Full Circle

Today the CO of the Finnish contingent for the next rotation paid us a visit. (That sounds familiar. Where have I read that before? Well, it seems that I have done a full circle.) I gave him the usual camp walk and the standard brief after lunch, and then we visited OCCP and the "university" of Samangan. There was a delegation from Hazrat-e Soltan district at the gate, who wanted construction materials to repair a school building that had been damaged in the recent floods. Or, if material was not available, they would settle for two or three thousand dollars. I also issued a written warning to one of our interpreters, who was absent for one day without prior agreement or notifying anyone.