August 3rd, 2020
Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras
Sometime back, several of us got the opportunity to go flying with 1/228 Aviation Regiment. They have three companies. One flies Blackhawks for air evacuation. We work closely with their high-skilled critical care flight paramedics when evacuating patients by air. The second company flies Blackhawks for personnel transport and special missions. The third flies CH-47 Chinooks. We flew on a Chinook.
Continue readingJune 29, 2020
Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras
The Army (Air Force, Marines, and Navy, too, no doubt) is obsessed with safety. I suppose that’s probably not the worst thing to be obsessed with, but sometimes it can take on a comic aspect.
Continue readingJune 14, 2020
Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras
Life here continues apace, albeit at a very slow pace. The rains have decreased significantly and some days are decidedly sunny, though correspondingly hot. Wandering around aimlessly continues to be a big part of the entertainment here.
Continue readingJune 9, 2020
Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras
SCAB = Soto Cano Air Base. A rather unflattering acronym, but there it is. And recreation at SCAB – “very limited” at present. Thank so you very much Mr. COVID.
Continue readingMay 31, 2020
Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras
Technically I’ve been here two and a half weeks, but my true first impressions were tempered by being quarantined. I was paroled last Wednesday, so now have had five days to explore the post.
May 25, 2020
Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras
Not much to say really, though many people expressed interest in what conditions are like here, so perhaps a few words on food.
Continue readingMay 13, 2020
Sotos Cano Air Base, Honduras
Yes, Day One. Again. After three days of relative freedom, including a minimal amount of in-processing and shots for things like Typhoid, a prescription for malaria prophylaxis (which, by the way, is scientifically proven to prevent attacks by Honduran jaguars), we moved on.