More of my life in pictures

My humble home. We don't have a lot of space in our living areas so we do everything we can to maximize what we do have. A couple of us got together and built these custom beds last year, its a big wooden frame that we attach the existing bed frame to and makes it into a loft bed, leaving enough room underneath for a comfortable desk and bookcase.

It was pretty interesting for the first few months that we had them, every time there was a rocket attack, either the sirens or the explosions would wake my roommate and I with a start and we'd almost knock ourselves out on the ceiling trying to get out of bed and onto the floor. Plus my roommate also has some crazy PTSD from his wild Army days so he's always having some crazy dream and popping up in his bed and slamming his head, he wonders why he wakes up with a headache all the time. He's since moved out though so I've got a big room to myself now. Lucky me!
This is the newest addition to our growing mascot section, lil Ms. Gnarls, otherwise known as Daisy. She's a typical little Afghan mutt that some GI's dumped off on this side of the base because someone was going to catch and kill her on the other side. Now she hangs out on the flight line all day and charms all of the passengers. She loves to ride in cars and gators, chew on water bottles, and nip unsuspecting people in the butt.

And the last guy I suspected that I would run into out here in Afghanistan would be my football coach from high school and the German league. He's running a container yard out at some FOB on the edge of the Helmand river valley.