Thursday 24 June 2010

Everyone Hates BAF

In my total of 18 months in Afghanistan I have learned one universal truth: Everyone Hates BAF.
Why, you may ask, does everyone hate BAF?
I have pondered this question and come up with the following three answers:

One reason people hate BAF is because most Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen or Marines experience BAF as a transient, and BAF is a terrible place for transients. As a transient you are tired, hungry and unsettled and the facilities at BAF are not well suited to caring for transients. The passenger terminal is small and overcrowded. The USO is small and overcrowded. The dining facilities are far away. If all you see of BAF is the passenger terminal as a transient you will not be impressed.

Another reason most people hate BAF is because BAF is overcrowded. BAF has grown in size since I left in 2008, but it's population has outpaced that growth. Take a walk or drive down Disney Drive and you will know that BAF is overcrowded. Barracks, dining facilities and offices have sprouted like weeds, but they just can't keep up, and that was before the Surge. No one likes living and working on a crowded FOB.

But the main reason people hate BAF is because they think BAF is too far from the action, it's not a place to fight the "real" war. While the first two reasons are undoubtedly true, this last reason is certainly not. For security reasons I can't talk about all the things that are done here at BAF, so I won't talk about any of them, but suffice to say that there are many activities here at BAF that are critical to the war effort. I have found my time here at BAF to be more rewarding than I thought possible. During my first tour in Afghanistan I avoided BAF as much as possible (for the first two reasons above) but during this tour I've seen the variety of important missions based out of BAF. I've met Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines who are doing great things. Without BAF, or somewhere like it, nothing else could happen happen.

Do you have your own BAF story? Whatever your opinion, I'd love to hear YOUR story of BAF.

Phillips, out.

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Haole Wahine said...

I look forward to hearing the stories.

Stay strong, and stay safe

Unknown said...

Sent an email to rejenia@aol.com but I'm not sure if that is an actual address. Figured I'd summarize here... Just wondering if you accept guest posts? I was hoping to contribute an article to deploymenttoafghanistan.blogspot.com about traumatic brain injury as it pertains to the military. Let me know, thanks.

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Hi Phillips~I am sorry I am so unfamiliar with what you are going through (which is why I'm reading your blog), but what is BAF?

Thank you,

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Who Cares? LLC said...

Ah ha...I found Bagram Air Field in your April postings...so nevermind!

Thank you!

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2020.06.05酒店小姐的基本介紹跟工作內容前「5566」成員小刀(彭康育)近年來轉居幕後,擔任娛樂公司執行長,而他同時也是「台玻集團」的駙馬爺,怎料今(3)爆出他和一名正妹過從甚密,經過調查後,驚人發現這名正妹姓甘,是「我在酒店上班的日子酒店名花」花名Amber,不僅和小刀有曖昧,同時和某科技小開上演愛的親親,甚至時間點就在見完小刀之後的隔天。據《不敢來酒店上班-酒店打工的原因》報導,小刀5月1日開始進出Amber的家中,5月19日就被直擊開著白色座車,停進正妹位在內湖區的豪宅停車場,約莫一個小時之後,才取車離開,結果酒店上班-酒店兼職-兼差如何達成人生的第一桶金就在隔一天也就是5月20日,換成另一名小開送Amber回家,晚上11點Amber要下車時還捧著一大束的玫瑰花,接著小開拉下Amber的口罩,霸氣親了上去,但Amber不想直接被親嘴,最後小開只親到臉頰。報導指出酒店兼差不是一個複雜的工作環境?,這名小開是身價3、40億的科技少東,而Amber的同事則爆料,職場須知 【酒店PT 】Amber手腕相當高明,通常對象不會只有一個,還清一色都是多金男,不過Amber已經有半年時間沒到酒店上班,或許就是因為很多愛慕者都主動送金,才能住在豪宅裡,過著貴婦般的生活;報導提到,Amber所待的酒店,消費方式是以10分鐘為1節計算,1節155元上下,小框15節、大框50節,粗估一晚都要消費萬元以上。

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2020.06.12前新北市議員李婉鈺日前在節目中透露酒店小姐的基本介紹跟工作內容,她30歲時曾和一名斯文富二代有過婚約,當時我在酒店上班的日子已經認定彼此是要走一輩子的人,沒想到訂完婚後,對方卻背著她把酒店小姐帶回新房過夜,事後連一句道歉也沒有,讓她對這段感情心死,決定解除婚約。 李婉鈺在節目《不敢來酒店上班-酒店打工的原因單身行不行》透露,她30歲時曾經訂過婚,男方是一名大她9歲的富二代,從事酒店上班-酒店兼職-兼差如何達成人生的第一桶金建築室內設計方面的工作,事業穩定且家世相當好,兩人認識3個月就決定結婚。當時男方很貼心地把求婚及結婚的東西都準備好,不僅安排酒店兼差不是一個複雜的工作環境?楊凡導演幫忙拍攝照片,就連婚紗也是用知名品牌,所有東西都選最好的,她什麼事都不用操心,職場須知 【酒店PT 】只要人到場就好。李婉鈺說,兩人訂完婚後,某次男方說要去酒店參加朋友替他舉辦的告別單身派對,而她也沒有多想,很放心地讓對方出門。沒想到隔天送養肝茶給男方喝時,對方卻一直不開門、也不接電話,讓她越想越不對勁,於是乾脆站在門口守株待兔,從早上等到傍晚,直到外傭回來幫忙開門,一個女生突然從屋子裡衝出來,把她撞開後迅速離開現場,她才知自己被男方背叛,對方居然把酒店小姐帶到兩人的新房過夜。 李婉鈺透露,當時男方沒有解釋、也沒有感到抱歉,只是站在屋內對著她說「妳到底想要幹什麼?」讓她瞬間崩潰心死,什麼話也沒說就轉身離去,「哀莫大於心死,我覺得已經沒救了」,之後她也把婚戒退還給對方並解除婚約,放棄了這段感情。 李婉鈺說,「我後來輾轉知道他晚上都玩得很瘋狂,我就去拜託他身邊的好朋友,說拜託你們帶我去他常常去的酒店,然後叫他常常叫的酒店小姐出來,我想要知道她們到底哪裡好,我為什麼比不上她們」。事後還有媽媽桑向她透露,男方是酒店的常客,每次一定會帶一個女生回去,酒後還會做出失控舉動,讓李婉鈺不禁直呼,「很慶幸我那時候還沒有踏入婚姻這一步,就只是訂婚而已」。便服店: #王牌酒店 #香閣里拉酒店 #麗園酒店 #龍亨酒店 #香水酒店 #金典酒店 #威晶酒店 #威士登酒店。禮服店: #麗緻忠孝酒店 #麗緻敦南酒店 #維多立亞酒店 #百達妃麗酒店 #萬豪酒店 #金荷酒店 #大富豪酒店 #絕色酒店。制服店:#麗都 #淘寶酒店 #金碧輝煌酒店 #金昌酒店 #金聰酒店 #君悅酒店 #盛世酒店 #奧斯卡酒店 #龍昇酒店 #龍昌酒店 #百富酒店 #台北東區酒店兼職。

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