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Update from Afganland

Sep 14, ’10 11:25 PM

The end of Ramadan, the 9/11 anniversary, the Koran burning protests, and other negative stories “means taliban is going to step up their operations again” according to Corporal Butler, my friend who is serving in Afghanistan.

Ken’s been out on four missions so far but says that, “all was calm in this vicinity for eid. There were some attacks in the area for 9-11 but they did not attack here.” In his e-mail he seemed a little disappointed to have missed the excitement, but his boredom is the best news I can hear.

If you’re like me you may feel like there’s not much news from Afghanistan. Maybe it’s a symptom of living where I do now (and not being glued to a radio for eight hours a day) but I didn’t know a thing about any of this until Ken told me. The fact is though that today we get the news we seek, and more information about the war is always a click away.

Keep it up Ken!

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Cpl Kenny Butler in Afganland

Aug 5, ’10 12:06 AM


My high school buddy slash college roommate slash good friend, Corporal Kenny Butler, is in Afghanistan right now. It’s been amazing to be able to keep in touch with him online while he’s there, a little crazy too. We get to chat over IM like he’s at camp or something, but I love it. For instance, he told me he found a ridiculously cool fox-headed fur hat that he wished he would have bought.
I had seen the inset photo recently and sent it to him with the following text:

INFO
SUBJECT: ARMY COMBAT UNIFORM (ACU) ENSEMBLE

1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO ANNOUNCE IMPLEMENTING INSTRUCTIONS ON THE CARE AND WEAR OF THE NEW WRINKLE-FREE, UNIVERSAL FLUFFY K-9 MOUNTAIN MAN ACU ENSEMBLE APPROVED BY THE CSA ON 21 JUL 10. POLICY CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

2. SO TUCK A PRETTY LITTLE FOX UP ON TO YOUR HEAD SOLDIER.

Then he sent me the picture above taken on the day he first saw the goofy hat. He said he might print them out to spread the word and I thought it would be fun to do the same. So if you’re at home or at work, you should download this little pdf of the instructions and print a copy. You don’t have to hang it up. Just print it out, look at it, and think good thoughts for Kenny in Afghanistan.

Oh, and before you ask, his gold tooth is real.

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