Thursday

I'm getting to do some extremely interesting stuff. Unfortunately I can't tell you about a lot of it. So my family won't worry, I will say that it's not dangerous. I can tell you about some other stuff. I'm getting to do just a little bit of criminal defense, a little bit of legal assistance, a little bit of MP work, a lot of advising the Afghan army, and a lot of advising my commander. I think I've got the best JAG job in country. Most JAGs do only one piece of that puzzle. Generally a JAG is assigned to do "just" legal assistance or "just" criminal law. So that's why I like my job. Variety.

I thought I was going to go to Herat, Afghanistan this next week. That would have been good because I am responsible for one of the bases in Herat. Also, I probably would have come back with a lot of good pictures. Unfortunately I've got something pressing here at Alamo that must be accomplished instead. But I will eventually get there, and also to Mazr-e-sharif, where I have another base.

All of this may or may not be interesting to you. What do you want to hear about? What have I left out? Leave me a comment and I'll do my best to let you know.