Currently, they are here...
Josh left on Saturday morning en route to Kuwait. They arrived in Kuwait sometime on Sunday. I received a voicemail from Josh Sunday night around 6:00 p.m. indicating that they had arrived safely. To quote him, "it's a wonderland. The arches of McDonald's rise up in the middle of the desert and light up the night sky." Of course, where there is McDonald's, there is... Coke!
Prior to leaving Ft. Bragg, Josh volunteered for the baggage detail, which allowed him to load the bags on the plane! Josh loves to travel and anything to do with aircraft carriers, so he was thrilled with this opportunity. I believe from what he said, he even was able to get inside the plane to receive and stack the bags, which until then was uncharted territory for Josh.
While in Kuwait, he is seven hours ahead of us. He sounded very chipper for a day and 1/2 of traveling and it being around 1:00 a.m. Kuwait time when he called.
They are in-processing in Kuwait for an unknown period of time. Once they have completed that stage of the process, they will be heading to Afghanistan, which is approximately 1,300 miles away (air distance, point to point).
Eventually, they will be here...
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