Blogspot - chaplaindarren.blogspot.com - Chaplain Darren
General Information:
Latest News:
Saying Goodbye (for now) 27 Dec 2010 | 01:04 pm
12/26/10 It's the day after Christmas and I have decided to write one more blog entry and then close it down (for now). It has been 4 months since I returned from Afghanistan, and I've had plenty of ...
Finally Home 28 Aug 2010 | 12:14 pm
27 Aug Friday I am finally home. It was a tearful reunion at the airport, as both my family and members of my local Reserve Unit came to greet us when we arrived. It was awesome. I finally got to hug...
Going Home Tomorrow 27 Aug 2010 | 07:28 am
Thurs 26 Aug I have been waiting for a very long time to be able to say, "I'm going home tomorrow!" Today is our last day of this de-MOB process -- and therefore this deployment -- and we will all be ...
Prayers Needed 25 Aug 2010 | 07:33 am
Tuesday 24 Aug I am very frustrated. The last five days have been so slow and inefficient that we all just want to scream. Here we are, just days from being done with this thing and home with our fami...
Back in the USA !! 23 Aug 2010 | 05:33 am
Sunday 22 Aug It has been an eventful week since I last posted from Kyrgzystan and the sports bar scene. (I added a picture of the candy-bar rack available there for the soldiers heading to and from ...
Afghanistan In My Rear-View Mirror 16 Aug 2010 | 11:23 pm
16 Aug 2010 (Monday) I am currently sitting on a wooden deck outside a "sports bar" on a US Airbase base in what used to be southern Russia using their free Wi-Fi. Sounds pretty cool, huh? Who would ...
We're Outta Here! 15 Aug 2010 | 09:19 pm
Sun 15 Aug It has been a long, hot, final week. There were three awards ceremonies this past week, and one big Transfer of Authority (TOA) ceremony. I was scheduled to give the opening prayer (invoca...
Another Fallen Hero 7 Aug 2010 | 02:51 am
Friday 6 Aug, My day started off at 3:15 am when I got up to participate in a Ramp Ceremony for a Fallen "Kiwi" Soldier. The Kiwi is the national bird of New Zealand, and their soldiers here like to ...
Relief in Place (RIP) 3 Aug 2010 | 02:54 am
2 Aug Well, it's definitely coming to an end. We are officially into our RIP process, which means your replacements are here and you are in the training phase. One week where we train them, and the s...
Last Few Weeks 27 Jul 2010 | 05:00 pm
27 July (Tues) Today is a great day because it marks one of the significant milestones of this deployment: My replacement arrives today!!! His Unit has been slowly trickling in over the past week, an...
