After a 20+ hour flight, we are safe in Kyrgyzstan.
We will be here for a night or two awaiting flights to Kabul (where we will spend a bit of time) and then on to Herat.
We went "dry" upon leaving Indy airport as we are carring our weapons.
But with an 1 3/4 hour layover in Shannon, Ireland, we had to have a slow pour or two.
After all, what were they going to do, send us to Afghanistan? Tom
LCDR Tom Davy, MSC, USN (RC), Medical Mentor Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan
Eight months before his election to be President of the Republic of France
Nicolas Sarkozy, Minister of the Interior (France) attends a somber memorial service for the police force members killed on 9-11.
The service was held one block from "Ground Zero" WTC, at St. Peter's Church, Barclay and Church Streets, New York, Sept 11, 2006.