Late last night Dan called to tell me he's gotten his final orders. He'll be stationed at FOB Salerno, which I believe is about 100 miles east of Kandahar. I tried to look up the specific location but of course that leads to stories that I absolutely DO NOT need to read. Dan is in relatively good spirits and right now said the worst thing is the boredom. Until he actually arrives at Salerno he's not really working so there's a lot of time to wander around the base.
Yesterday he stumbled upon an area called The Boardwalk that apparently has the kind of restaurants you'd expect to see at your local stripmall - Subway, KFC, Panda Express, Pizza Hut, etc. He said it's incredibly surreal to be in the middle of Afghanistan and see all these things that feel like they're terribly out of place. I know it sounds weird but somehow the idea that we could both be sitting at a table eating a bucket of KFC fried chicken seems comforting. Although...yeah, that will never, ever happen. Nope. Never.
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