First Impressions of Bastion (11 Oct)

It’s dark.  There is pretty good light discipline.  The base is huge.  We must have driven for 15 minutes on the buses, making several different turns until we got from the flight line to our temporary housing.  There is a constant noise everywhere.  The flight line must be busy all of the time.  There are always planes and helicopters buzzing around, so there is a constant dull roar.  I think we should be used to that quickly.  The temperature is perfect, must be 75 degrees tonight and just a touch humid.  There is a constant feeling of dust in the air, almost like a grit in your teeth.  It doesn’t look dusty, but it feels dusty.  I haven’t seen the hospital or any of the other facilities yet, though I’m starving right now even though it is 1245am.  It took us just over 28 hours to get here.  Breakfast tomorrow is from 5:30 to 8:00 and our first formation is at 10:00.  Hopefully I will be able to sleep with my head cold.

Current living conditions...

Yes, I think those cots are surplus from WWII