I had some personal reservations about, 'Can I do the job?' But I had no reservations about being mobilized. |
Insurgents used to mortar the thing every day. Luckily, it was a very large base and they were very poor shots. |
It's a very rugged country, and the weather can turn rapidly. Sometimes you can see the storms coming, and sometimes you can't. |
That's not to say we won't hear an aircraft occasionally, but the national standard for noise compatibility remains on the airport. |
When my unit left, we felt good about what we had done. |