New Year Day: Camp Bastion

It is about noon here at Camp Bastion on New Years Day and just turned New Years to you all on the East Coast....so I wish you all a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.

It is difficult here to juxtapose a celebration of the New Year with what happens around us.  We had multiple casualties yesterday morning then had the marines from Camp Leatherneck come over and give the hospital a BBQ (see pic) which was very nice.  And had some "celebration" with our small group of the New Year (I was in bed by 11...no different from home lol) then again a bad casualty the morning so it seems hard to imagine a Happy New Year. The biggest thing I can say is for everyone to give the "kids" who are doing the fighting ...and yes they seem like kids...the best support we can from a morale point.  If you know anyone who has one of theirs over here in the fight...make sure they know they have everyone's support.  That seems to help. Pic below is of marines going on mission outside the wire.