Change of Scenery

Seth is now at the Forward Operating Base in Ghazni......We talked to him this morning and he's happy for the change of pace from Bagram. They traveled five hours by convoy to reach the new base. According to Seth they traveled through Kabul which was interesting. Since arriving at Ghazni not much has happened. When they are at the base they have a two hour duty to complete each day. Seth's duty right now is monitoring the Morale Tent where the telephones and computers are. It's his job to make sure that soldiers don't stay on the phone or on the computer longer than they're supposed too. Not bad work if you can get it ---a big difference from sitting in a tower for twelve hours. He said Ghazni is much more laid back and relaxed. The accomodations are not as good, the food is worse (he has a leaky roof in his hooch right over his bed) , but he's happy to be there. They'll probably head out on their first patrol next week but Seth's not sure if he'll be part of that operation. When they do go out they're out for days at a time.