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MC2 Sarah E. Foster
- U. S. Navy -
Afghanistan
MC2 Sarah E. Foster
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(This address has been requested 3 times.) (NOTE **)
Sailor's Title: AFN Kabul News Bureau Chief
APO/FPO: APO AE (Note 1*)
Added here: 26 May 2009
End date: 01 Oct 2009 (Note 3*)
Contact for approx number of Males: 2, Females: 3 (Note 5*)
Unit is from: Dist. of Columbia (Note 6*)
We welcome Sarah back!! Her old page is HERE

20 Sep 2009:

Hey All, sorry I've been neglecting you. It has been a month since my last update, and man oh man have I been busy. I spent a week out with the Kansas Agribusiness Development Team, going to livestock bazaars, searching for saffron plots, and dropping off school supplies and such at orphanages. By the end of it, I was exhausted, but could not have been happier. The ADT focuses more on Reconstruction and Development of the Local Nationals, teaching them about proper farming techniques and how to turn a profit on their crops. The tomato photo and
"kids love candy" picture were both taken when out with the ADT.

The picture of me being a goofball is after I filmed a townhall meeting with Senator Graham (South Carolina, and he's standing behind me in the right side of the photo) who is also a Colonel in the Air Force Reserves. He had a brief deployment in Kabul, and I had the opportunity to meet and interview him. Nice guy... diminutive but with a big personality.

So that's really the latest. In 5 days I'll have been here for 4 months already... geez time flies when you're having fun. Ha ha.

Let's see... requests from Moose and the gang... white v-neck
undershirts (Large), cashews, almonds (dry roasted), clinical strength deodorant (male and female), corn nuts, anything with protein in it (we've all been hitting the gym pretty hard!), headbands (to keep my sweat outta my face), chicken noodle soup, little alcohol swabs, men and women's fitness magazine, phone cards, and anything else you think we'd enjoy!

Please please no more drink mixes! We have enough to last 'til the revolution, so PLEASE no more! Thanks!

You've all been fabulous, and generous, and I hope I have been
responding appropriately to your delightful boxes of goodies. Thank you thank you thank you so much!

14 Aug 2009

We were on our way back from an Agricultural Development mission and got a flat tire on our MRAP. It took about 7 soldiers and 45 minutes to change the thing, which was really no surprise. Those wheels and tires were pretty dang heavy. I, of course, was in charge of documenting it. Which I had no problem with.


The Agriculture team and I went to the bazaar in downtown Methar Lam to check out the produce and purchase some items from the local "hardware store." This old man just looked like a photograph, I couldn't resist. After I took his picture and walked by, he hit my arm!
Not hard, just enough to surprise me. I laughed, but realized that sickle could do some damage. I moved on quickly.


These little boys were collecting trash in the 140 degree heat, so the soldiers I was with gave them these head scarves. They saw me try to take their photo and stopped to pose, just like this.
Adorable.

Hey all, Thank you so much for all the treats you have been sending our way! I hope I've been keeping up with my thank you notes, if not, I apologize, I write them (usually) every Sunday if not on a shoot or too tired to create coherent thoughts. I took these photos over in Mehtar Lam this past week, which is about 150 miles east of Kabul, and 140 degrees Fahrenheit during the day. Silly heat, I tell you! I was there for 6 days and think I lost about 5 pounds in just water weight. No wonder the population are so thin!

So that's what's new in MY life, but it's ever-changing and something unexpected is always expected.

Please send sugarfree redbull, tuna packets, beef jerky, footy socks, and small toys/candies/brightly colored pens and pencils for the kids.
They're all about school supplies over here, which is something I wish I could have said about myself at that age.

Thank you so much for your continuing support, I hope you enjoy looking at my images, as much as I enjoy taking them!

Cheers!

V/R,
MC2 (AW) Sally Foster

21 Jul 2009
Hello everyone! I've had quite the influx of boxes, letters and magazines lately, and have sent out thank you notes accordingly. Hopefully you'll get my letters before I get outta here (in December, yeesh) but you know how mail 'round these parts can be.

This photo is me en route to an AP3 Welcome Home ceremony in Mayden Shahr. I had to wear traditional garb to blend in... I didn't. But this is about 6 in the morning, and I thought it was just hilarious. Me, in a headscarf, drinking redbull with my M-16 at the ready. You don't see this back in the states, I tell you what.

I'm getting another broadcaster in this evening, so my tiny office will be just a little more crowded. And he's supposedly a huge dude called "Moose", so maybe more snacks are going to be needed to appease the wild beast!

Please send tuna, sugarfree red bull, soup, almonds, luna bars, earl grey tea, and anything else you think you couldn't live without for several months!

Thank you all very much for all of your support. Armed Forces Network thanks you!

07 Jul 2009
Hello to all, and thank you so much for keeping my team and me well-fed and caffeinated. I have another 3 broadcasters arriving at the end of the month, so our little fledgling news bureau will actually be able to take flight sooner than I expected! As the only AFN Broadcaster at my location, I'm kept pretty busy, but during weeks like this where I get a heinous cold and can barely speak, all production comes to a screeching halt. Thank goodness for the tea you've sent, because it has helped me beat this crud. There is nothing worse than being deployed and ill, I tell you what.

Moving onto requests from "my people"; almonds, luna bars, cliff bars, granola bars (bars seem to be a theme here), sugar free red bull, magazines, kettle corn, earl grey tea, ankle-free white socks, dried fruit, chicken soup (that one's mine...), and whatever else you may think would brighten up our days.

Thank you so much for your continuing support and kindness.

Sorry I'm blocking the view! Gorgeous place, isn't it?

V/R,

MC2 (AW) Sarah Foster

17 Jun 2009
Hello everyone!

Thank you so much for the delightful goodies that you've been sending. My drawer of treats/hygienic stuff is being emptied by needy sailors and soldiers almost as fast as you're filling it. The weather here is surprisingly pleasant. It's like San Diego in September: warm in the afternoons, and cool and breezy in the evenings. We're at elevation 5000 meters or something equally ridiculous which makes me, a non-smoker, huff and puff after going up just 2 flights of stairs. Makes a girl feel old beyond her years... Aha...

Please send more healthy snacks (almonds, trail mix, dark chocolate, kettle corn) and beverages like Earl Gray or Green Tea and Sugar Free redbull (my personal vice...)

We all really appreciate your support. I know it's time out of your lives, but it means so much to us whenever you hear that mail call, and know there's something waiting in the post office with your name on it.

Thanks again!

p.s. this is a photo of me filming a Brigadier General in the Wardak Province. Gorgeous place; all green with apple trees and a river perfect for trout fishing or kayaking. Whodathunk that would be in Afghanistan?
Makes you think...

06 Jun 2009

This is me with USFOR-A Public Affairs people! I somehow showed up at just the right time to be included in their first group picture! That's me, the redhead with the smirk on my face in the left column. Just wanted to put a face to my name!

Also, I've received some very sweet letters from Pennsylvania and Texas! I'll be writing y'all back today, so keep an eye out for a letter from my end! Thanks so much for your support.

27 May 2009
Hello! A few more (specific) requests from my troops! Sports bras (Medium and Large), Secret Clinical strength deodorant for male and females, Clearasil Ultra face wash, Neutrogena Rain Bath body wash, green or tan socks for foot sizes W 8.5 and M 10, fig newtons, fluffy towels, and bathrobes (silly, I know...). Thanks so much, I'm very excited to hear from everyone!

26 May 2009
I used AnySailor.com when on my several deployments on the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and I could not have been happier with it. This deployment is a bit dirtier and hotter, but definitely more interesting so far.

I'm starting up a television news detachment here. It's a very small compound with very few people so you can imagine what the PX looks like (it's the size of a closet, by the way).

I just got here yesterday and am still getting settled in and realizing that I am seriously unprepared for living like a civilized and comfortable human being.

My friends and I would all love to receive healthy snack foods (almonds, luna/clif bars, tuna packets, etc), sugar-free red bull, earl gray tea, magazines, good books, cotton sheets/pillowcases, kleenex, hand sanitizer, blank cds, any good movies, good smelling/quality shampoo, conditioner, bodywash, stationary, envelopes, and any other treats you think that YOU couldn't do with if you were stuck in a desert for 9 months!

Also, I make a great penpal whenever I'm not travelling around the country filming stories...

Thank you all so much, you're doing a wonderful thing for all of us that so far away from home, and I will absolutely keep everyone updated on my health and well-being. Thanks again.

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