Afghan Lessons Learned (A.L.L)
How’s your train up for Afghanistan going?
Not so hot?
Pretty good?
Wonder what equipment you should take?
Well, four of us from the blog world have banded together to establish a new blog called Afghan Lessons Learned to answer those questions for you. Bouhammer, Bill and Bob’s Excellent Afghan Adventure, War on Terror News and I want to help get you that information.
After discussing the issue the four of us agreed that there wasn’t a site accessible to everyone with the information needed to prepare for Afghanistan. We also all agreed that some of what the Army is teaching is just pure and utter BS.
Like telling people not to drink Chai, what the…?
Thus, A.L.L. came into being. We want to make this a one stop shop for open source info on culture, equipment, COIN, FOB reviews and anything else we can think of or you think you may need. The rest of the guys have been here and had very successful tours and I’m still here, so we have plenty of info.
All of us are senior NCOs or officers and we’ll give you the no BS answer to your questions as long as it doesn’t violate OPSEC.
So, if you’re deploying to Afghanistan or know someone who is please pass the site along to them.
Good luck, good hunting and VAMPIRE!
Thank you Vampire 6
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Your intentions for advising those who are/will be 'new' to Afghanistan are very good and the idea is exceptional. It is not easy being deployed to this country, as the conditions and terrain are hard.
The amount of gear one carries up those 'hills' is extraordinary. I'm glad it's not me. Carrying the 'correct' stuff makes it all worth while. Fantastic job done by all of you. I, for one, will never forget what you have done.
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What a great idea! Hopefully this will be widely read and shared by everyone who is being deployed or knows someone who is. I wonder...are there more "seasoned veterans" like you out there in internet land? If so, this may really catch on, and if it does, maybe this war story will have a happy ending. Keep up the good work, and thank you for your continuing service.
Aleta
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Great job and a necessary tool for Soldiers deploying to Afghanistan. I've already got the link up on my blog.
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Outstanding! This is the way it should have been done from the Git Go!
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I'm getting a blogger error (bX-r1ezpk) when I went to the site. I'll check again later. Hope it's fixed by then.
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Good on ya! Y'all will probably keep a few folks alive with your info!!!
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thanks for the information, I'll take a look at it.
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Thanks so much for the info. My bf has recently arrived at Bagram and there is lil communication atm. Ur blog truly helped me figure out the things he might need, or would truly enjoy, in the first of many care packages. Couple things I might add to the list that have already been requested would be an air mattress and heating blanket. Thanks for all your help. Your blogs, tho they occasionally tend to scare the cr** out me, lol, really help me to feel that I know a lil bit of what he is going through. Thank you!
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Posted and linked. Stay safe and good hunting!
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Hey man thanks for the info. I'm a corpsman heading out with a marine ETT here in a couple months and there's so little information about them and the day to day life that it's good to get a little info. I appreciate the work yall are putting in to get someinformation to those who are about to head out. Thanks brotha.
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Thank you for your your service. I'm posting this on the website.
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