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I talked to our hero this week and he is back at COP Khiligay.  The nights are getting much colder and  the days not very warm.  It won't be long until it gets really cold in the Hindu Kush mountains of Northern Afghanistan.  They experienced their first attack on the COP last week.  The ordinances did not land in the COP, but fairly close.  I think it probably shook the Swamp, but Jason said it was nothing to be overly concerned about.  Speaking of the swamp, the guys at COP Khiligay practiced helicopter recoveries of wounded soldiers this week.  Here is a picture that will not remind you of MASH:

Jason was more concerned about the TCU-Texas Tech football game than the attempted bombing.  He and a buddy rigged up a second television so they could watch the game.  It didn't begin in Afghanistan until about eleven and since it was a long game, I am not sure whether he stayed up until the end...triple overtime!  Nancy and I sent him this picture from the game: