Arrival at Orgun-E

Posting from Dave: David doesn't have personal internet access right now, so he sent this to me via his AKO account. Hopefully, he will be able to get internet service in the near future. I've learned that soldiers can be very resourceful - some of them have purchased satellites and are charging others to hook up to them. David is working on getting one of the soldiers to run internet to his room. But, for now, this will have to do -

After a 30 plus day and 400km journey from Kandahar Airfield in Southern Afghanistan via Bagram Airfield, my Company XOs, Supply Sergeants and I finally arrived at FOB Orgun-E! On our final leg, my logistics party traveled three and a half hours via CH-47 aircraft to Eastern Afghanistan and landed on 6 July at Dennis Airfield. FOB Orgun-E is located in the Paktika province of RC-E and is settled at about 8000 feet elevation. The weather is a relief with almost a 20 degree cooler variant from life at Kandahar. The FOB itself is a transformed Russian airbase from the Afghanistan-Soviet War. Though rustic in nature, the quality of life is very acceptable for this region of the country. We are fitted with a more than acceptable DFAC managed by our internal cooks. There is a small shopping village with stores and a café. The physical fitness center has all the amenities necessary to retain the proper conditioning for our operating environment. And of course a small post office, MWR facility, and radio station. The biggest culture shock, however, is the amount of local national employees that work on the FOB as either laborers, store owners, or interpreters.
As we transition with our counterparts and meet the local leadership, TF White Currahee will enter a very volatile combat environment with high expectations to further promote and provide security, governance, and development among the populous of Paktika.