Joel Struthers
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Yeah, and this is 2007, but... What do you got, Michael? C-130. Let's see.
Yeah, and this is 2007, but... What do you got, Michael? C-130. Let's see.
Yeah, and this is 2007, but... What do you got, Michael? C-130. Let's see.
So anyway, one day we were sitting. I've been there about a year. And we also had a house on the outside of the governor's compound. It was like a four-story typical Afghan house. And we had the HESCO around it and we hired a local Afghan company to guard it. And the Brit mill gave us a signaler, one of their GPMGs, so we could have a little more. And we lived in that sometimes. And two teams.
So anyway, one day we were sitting. I've been there about a year. And we also had a house on the outside of the governor's compound. It was like a four-story typical Afghan house. And we had the HESCO around it and we hired a local Afghan company to guard it. And the Brit mill gave us a signaler, one of their GPMGs, so we could have a little more. And we lived in that sometimes. And two teams.
So anyway, one day we were sitting. I've been there about a year. And we also had a house on the outside of the governor's compound. It was like a four-story typical Afghan house. And we had the HESCO around it and we hired a local Afghan company to guard it. And the Brit mill gave us a signaler, one of their GPMGs, so we could have a little more. And we lived in that sometimes. And two teams.
And it was neat times. And I remember... And the back of that hurt that burnt was millions of dollars. And that was being given to the cash money, which was going to the warlords to just do their thing, grow their opium, don't get involved in the war. Because some of these guys had...
And it was neat times. And I remember... And the back of that hurt that burnt was millions of dollars. And that was being given to the cash money, which was going to the warlords to just do their thing, grow their opium, don't get involved in the war. Because some of these guys had...
And it was neat times. And I remember... And the back of that hurt that burnt was millions of dollars. And that was being given to the cash money, which was going to the warlords to just do their thing, grow their opium, don't get involved in the war. Because some of these guys had...
you know serious serious stuff after the uh the soviets had uh pulled out you know and i always i found that strange and that was the juxtaposition it's kind of watching the news and seeing what was happening i don't want to get into that but um yeah it was just interesting that you know it seemed like the war wasn't really going well at that time and that's 2007 and result look what happened right i don't know if it ever actually went yeah yeah it went but i don't know if it went well
you know serious serious stuff after the uh the soviets had uh pulled out you know and i always i found that strange and that was the juxtaposition it's kind of watching the news and seeing what was happening i don't want to get into that but um yeah it was just interesting that you know it seemed like the war wasn't really going well at that time and that's 2007 and result look what happened right i don't know if it ever actually went yeah yeah it went but i don't know if it went well
you know serious serious stuff after the uh the soviets had uh pulled out you know and i always i found that strange and that was the juxtaposition it's kind of watching the news and seeing what was happening i don't want to get into that but um yeah it was just interesting that you know it seemed like the war wasn't really going well at that time and that's 2007 and result look what happened right i don't know if it ever actually went yeah yeah it went but i don't know if it went well
And I remember one day we were told, you know, the signal or the message came in from the PRT is no movement today. And we had built this little half-assed gym up on the roof, which is like an open floor. We'd stolen some shit from the camp. And all of a sudden we heard this rhyme.
And I remember one day we were told, you know, the signal or the message came in from the PRT is no movement today. And we had built this little half-assed gym up on the roof, which is like an open floor. We'd stolen some shit from the camp. And all of a sudden we heard this rhyme.
And I remember one day we were told, you know, the signal or the message came in from the PRT is no movement today. And we had built this little half-assed gym up on the roof, which is like an open floor. We'd stolen some shit from the camp. And all of a sudden we heard this rhyme.