One Last Update Before We Take Off

I thought I would take a quick minute to update all of you.  Currently I am still in Manas and waiting for our flight.  In a little while we have the bag drag (basically making sure that our bags are marked correctly and then they take them out to the aircraft.  Then we wait a little while longer and then go through security and wait a little longer to be taken out to the plane.  It is a little different than a normal airport since our terminal is actually a little ways away from the actual airfield and so we get bussed out there.

Earlier this morning we had a briefing to tell us all about the procedures and the schedule for things this evening.  This is also when they gave us our seat assignments.  I always like the seat assignments part because we can request where we sit on the aircraft.  Through my two deployments the one thing that I learned is that requesting a seat in the emergency exit row.  Yeah there is a slight chance of having to do something but those chances are pretty small so I figure it's worth it.

Well I better get going so I can take care of a few things before we start getting everything done.  I will try to send out another update when I get to Turkey or Germany if I can get on a computer.  Otherwise the next time you all hear from me I will be back in the states.

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