We left Fort Benning about 4 ½ hours late due to weather and mechanical difficulties. It was a chartered MD-11 and had the amenities you’d have on any airline flight. I watched one movie, “Killers,” and fell asleep during “Inception.” I don’t remember the third movie but I don’t think I missed much sleeping through it. Food was typical for airline food.
We landed in Leipzig, Germany after about 8 hours to refuel and were on the ground for all of 45 minutes before heading onto Kuwait. Four and a half hours later we landed in Kuwait. Naturally we got in way too late to get a flight out that night so it was off to the transient tents to wait for a late night flight out the following day into Kandahar.
At the air base in Kuwait you have Pizza Hut, McDonalds, KFC, and Subway. Of course they are not exactly like what we are use to (taste wise) but it is a good thing they are there. The military recently decided to have contractors pay for their food in the mess hall in Kuwait. Ok, but the problem is they make you use an “Eagle Cash Card.” Think prepaid cash card that the government wants you to use for shopping at AAFES in theater (can’t be used back home). Well for one I couldn’t just go get one and second why get one when I was headed for Afghanistan anyways. So I got my last taste of fine “American” cuisine before leaving Kuwait.
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