FULL COLOR INTERIOR. The letters that make up this book are an honest first hand account of events on a Forward Operating Base in Eastern Afghanistan. The intent is to convey my exprience to those back home who have never been to a third world country, let alone a combat zone. My experiences over the course of 4 months are detailed in weekly letters to friends and family back home. I simply desired to share what many have found to be boring experiences through the eyes of someone who looked for something each week to comment about. Reading back through my letters, I found that daily events...

See through the eyes of one who had "boots on the ground" what daily life on a Forward Operating Base is like. There are plenty of books out there that tell of the horrors of war, this is not one. This book is simply a day to day walk in the shoes of and Airman who was there. The contents of the book were compiled over a deployment to Afghanistan from Autumn 2007 to late Winter 2008. The letters to those back home are intended to give a day to day view of life in the military while deployed. I was deliberately vague about military missions and events for security reasons. I present my view of...