Not much happening in the Hindu Kush mountains as the region gets closer to winter. Jason says everything is fairly monotonous right now. He is inter-acting more with the Germans than he had before. The Germans seem to have a better set-up than the Americans, with a paved road and get this, a hot tub and sauna. According to Jason they are available for the Americans to use from time to time, but apparently the clothing optional rule for the hot tub seems to cut into the Americans use of the facility. Jason was a little bummed that TCU didn't have a game this weekend, so I think he channeled his energy into the Cowboy game. While the Cowboys won, it was in overtime and I don't know if he stayed up to the end. The first half was all Cleveland, and the second half favored the Cowboys, so he may have gone to bed after the first half. He also told me that now that daylight savings time is over, they are only eight and one-half hours ahead of us.
Last bit of news, the TCU Magazine did a short piece on Jason as his never ending support of the Horned Frogs. You can see the article at:
Here is the text of the article:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2012
Frog spirit in Afghanistan
Second Lieutenant Jason Bonds (right) is the platoon leader of the Blue Platoon in the Bonecrusher Troop in the 3rd Squadron of the 7th United States Calvary Regiment, deploymed at Command Outpost Khiliguy in northern Afghanistan. His unit is part of the 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division of the U.S. Army.
Bonds and his Horned Frog spirit are alive and well seen here unfurling a TCU flag at the snowy Salang Pass at 12,723 feet in the Hindu Kush Mountains north of Kabul.
Bonds' spirit exceeds that of most Frog fans. He routinely stays up all night to watch the TCU football team play games. Last week's game against Kansas State kicked off at 4:30 a.m. Afghan time and Bonds was watching. In October, when the outpost experience a bombing attempt, Bonds told his family he was more concerned about the TCU-Texas Tech game.
Interestingly, Bonds is not a TCU alumnus. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 2011, but he grew up a TCU fan from birth. His family lived on Greene Avenue, just east of campus, and took Bonds to football games before he could walk.
"I don't remember missing many up until I went to college, and even after that I would time my leave to coincide when TCU was playing at home," Bonds wrote us. "Long story, but I am a pretty massive fan, and to me home, TCU, and Fort Worth are indistinguishable. I am hoping to go to TCU for grad school depending on how my contract with the Army plays out over the next couple of years."
Friends and family follow Jason's service and experiences in the Lone Star Over Afghanistan blog set up by his father.
POSTED BY THE TCU MAGAZINE AT 9:31 AM
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