Initial Posting

Hello All,
I have now been in country for two weeks and I am yet to get settled due to the constant changes that I have been going through. September 12 was when I officially reported for duty at Fort Benning, GA and following a week of shots, equipment issue, and improving tactical proficiency I finally departed for Kuwait on September 19.
The flight was long but not as bad as it could have been. I was able to get some sleep and enjoy the in-flight entertainment a couple of times. Finally after 12 hours of flight time I landed in Kuwait City where I was picked up by two men and driven to Ali Al Saleem Air Base in Northern Kuwait. Most people spend anywhere from 3-10 days there awaiting their next flight into country. Someone must have been looking out for me as I only spent 5 hours there. At 2:30 am my flight departed for Bagram Airfield (BAF). I have now been in the military for going on 6 years and this is my first flight in any military airplane. The flight to BAF made my flight to Kuwait seem extremely luxurious. It was a long 4 hours but I made it, arriving in Bagram at 7:00 am on Monday.
Following a couple of days of trying to get a seat, I finally was booked on the Corps of Engineers (USACE) contract plane on Friday, Oct 25. I enjoyed getting to relax at BAF but was also anxious to get to Kabul where I was planning on spending my next twelve months.
A common phrase here is, "The battlefield is a fluid thing" and I now know why it is so often used. Since arriving in Kabul I have now been given four different assignments. The initial plan was for me to be assigned to the USACE Headquarters here in Kabul, but after meeting with the Commander here, I was reassigned to Feyzabad as a Resident Officer in Charge (OIC). That lasted about 48 hours and then I was told to get ready to go to Gardez to do the same job. So I then made plans to coordinate my movement to Gardez. Upon arriving in the office the next day I was told that plans had changed again and I was now going to Jalalabad (J-Bad), which I am excited about. J-bad is a city along the Khyber pass that connects Kabul to Peshawar in Pakistan. It is also near Tora Bora, which was were Bin Laden escaped to in early 2002 during Operation Anaconda. The plan is for me to be in J-Bad for 2 months. I expect to be there much longer.