October 3, 2009 eight soldiers from Task Force Warrior were killed in action in Afghanistan. In the New York Times they referred to this part of Afghanistan the Hinterlands. My friend, Johnson thought of the whole country as the Hinterlands.
Johnson talked non-stop there was too much information and too little time to get it all out. There was his Russian wife in Colorado Springs, his three master degrees and his anger management class on Bagram Air Base that could trip his switch. On Monday, he was going to law school. Tuesday, he was coming back to Afghanistan as a contractor. Wednesday, he was going to re-enlist. Thursday he was going to build a cabin in the mountains of Colorado. Friday, he was getting written up by his Commander. Saturday, he ripped his television off the wall throwing into the street in pieces. Sunday, he was back in Anger Management. If October 3 came up he would talk around it but never to it. Johnson had something to say and something to hide. Maybe this is why he couldn’t sleep. If he talked in his sleep it might come out.
Johnson like to laugh which is why I liked him. He laughed easily and often which made me feel good. He was from the Bahamas where he was an alternate to the Olympics in judo. I didn’t know if the Olympics gave medals in judo and didn’t care. Johnson looked the part. He moved with the relaxed self assurance of an athlete and you never felt threatened. He would thank God he never killed anyone here. He was with Task Force Warrior and they were trigger pullers.
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