The days are now numbers as I await for my departure date. The feeling is different with this trip. Again I find myself on the verge of leaving but this is not a military deployment. There is no safety net that is all around me from the time I show to the moment I arrive on a FOB. Although I will be on a FOB when I do get there.

The last few days have consisted of many phone calls, the administrative paperwork shuffle and figuring out what needs to be done day by day until I leave. I have to say that private insurance, holy cow is it expensive! I am very fortunate to have been blessed with a wife who is strong, caring and supportive in this. I had it in the back of mind that I would be doing something but never could have imagined this. Her thoughts were the same on the subject as well.

I am hopeful that I will continue to be able to blog about my time in the ’stan’. This experience will be fun, rewarding and exciting all in one. Stay tuned for more dispatches as the days draw down.

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I emailed many of you to let you know the particulars of my upcoming trip. For the moment I won’t disclose the company. It’s not the military that I am going with but will say that I will be heading to Afghanistan soon. I am very excited about the opportunity and truly I feel honored to have been selected to go. This literally is a whole new career path for me and after much thought, I feel it is what I am suppose to do. To many indicators led to this and then suddenly boom, it was sitting in my lap. Divine Intervention anyone?

So strap in and enjoy the ride. I suspect it’s going to be a interesting one!

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Just want to see if any readers still pop in here. There is some news I’d like to update people on but would like to share with live people versus Google searchers.

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