene again, that's two in a row!), waited 2 minutes, got back into my uniform and headed out to the bunker. The bunker is 2 walls of 12 inch thick concrete with a concrete roof. Fits lots of people.

Once I got into the bunker, another rocket attack siren wailed and one landed ~3/4 mile away. Not 10 seconds later, another hit the boardwalk which is ~150 meters from my bunker. The picture was taken 20 seconds after it hit. We then got the Giant Voice stating that "KAF is under ground attack. Take cover in place". So there I stood in the bunker (or very near it as concrete baked all day long in the sun doesn't cool down quickly) for the next 4 hours as Force Protection took care of the "situation".

In the end, 12 people were injured with no fatalities. When you come to think of it, ~15 insurgents attacking a fortified air base with a population of 25,000 of which at least 20,000 are armed in a defensive posture - not the smartest idea.

Anyway, as I was walking away from RC(S) this afternoon in 100 degree heat, wearing 40 pounds of body armor with the wind blowing dust in my eyes and poo-pond smell in my nose, I thought, "my fun-meter is just about pegged!"