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Mar. 29th, 2006 05:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aadler10:20PM Central Afghan Time
We got rocketed night before last — as usual, I slept through it — and tonight we had another ramp ceremony. That’s by far the easiest duty I totally hate being called for. I was so far back in ranks (and it was dark), I couldn’t really tell whether it was one casket being loaded aboard the plane, or more. We don’t always know these things. I only know the losing unit was Canadian.
They close down Internet access here whenever there’s a fatality, to keep anyone from revealing the person’s name before his/her next of kin can be notified. My being able to post this means the notification has been completed. Somebody somewhere got bad news, and tomorrow we’ll go on about our day.
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I, too, have been nominated in the White Knight Awards (in a couple of categories, I think, not enough to put me in the big leagues). Like others on my flist, I take this opportunity to thank whoever it was who nominated me. I’ll be interested to see the winners; back when I closely followed the Halo Awards, that was a great way to find great new stories and authors, or new efforts by familiar names.
Six weeks till I get home, another three months after that until WriterCon II. Things to anticipate, and I do.
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Date: 2006-03-29 06:11 pm (UTC)This brings the number of Canadians killed in Afghanistan to 12. 11 Soldiers and 1 diplomat. It's a hard and dangerous place, and although we expect it, it's always difficult to hear of one of our own being killed.
My niece's husband is waiting to do a tour in Afghanistan this year, so this brings it even closer to home.
Stay safe.
Congratulations on your nominations!
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Date: 2006-03-30 05:33 am (UTC)Stay safe. Our commentators say the fighting is getting fiercer, though of course their information may be wrong.
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Date: 2006-03-29 09:31 pm (UTC)