So we get into Kandahar early in the morning and find out there is a new rule. If you are just transiting the base you can only go between the inbound and outbound terminals. And you have to have this special pass revalidated every four hours. The terminals are about a quarter mile apart and when you add carrying all your bags and equipment that ain’t fun.
We found a Marine whose job it was to drive travelers to the transient tent, even though you aren’t supposed to leave the terminals, and decided we would ignore the ridiculous rule. Well for six days we were in the tent. The tent consists of about a hundred or so tightly packed bunk beds with mattresses that you could feel the springs (or what was left of them) in.
Due to weather, VIPs, and other issues the only way we could get out was to have the people in Kabul actually book us on a NATO flight (instead of continuously signing up for Space-A). We made it into Kabul about 0430, just in time for a few days of snow showers.
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