Fired (Part 2)

Today I had to terminate the employment of another one of our guards. The order from PRT staff came two days ago, but I delayed it and tried to get more information about the reasons behind the termination of his contract. The official explanation is "for security reasons", but that isn't too descriptive. He was upset and angry, of course, but took the bad news well, all things considered. The result of the security screening is absolute: just "yes" or "no", no "if's" or conditions. And no explanations. Just like last time. Afterwards, we had a long discussion with the guard commander about different issues.

In the afternoon, it was time to go to the shooting range with the new guys for the first time. We had good luck with the weather once again, as it was raining in the morning but dried up just after lunch. The ground, however, was still quite soggy from the melting snow. It was to be expected after what MOT Z had experienced just the other day, but still we learned the hard way. We also found an ununsed phosphorous handgrenade, Swedish model, that "someone" had dropped beside the road leading to the shooting range. It's a good thing that we found it and not some shepherd boy.


Preparing to winch 2 x 5 tons out of the mud.


The driver and "Lion" with a lot of Afghan soil around the wheels.