Shiny Capstar
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I think it's an unbelievably beautifully wild place.
It is in parts, in others it just looks... dirty I suppose would be the best word to describe it.
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I think it's an unbelievably beautifully wild place.
It is in parts, in others it just looks... dirty I suppose would be the best word to describe it.
Sorta describes the difference between Helmand and Konar. Konar under the lens of any camera is magical.
Helmand is, well...brown. Pretty damned lush at eyeball level, it seems, down in the green-zones.
Then there's a general pre-bronze age feel to all of it. Antiquity minus the high art.
As rugged, shiny scenery goes, we have the sweet end of the deal in the east. Nuristan, Konar, Nangahar, and Khost just really, really remind me of a LOT of places where I've gone fishing in our west.
"You should see it in the winter, not the nicest of places to look at at times."
I imagine not. Dirt-poor little villages amidst a dreary grey landscape. Certainly not the city of lights.
The worst terrain in the world is the stuff you happen to be on at the moment, especially if somebody is shooting at you.
I've a lot of respect for our guys. They're learning a new meaning to the word "mountaingoat", that's for sure. The desert, though (and you know this), brings it's own set of very killing challenges to soldiers. Your guys are knee-deep in one of the world's largest.
Further, it's my suspicion that your vehicles just absolutely get the sh!t kicked out of them by the terrain.
Some vehicle is always broken down there it seems. Lot of axles busted. We always seem to be recovering some vehicle there while under fire.
Damned annoying work.