The Big Voice

The Big Voice comes on anytime day or night unannounced issuing warnings. The first time you hear you feel like telling someone to turn down the radio. The Big Voice does not get tuned down. The most common announcement is letting us know the airfield is hot. This is followed by distant booms as bombs get detonated.



The Big Voice the other night announced an amber alert. I thought how wonderful a light show - wrong. Amber alert is stay put and wait. The new prison was under attack. Attack can mean rocks are being thrown, rockets are being launched or there is a Calvary charge. The Big Voice is not nuanced like God at Sinai there are just a few imperatives the Big Voice utters.



I work the night shift and the Big Voice keeps me company at three in the morning letting me know I am not alone.



This week at Bagram: rumor there was a suicide bomber at the gate. They closed the bazaar where the local vendors come on Friday to peddle their wares. A helicopter was shot down. The Red Cross get two new computers, a couch and some more movies. Troops are arriving. The New Orleans Saints win the NFC Championship and I come close to breaking even in 18 straight weeks of betting on football games. Not much snow or rain in the Hindu Kush - drought?



I am on hold waiting for the Big Voice

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