FOB Delaram

 So after spending some time in Leatherneck, I got shipped out with my team to FOB Delaram. FOB (Forward Operating Base) Delaram is a lot smaller than Camp Leatherneck, but big enough to still be a comfortable place to live/work. Everyone pretty much likes it here and is one of the more enjoyable places to be stationed at.  Those Tents in the picture is what we live in, and can hold 6 bunk beds comfortably, so 12 people, but ours only has 6 people so everyone gets their own rack and plenty of living space. I also like it here because the ground is pretty much completely covered in stones/pebbles/rocks that are about the size of half dollar coins to fist size. With the ground being covered with rocks, there is pretty much no lingering dust in the air like at Leatherneck, and the dust doesn't seem to get into every little thing you own either.

I can see the town of Delaram from our base which is pretty cool and we are pretty much the furthest north you can go in Afghanistan before you end up in the huge mountain ranges that cover the rest of the country. So the entire view North is a horizon of mountains that look pretty close to the size of the Rockies.  Right now is the "weather" season of Afghanistan so there is pretty big swings in the forecast throughout the week. For example, the beginning of this week was pretty cold, 50ish in the day, 40s at night, then it warmed up to around 60 something another day, and then it rained for a bit... last night there was a big thunder storm that went on for about 6 hours, tons of lightning and we even got a good amount of hail a couple times (the only downfall to my job is that no matter where I'm stationed, I'll always be working in the building attached to the largest antennas around for a 100 miles hahaha).  My work schedule is as expected, working 13+ hours every day... EVERY day. :-) we are always making jokes like on Friday morning saying stuff like "hey, so you got any plans for this weekend?" haha, and everyone seems to have the same plans as each other..... weird.  So me and my friend decided to do the math on how much we get paid hour for take home pay, including room and board..... that was a sad sight hahaha, lets just say we make less than minimum wage for the amount of hours we work, yet somehow everyone puts forth more effort than most anyone at any other "normal" 9 to 5 job.  (power just went out on our generators as I'm typing this :-).... it's back on now.) But working here is VERY exciting with all the stuff I do and what we are involved in.... lets just say that the stuff me and the other 11 people I work with have a direct impact on saving tons of peoples lives and tons of mission accomplishments (and I'm not talking an impact like how an armory fixes a gun, for someone who can now take it to the field and hope it works and use it to save his life.... a little bigger of an impact than that).

But yea, that's about all I have to say about my life so far, hopefully I can get around to taking more pictures of stuff when I get the time. Thank you all for your support :-)