Many of you have probably already heard about the rocket attack which hit Bagram Air Field this morning. It was a relatively rare attack on my relatively safe base; I think it's the second or third indirect fire attack during my 16-week stay. Of course, all the attacks have occurred during hours of darkness, which makes the wakeup for 20,000 people at Bagram quite startling and unpleasant. Last night was no different, as we all paraded out to our duty sections to sign in for accountability. In any case, this is the first rocket attack during my tenure in which soldiers were killed and critically injured, and thus it marks something of a turning point for my deployment. It's frightening to know that at any time, we might be under attack from the sky hunkered down in our hardened buildings and bunkers. Other troops in Afghanistan and Iraq experience rocket attacks weekly, daily, or even multiple times per day; my company commander told me that the maximum number of attacks in one night at his base in Southern Afghanistan was 11. Bagram has its moments of danger, but luckily they are only fleeting moments. In general, Bagram continues to be as safe a base as exists for servicemembers deployed to Afghanistan.
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