October 31, 2008

Greetings Friends,

This update will be rather brief, but hopefully I’ll be able to send another pretty soon – or I’ll send out another photo album link and narrative.

As most of you are well aware – especially where the military is concerned – the only constant is change. So if you ever start to feel comfortable it probably means change is looming. That is the case for me. I was getting very comfortable in the things I was doing with the PHQ and the police in Jalalabad. I had also settled in nicely in our quarters at Site 2. So clearly that meant change was just around the corner.

Fairly soon I will be moving to a new location and position. I can’t go into the details right now, but can tell you I have a new mailing address and will provide that below (technically, I don’t have the new address yet, but given the time it takes mail to get here, the new address is the one to use). If anyone has already sent something to the address I previously provided (not in an update, but to some individuals), those items should find me fairly easily. I was planning to provide the address anyway, as several people have asked for it, so the timing isn’t too bad.

Now, here’s the bad part of this, I really don’t know what I’ll need when I get to the new location. I do know it’s much more remote than where I’m at now and there are significantly less services – including no laundry or food service as I understand it. Once I get there and settled in I’ll provide what details I can about the place and what I’ll be doing.

So here’s my new mailing address for those who are interested (but please don’t feel that just because I’m sending the address I’m expecting people to send stuff):

Kevin Miller
Konar PMT/Fiaz
C/O Asadabad PRT
APO AE 09354

I do want to say thank you to all who have written notes, given me updates, and/or sent good wishes my way. I can’t always respond to individuals, but will try to do so when I have time and Internet access (something else I don’t know about where I’ll be going). If I don’t get back to you directly, please know that I am still very appreciative hearing from you.

I’ll sign off for now but will try to send a photo link and narrative in the next day or so. Thanks for keeping me and my family in your thoughts!

Kevin
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