Remember When..
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This posting is directed to all of those service members who have served in Afghanistan.
Remember when the Kabul to Bagram road was driven by soldiers from Kabul, Bagram, and civilian contractors all the time in soft skin vehicles (Toyotas, Ford Ranger pickups, etc.) and they would carry troops in regular civilian buses and open 5 ton trucks?
Remember when they thought some of us (on my team) were paranoid for complaining about this?
Remember when the kindler, gentler Army folks would bitch at us for not 'driving friendly' and being so aggressive on this road because nothing ever happened on it?
Yeah those were the same folks who would repeat the mantra of "Complacency Kills!"
US: American service member killed in Afghanistan
KABUL (AP) — A roadside bomb killed an American service member and a nearby civilian Wednesday outside Afghanistan’s capital, the U.S. military said.
The military vehicle was traveling from Kabul toward Bagram Air Field when it hit a roadside bomb, said Navy Lt. Junior Grade Thomas Graves, a U.S. military spokesman.
The blast killed one service member who was inside the vehicle, and one nearby civilian, Graves said.
The incident happened in the early morning about 12 miles (20 kilometers) outside of Kabul, said Kabul province police spokesman Mustafa Wardak. He did not have any details on deaths or injuries.
The road on which the blast occurred is the main route to Bagram from the capital, regularly traveled by military convoys, commercial trucks and civilian vehicles.
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