I'm a Black Hawk helicopter crew chief on my second deployment to Afghanistan. The mission is a painful bad joke, and I have long been ambivalent about the war.

I love flying, and I love my brothers in arms. But I miss my girlfriend and my family and friends back home.

This blog is my attempt to share with my friends and loved ones (and anyone else who cares to look) any beauty I can find in what is otherwise just another shitty year in another shitty place.

17th February 2012

Photoset

I literally had to climb out of my seat, lean all the way out the window, and look past the landing gear just to see the horizon on most of these turns. I wanted to take some pictures of the ground right outside my window during a hard right bank, but I was scared I might lose my camera.