CAST

Well, my combat airman skills training is complete and I think I'm about as ready to go as I can be. It was great training and the instructors really knew their stuff.

At CAST, I met up with several other people who will be in Kabul around the same time as I will - along with a few who had been there on past deployments. Their first-hand accounts of life at ISAF really helps with the mental preparation.

I'm glad I won't be wearing body armor and running around the Afghan countryside on a regular basis. That stuff is heavy! But I now know how to wear it and what to do in any number of unlikely scenarios.

I'll post more pictures and stories from CAST soon.