Going to Kandahar

On the 21st M.M. and I left Bagram, boarded a C-130, and flew to Kandahar Air Field, which is to be our home for the duration.  Our clinic is in the process of getting to KAF, after being incorrectly routed to a FOB 20 miles away.  As such, we are currently operating out of a desk in one half of a 40' CONEX that belongs to one the AECOM operations personnel.  We have limited supplies, limited meds, and limited space.  This is truly operational medicine.

KAF is considerably different from Bagram.  Everything is much more spread out; we walk 2 km to our clinic every morning and 2 km back, and we walk about 1.5 km one way to chow every time we eat.  Needless to say, we are both getting in plenty of exercise.

That being said, the following are some pictures before and during the flight from BAF to KAF.

Right before we left BAF.

Out the back of the plane.

I'm not sure what that expression is on my face.  

Still pretty blurry, but it gives you a little better idea of 

what the interior of a C-130 looks like.

Villages and fields.  If the lines were straighter, it could almost

be Iraq.

Whole lot of nothing down there.

Goodbye mountains.  We won't get to see you in KAF.

In the next post, I will be putting up pictures of our first look at KAF, including the DFAC at the South Park Compound and some general pictures of the base.