Summer and the livin's easy (and so are the women)

If someone were to have some downtime in Bagram, its unlikely they would find anything exciting to do. I suppose living in a war zone is exciting enough, so I notice a lot of the guys here play with remote controlled cars. I really just don't see the appeal. I know they can't cruise the strip (the main corridor here can be loosely described as one) and holler at the ladies. Unless they're attracted to overweight, middle-aged contractors that take advantage of the buffet style chow offerings. 

Of course, that's not the entire demographic of contractors. It's a lot harder to stereotype contractors when you actually are part of this group. There are people from all over the world looking to cash in on this war, so it doesn't happen to be a strictly American quality. Some are from lesser known Baltic or Eastern European countries, many of whom are women of fertile age. This appears to be the only quality needed to attract the attention of men in this part of the world.


Sometimes I wonder if these Eastern European "contractors" are part of some seedy underground sex trafficking operation. Just today I walked by a mildly attractive lady and the guy behind her looked like the pimp from hell. I know pimps in general are supposed to be tough and mean-looking, but this guy didn't need a cane to whip your ass. He was a soldier pimp, and I wouldn't ever mess with that guy. Maybe he's ex-KGB. I think they were speaking Russian. Or maybe I'm just losing my grip on reality and I'm just ready to return home.


22 days until liberation.


-Danny