Back in October, a friend of mine, from Yokota, asked what it felt like to be in the "homestretch". As I still had five and a half months left at that point, I couldn't even bring myself to reply... But now it is a little different: Today marks the beginning of my last full month in Afghanistan. But, I am also in a desperate rush to push each of my projects into a state that is amenable to the hand-off in March.
This is me with Shawn W., the Team's Department of State representative (a very sharp fellow).