WEBVTT 00:00.440 --> 00:03.200 you got us going ? Okay . Miles . We'll 00:03.200 --> 00:06.270 smile and talk . What do you got 00:06.280 --> 00:08.391 planned for tonight for what would it 00:08.391 --> 00:12.110 be christmas eve christmas 00:12.110 --> 00:15.060 eve ? 00:16.030 --> 00:19.770 What ? Oh I don't have a 00:19.780 --> 00:23.750 lion prey after here go to go to sleep , 00:24.140 --> 00:26.930 go to sleep or any of that Any of the 00:26.930 --> 00:29.300 guys over there that you said there was 00:29.310 --> 00:31.860 there were a few few guys that you knew 00:31.860 --> 00:33.916 are they still there or did they get 00:33.916 --> 00:37.640 shipped back to their Appleby ? No 00:37.640 --> 00:39.862 they're still here . They'll be leaving 00:39.862 --> 00:41.918 when we leave out here in february . 00:41.940 --> 00:45.000 Okay but I mean they are they still 00:45.010 --> 00:47.343 where you are they still in Kabul there ? 00:47.343 --> 00:49.454 They they get shipped out a couple of 00:49.454 --> 00:53.340 days ago . No they're they're still 00:53.340 --> 00:57.150 there . Okay well 00:57.160 --> 00:59.327 at least you can meet up with them and 00:59.327 --> 01:01.271 maybe have a maybe have a bit of a 01:01.271 --> 01:02.549 crypt with these . Huh 01:03.940 --> 01:07.090 Well I'll be staying here tonight , 01:07.090 --> 01:09.090 we'll be going back to camp phoenix 01:09.090 --> 01:11.680 tomorrow and they're planning to have a 01:11.690 --> 01:13.912 big christmas feast tomorrow over there 01:13.912 --> 01:17.340 so it should be good . Mhm . Yeah that 01:17.340 --> 01:19.250 sounds like a lot of fun anyway . 01:19.640 --> 01:21.640 Yeah 01:22.240 --> 01:26.130 no our mail has been 01:26.130 --> 01:28.074 delayed probably . Uh I think it's 01:28.074 --> 01:30.297 going on three weeks now because of the 01:30.297 --> 01:32.210 weather so maybe when I get back 01:32.210 --> 01:34.450 hopefully I'll have something there on 01:34.460 --> 01:37.360 uh in our hearts when we get back . 01:39.240 --> 01:41.240 How long does it actually take to 01:41.250 --> 01:42.970 deliver a package 01:42.980 --> 01:46.930 on a normal 01:46.940 --> 01:50.130 they probably probably two weeks two 01:50.130 --> 01:53.450 weeks to get here . But uh right now 01:53.450 --> 01:55.760 it's been probably a month . 01:57.140 --> 01:59.470 So do you think the packages that the 01:59.480 --> 02:02.030 students sent from Chairman University 02:02.030 --> 02:04.086 that they would get there before you 02:04.086 --> 02:08.050 leave I think so 02:08.060 --> 02:10.227 if they spend them already they should 02:10.227 --> 02:13.330 get here . They were sent on monday . 02:13.340 --> 02:13.950 So 02:17.140 --> 02:20.350 they should get here . Laws of the 02:20.360 --> 02:22.527 weather holds up in the plains naked . 02:22.527 --> 02:26.320 You're good . You must they must have 02:26.320 --> 02:28.487 cleared off enough for you to get back 02:28.487 --> 02:30.810 in there and said the weather was uh 02:30.820 --> 02:34.740 quite nasty . Huh ? I 02:34.740 --> 02:38.740 think I had one good day and uh I 02:38.740 --> 02:40.907 think the Lord was with me that day to 02:40.907 --> 02:43.073 get over here . Other than that . Well 02:43.073 --> 02:45.073 the weather and whether we're where 02:45.073 --> 02:48.230 we're at in Iraq it's uh it's been 02:48.230 --> 02:50.119 pretty nice there . It's just the 02:50.119 --> 02:52.230 weather in uh in kabul and bagram for 02:52.230 --> 02:53.830 the planes to get out . 02:56.610 --> 02:59.700 But you had it had had to fly visually . 02:59.700 --> 03:01.589 Right Rather than that's what the 03:01.589 --> 03:04.690 problem was . Right . Yeah . Yeah 03:04.700 --> 03:06.720 that's correct . 03:08.500 --> 03:10.444 He was he was the young one of the 03:10.444 --> 03:12.670 family 10 years behind his sister . And 03:12.760 --> 03:15.690 it just got along they were pretty 03:15.690 --> 03:17.912 close . We got along real well they all 03:17.912 --> 03:21.000 got along real well but uh those two 03:21.010 --> 03:23.880 back and forth you never know what to 03:23.880 --> 03:25.660 expect out of those . 03:26.040 --> 03:30.560 Yeah 03:39.240 --> 03:42.020 okay from Chicago you have to tell them 03:42.020 --> 03:45.560 merry christmas for me . All right well 03:46.340 --> 03:49.730 he was trying trying to get back with 03:49.740 --> 03:53.560 chris and eric uh from Chicago 03:54.040 --> 03:56.460 with their vehicle but they were full 03:56.470 --> 03:59.060 so they ended up having to take an 03:59.060 --> 04:01.500 airplane so they're not going to be in 04:01.500 --> 04:03.620 and probably not get into town until 04:03.620 --> 04:06.660 probably midnight tonight . So 04:07.040 --> 04:10.800 we tried . Yeah , 04:10.810 --> 04:13.630 Well you can't expect everything I 04:13.630 --> 04:18.860 guess . 04:21.540 --> 04:25.260 I'm sorry . He was , he was a kid . 04:27.240 --> 04:29.920 Yeah , I called them yesterday and uh , 04:29.930 --> 04:31.986 they're all doing good . They wish I 04:31.986 --> 04:33.819 was back there for with them for 04:33.819 --> 04:36.097 christmas and , but I guess , you know , 04:36.097 --> 04:38.097 being the military , you have to be 04:38.097 --> 04:39.986 away for sometimes and you know , 04:39.986 --> 04:43.160 sometimes you're there . So uh , they 04:43.160 --> 04:45.271 miss me and we'll have christmas want 04:45.271 --> 04:48.160 to get back in february . Uh , yep , 04:48.170 --> 04:50.650 that's the last thing she told me when , 04:50.660 --> 04:52.771 when we talked on the phone is that I 04:52.771 --> 04:54.771 think the kids are going to have to 04:54.771 --> 04:56.827 wait to open the present to get back 04:56.827 --> 05:00.190 right . Yeah . They already have been 05:00.200 --> 05:02.200 turned into some presence already . 05:02.200 --> 05:04.256 What jesse was telling me so sure he 05:04.256 --> 05:06.510 had to get on him about that . But 05:06.520 --> 05:08.720 other than that , uh , you know , what 05:08.720 --> 05:10.887 can you expect from from little ones ? 05:10.887 --> 05:13.770 You know , so you will have to wait and 05:13.770 --> 05:17.470 see . And the brain 05:23.190 --> 05:25.700 brian what is one of your favorite 05:25.700 --> 05:27.630 systems that leave your home . 05:30.340 --> 05:33.700 Uh , I think one of my christmas 05:33.700 --> 05:37.630 memories would be when I duct tape 05:37.640 --> 05:40.480 the box for Andrea about I think I used 05:40.480 --> 05:42.647 about two rolls of duct tape on one of 05:42.647 --> 05:44.290 our christmas presents . 05:46.540 --> 05:49.210 Uh 05:50.440 --> 05:53.630 remember that memory when 05:53.700 --> 05:57.550 Yeah . And I cut myself in the process , 05:57.560 --> 05:59.560 but we were reminiscing that memory 05:59.560 --> 06:01.504 when we're opening the president's 06:01.504 --> 06:04.770 doing destined last week . So trying to 06:04.770 --> 06:07.060 get those open was interesting . 06:07.070 --> 06:10.890 Yeah , she 06:10.890 --> 06:13.001 likes she likes to wrap him up really 06:13.001 --> 06:16.860 nice and tight to you . So I did 06:16.860 --> 06:19.082 cheat and I opened up a couple of those 06:19.082 --> 06:21.249 packages that were sent the chief from 06:21.249 --> 06:23.570 Japan and they're beautiful . 06:23.580 --> 06:27.490 Yeah , probably things you have 06:27.660 --> 06:31.630 no right there's a lot of you . Well I 06:31.630 --> 06:33.790 I saw some of it when I was back back 06:33.790 --> 06:35.930 on emergency leave I helped pick some 06:35.930 --> 06:37.874 stuff out that might give her some 06:37.874 --> 06:39.763 ideas of what to get you guys for 06:39.763 --> 06:41.819 christmas and it was all beautiful . 06:41.819 --> 06:43.930 Anything that we get over in Japan is 06:43.930 --> 06:46.097 will be beautiful that you know for uh 06:46.097 --> 06:48.208 collectibles and anything like that . 06:48.208 --> 06:51.510 So I'm sure she did a good job . Yeah , 06:51.520 --> 06:55.450 it was pretty pretty Deputy defense . 07:00.240 --> 07:03.940 You're welcome . Well wait , well 07:03.940 --> 07:05.884 wait , hopefully when you get your 07:05.884 --> 07:08.500 family home in March like we can we can 07:08.510 --> 07:10.510 see it all so you can see it all in 07:10.510 --> 07:11.510 person . Huh ? 07:12.740 --> 07:16.150 Yeah . 07:16.540 --> 07:20.160 They all found it up on that deal . 07:20.540 --> 07:22.650 I think so . 07:22.660 --> 07:26.520 Okay good good . We're 07:26.520 --> 07:28.620 looking for it . I told , I told the 07:28.620 --> 07:31.140 old old guys around the coffee , around 07:31.140 --> 07:33.196 the coffee but just the morning what 07:33.196 --> 07:35.720 we're doing today and probably half of 07:35.720 --> 07:39.570 them are vet and they 07:39.580 --> 07:41.520 thought yeah thumbs up . And they 07:41.530 --> 07:43.363 thought well that was one of the 07:43.363 --> 07:45.530 coolest things they've heard of . So I 07:45.530 --> 07:48.330 think I think they're watching right 07:48.340 --> 07:51.050 there watching right now . Yeah they're 07:51.050 --> 07:52.994 watching right now ? I wish them a 07:52.994 --> 07:55.106 merry christmas to from Afghanistan . 07:56.040 --> 07:58.370 Well they all they all wish the same to 07:58.370 --> 07:59.370 you too by the 07:59.370 --> 08:04.950 way . 08:05.340 --> 08:07.350 Yeah mm 08:11.100 --> 08:12.933 well Sander saying to them too . 08:18.640 --> 08:19.850 Mhm . Mhm . 08:25.440 --> 08:27.960 Yeah . Yes . 08:29.940 --> 08:30.940 Mhm . 08:33.940 --> 08:35.050 Mhm . Okay . 08:37.540 --> 08:39.762 The hardest thing being away family and 08:39.762 --> 08:43.440 friends , I tell you what being over 08:43.440 --> 08:46.150 here we have a lot of camaraderie with 08:46.160 --> 08:48.530 with a lot of our airmen soldiers and 08:48.540 --> 08:51.070 navy so it doesn't make it quite as 08:51.070 --> 08:53.950 hard as uh people would make it seem . 08:53.950 --> 08:56.061 But it is hard being away from family 08:56.061 --> 08:57.950 and friends especially during the 08:57.950 --> 09:00.117 holiday season which this is the first 09:00.117 --> 09:01.894 time ever been away uh deployed 09:01.894 --> 09:04.061 location uh from family and friends so 09:04.061 --> 09:06.420 it makes it a little bit tough but um 09:06.430 --> 09:08.652 they have they have a lot of stuff over 09:08.652 --> 09:10.819 here for us . Uh two days ago we had a 09:10.819 --> 09:12.874 USO show which was really great camp 09:12.874 --> 09:15.140 phoenix so that helped boost and a lot 09:15.140 --> 09:18.050 of the morale among all the among all 09:18.050 --> 09:20.272 the military members including civilian 09:20.272 --> 09:22.494 personnel who work over here along with 09:22.494 --> 09:24.828 us that are from the United States also . 09:24.828 --> 09:27.800 So it really makes it a little bit 09:27.810 --> 09:29.977 piece of home but it's still not quite 09:29.977 --> 09:33.540 home . Yeah . 09:34.340 --> 09:38.250 Mhm . No it's not quite the same at 09:38.250 --> 09:41.850 all but they try to you know make make 09:41.850 --> 09:43.860 a little piece of it that that is a 09:43.870 --> 09:46.040 piece of Home to us over here so it 09:46.040 --> 09:49.450 helps make a difference . All right . 09:50.040 --> 09:51.660 Yeah . Right . 09:53.940 --> 09:56.540 Okay . Guys uh who did you have 09:56.540 --> 09:58.860 involved in that U . S . O . Show ? Uh 09:58.880 --> 10:00.991 They provide for entertainment wasn't 10:00.991 --> 10:03.260 local or did they did they bring over 10:03.260 --> 10:05.093 some entertainment for your name 10:05.093 --> 10:08.130 entertainment ? Well , they brought 10:08.130 --> 10:11.450 over uh I believe three country artists . 10:11.460 --> 10:15.410 Um we had two comedians , one 10:15.420 --> 10:19.170 model , that's fhm model um to Dallas 10:19.170 --> 10:21.337 cowboy cheerleaders , which was pretty 10:21.337 --> 10:23.940 nice and uh it was a highlight . 10:23.950 --> 10:27.740 Uh Yeah , also we had the 10:27.750 --> 10:29.860 army , we had the United States army 10:29.860 --> 10:32.082 band over there too . So they all did a 10:32.082 --> 10:34.300 really great job . And uh you know , 10:34.300 --> 10:37.980 everybody enjoyed the show . I think 10:37.980 --> 10:40.790 you told me on the phone , there was uh 10:40.800 --> 10:42.967 country Western singer . What was that 10:42.967 --> 10:45.210 song that he's noted for ? 10:45.270 --> 10:48.840 Remember ? Have you forgotten ? 10:51.440 --> 10:53.384 I can't off the top of my head , I 10:53.384 --> 10:56.540 can't I can't say who that was . But uh 10:56.550 --> 10:59.020 yeah , that was a popular song over 10:59.020 --> 11:02.990 here too . Where was that ? 11:03.000 --> 11:06.980 Put on ? And it was that was put on 11:06.980 --> 11:10.340 a camp phoenix . Uh right next to uh 11:10.350 --> 11:12.810 Kabul International Airport , which 11:12.820 --> 11:16.230 that's what campaigns is that was 11:16.230 --> 11:19.250 outside ? Right , 11:19.740 --> 11:22.960 Yes , it is outside probably probably 11:22.970 --> 11:26.610 uh 20° outside freezing cold . That we 11:26.610 --> 11:28.777 all we all stood out there , enjoy the 11:28.777 --> 11:31.790 show . How many troops were 11:31.790 --> 11:35.570 out ? How many 11:35.570 --> 11:39.080 people were there ? I'd probably say at 11:39.080 --> 11:42.530 least 1000 or so over there time . 11:47.630 --> 11:49.852 How are you going to help me out here ? 11:52.140 --> 11:56.930 Sure 11:56.940 --> 11:59.150 we go out and do humanitarian missions 11:59.150 --> 12:01.550 at least once or twice a week . We go 12:01.560 --> 12:03.820 random different locations . We set out 12:03.820 --> 12:07.380 a plan and we go out and 12:07.380 --> 12:09.880 see what they're doing and how we can 12:09.880 --> 12:13.010 help improve their lives . Uh , two 12:13.010 --> 12:16.020 weeks ago we went down to uh a city 12:16.020 --> 12:18.310 called Xinmin and they're building a 12:18.310 --> 12:21.160 school out there for the young kids and 12:21.170 --> 12:23.500 we went down there and all the local 12:23.500 --> 12:26.550 people were out there and and we went 12:26.550 --> 12:29.080 and saw their project and the money 12:29.080 --> 12:31.640 that we're putting into the project to 12:31.640 --> 12:34.630 help them build this school . So every 12:34.630 --> 12:36.741 time we go out anytime we do any kind 12:36.741 --> 12:38.908 of humanitarian mission , they're very 12:38.908 --> 12:41.440 appreciative of us being there . Uh , 12:41.450 --> 12:44.260 they can't wait to shake our hands . We 12:44.260 --> 12:48.040 always bring close pencils , 12:48.040 --> 12:50.750 paper , anything that comes from the 12:50.750 --> 12:52.917 States and people donate to us to give 12:52.917 --> 12:55.310 to the local afghan people And they're 12:55.320 --> 12:57.950 so appreciative us being out there and 12:57.960 --> 13:01.140 I can't think of the time that they 13:01.150 --> 13:04.200 weren't appreciative , 13:05.740 --> 13:09.050 mm hmm . You can't even mhm . 13:09.640 --> 13:13.160 Mhm Yeah , 13:14.340 --> 13:16.750 the typical afghans that live out in 13:16.750 --> 13:19.560 village type settings are living in mud 13:19.560 --> 13:22.800 huts and they will use mud and straw to 13:22.800 --> 13:24.911 build these huts and they'll actually 13:24.911 --> 13:27.740 make their own bricks out of out of 13:27.750 --> 13:31.660 clay and water so it can get very cold 13:31.660 --> 13:33.716 in the wintertime and we give them a 13:33.716 --> 13:35.938 lot of poor weather clothes that people 13:35.938 --> 13:38.049 donate from the state . So , uh , you 13:38.049 --> 13:40.049 know , a lot of donated clothes and 13:40.049 --> 13:42.271 stuff is very appreciative . Every time 13:42.271 --> 13:44.438 we get it in , we always say thank you 13:44.438 --> 13:46.604 or send a thank you note to the person 13:46.604 --> 13:49.260 that sent that to us . Uh Yeah . Mhm . 13:49.740 --> 13:52.400 You get a lot of donations from across 13:52.400 --> 13:56.240 the United States . We 13:56.240 --> 13:58.018 allow donations from everywhere 13:58.018 --> 14:00.450 including Canada . I had a care package 14:00.450 --> 14:02.710 come in from from somebody in Canada 14:02.710 --> 14:05.043 and I sent them a thank you letter back . 14:05.043 --> 14:07.377 So they come in from all over the place . 14:07.377 --> 14:09.432 Uh We use any airman dot com for the 14:09.432 --> 14:11.470 Air Force . Uh They also have any 14:11.470 --> 14:14.210 soldier dot com and we go and put the 14:14.210 --> 14:16.790 group that were associated with and and 14:16.790 --> 14:19.800 the personnel that were there with and 14:19.810 --> 14:22.050 we just put in what we want , what we 14:22.050 --> 14:23.939 want to request . And pretty much 14:23.939 --> 14:26.370 people send us anything from food to 14:26.380 --> 14:30.060 clothes or pretty much about anything . 14:30.140 --> 14:32.196 And uh we really appreciate all that 14:32.196 --> 14:34.307 stuff that the people donated to us . 14:34.307 --> 14:36.530 It really makes a piece of home come to 14:36.530 --> 14:38.474 us . And also we like getting care 14:38.474 --> 14:40.697 packages from from back in the States . 14:40.697 --> 14:42.863 It doesn't matter who it is that sends 14:42.863 --> 14:43.470 it to us . Yeah .