Technology

Technology has truly changed the deployment experience. With a single internet connection and a router the world is at your fingertips. Unfortunately I have been without that internet connection here for a while and now I know what it was like before all this advancement. The past few days I have sat in line for hours to make a phone call and check my email. With a time limit of 15 minutes, you just hope that everyone is at home. Usually they are not. I haven't met a soldier yet that doesn't have a laptop here. I guess as cheap as they are, you would be a fool not to have one. Its the best 500 bucks you'll every spend. Unfortunately the bandwidth here is owned by a criminal organization and they charge millions to give you the speed of dialup. I pay 100 bucks a month to stay connected. Go figure. I just hope this all doesn't support some terrorist organization. Skype is an amazing program, and its amazing how easy it is to get connected with people 10,000 miles away. An internet connection, a webcam and Skype..... we are truly lucky.