122910 Meanwhile in Afghanistan....(Pics of Brits)

122910 Meanwhile in Afghanistan....(Pics of Brits)
I'm an Army contractor in Iraq and I've been doing this for about 5 years now.  When I originally applied for work in the mideast I wanted to go to Afghanistan since it (really) was safer then.  But I was need in Iraq so off I went.  In my five years in Iraq I've been on every major base and many of the smaller FOBs.  I've done the corkscrew takeoffs and landings out of BIAP (Baghdad International Airport) while the plane fires off flares to confuse incoming RPGs.  I've been on both fixed wing and rotary aircraft and there where certainly a few times on the helo where I felt I went one way and my stomach went the other way.   Fortunately Iraq is much safer now but that is not the case with Afghanistan.  Afghanistan now is like Iraq was 3-4 years ago.  A few days ago I received the message below from my friend Mike who is a PAO in Afghanistan.
"Hello gentlemen, night three of rocket attacks ... one dead on Christmas, one dead last night, no report from tonight ..."
So maybe I was better off going to Iraq first afterall?
Also, as a PAO Mike (in Afghanistan) gets to take some awsome pics and he also travels to the other NATO sites.  Here are some pics taken at the British camp.
R/Chris