Day 12: WAR

as Edwin Starr puts it in his classic soul hit..."What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!". Nobody desires war, but it is a painful reality that war remains in our world today. Afghanistan is a country that has been ravaged by war resulting in a quality of life that has been wounded by poverty, crime, substandard health care, substandard living conditions, and the list goes on. As many of you know my duties in Afghanistan involve being part of an "ETT" or Embedded Training Team. The general purpose of an ETT is to aid in rebuilding the infrastructure of the country with a focus on advising and mentoring the Afghan people (security forces, doctors, supply managers, etc...). ETTs come in a variety of "flavors" to include medical, logistics (store keeping, supply, warehouses), security/patrol, public health just to name a few. We are all working together in hopes of something better for this struggling country.
Please pray for the nation of Afghanistan, and for the soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and civilian volunteers who continue to put their lives in harms way in the name of freedom.