Kandahar Afghanistan anyone?

[jesta384]

Sometimes I feel like the only guy without a can of gel, a mach 3 or electric shaver and axe deoderant at the sink counter.

Hello by the way....long time luker, first time poster..... :001_smile

[jesta384]

Oh..and as a side note, I deployed with my Merkur razor, blades and Omega Brush by my side. No cart's for this guy since I switched a few months ago. :)

[dmachine]

Welcome aboard!

[MaritimeFanatic]

Welcome to B&B! I am assuming you are deployed there?

[dfennewald]

This is a post on how to get Veteran & Active Duty badges
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=42404&highlight=active+duty.

Thanks for your service on the front line.

[jesta384]

Yup. 6 lovely months!

i didn't just bring merks.... I also have feathers and Wilkinsons...those are nice! they certainly seem to hold their edge.

[Sando]

Welcome and thanks for your service! Glad to see you're carrying the DE to the frontier.

...Ray

[Bobtrumpet]

Welcome to B&B! Thank you for your service. :thumbup: Best wishes.

[malocchio]

look for this afghani treasure

[jesta384]

hahahah thats hilarious.

With all the different conuntries here I was hoping to find some DE blades in one of the BX's (base exchange for you non-mil types...basically a mini store with all you need) but no luck.

I did see a banged up old straight at a bazaar in Kyrgyzstan that i almost picked up. The scales werent too bad but the blade was in rough shape. Im sure someone could have gotten some life out of it but it was a little warped, mis shaped and roughed up.

[maxman]

Welcome!
I'm sure in 6 months you'll find something of interest.
DE is popular on that side of the world.

[five0matt]

Not in Kandahar, but I'm down in Leatherneck/Bastion, hoping to get started DE shaving soon.

[jesta384]

Not in Kandahar, but I'm down in Leatherneck/Bastion, hoping to get started DE shaving soon.

good times. if youre ever in kandyland, drop me a line!

[DadisDrunk]

No, kidding. I'm in Balad, Iraq, and you should see the looks I get at the sink with my shaving gear. I really wish I was a colonel or something so I could have a shower in my room.

[thatsilverguy]

To you Gentlemen at the Front, thank you for your service. Almost-30-year man here (including reserve time) so I appreciate the sacrifices you all are going through. I had 10 years of deployments :tongue_sm

If there is ANYTHING we can get you, I don't think there should be issues with dropping a Unit address in the forum (Mods?). Feel free to PM me if there are issues. By "anything" I don't just mean shaving gear, I mean general toiletries, periodicals, tools, gedunk, whatever.

Anything you are short on - give us a shout. Somebody on these boards ought to be able to "hook you up".

[tempusfugit]

If there is ANYTHING we can get you, I don't think there should be issues with dropping a Unit address in the forum (Mods?). Feel free to PM me if there are issues. By "anything" I don't just mean shaving gear, I mean general toiletries, periodicals, tools, gedunk, whatever.

I'll second that. I've got some some shaving stuff I'd be happy to send, and tons of magazines--New Yorkers, Nat Geos, Discover...

[Malache]

If there is ANYTHING we can get you, I don't think there should be issues with dropping a Unit address in the forum (Mods?). Feel free to PM me if there are issues. By "anything" I don't just mean shaving gear, I mean general toiletries, periodicals, tools, gedunk, whatever.

Anything you are short on - give us a shout. Somebody on these boards ought to be able to "hook you up".


What he said.

[jesta384]

that is incredibly thoughtful. thank you very much for the offers! The Canadians built a hockey rink here to play (street) hockey on....I can show them what a real man's "puck" looks like... ;)

[thatsilverguy]

Hey Gentlemen,

Have you all seen "Marine Dad's" PIF (http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?p=3055946#post3055946)? It has a lot of DE gear:

Click Here (http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?p=3055946#post3055946)

[BigOregon]

good times. if youre ever in kandyland, drop me a line!

I'm in Kandyland now... you still here?

[binowatch]

Stay safe and God Bless-as the husband of an "Air Force Brat" whose Dad served in 3 wars with a DFC, Silver StarX2, Bronze Star, I have a sense of your sacrifice and thank you for your and all you active and previously active guys service.

[BigOregon]

Stay safe and God Bless-as the husband of an "Air Force Brat" whose Dad served in 3 wars with a DFC, Silver StarX2, Bronze Star, I have a sense of your sacrifice and thank you for your and all you active and previously active guys service.

Thank you!
also... LOVE the PUG!!! I've got a black pug waiting at home for me named Maximus.

[AABCDS]

I was stationed at Leatherneck. That place had a lot of expansions and construction going on before I left. They were building something next to the PEBs/hardstands that didn't get finished. Did they ever finish that? I heard it was going to be a second PX.


Not in Kandahar, but I'm down in Leatherneck/Bastion, hoping to get started DE shaving soon.

When I was there, I ordered a lot of stuff from Amazon and had my wife send things using the USPS APO/FPO flat-rate box. You could always go that route if you're running out of shaving supplies.

Six months of smelling the poo-poo pond?! Being downwind of that open sewage reservoir almost made me vomit when I got on ground. I hated that place. It seemed so much dustier than Leatherneck and the layout and organization of the buildings and roads are horrible.

One place that was really nice was Bagram. It was nice and cool when I went there in the spring. Shindand is nice too. It was a nice break seeing some green vegetation after being surrounded desert for months on end.


Yup. 6 lovely months!

i didn't just bring merks.... I also have feathers and Wilkinsons...those are nice! they certainly seem to hold their edge.

[eastomjac]

Sometimes I feel like the only guy without a can of gel, a mach 3 or electric shaver and axe deoderant at the sink counter.

Hello by the way....long time luker, first time poster..... :001_smile

you are not alone over there,there are lots of active duty here on b&B,im not one but i/we do support you guys over there,welcome to b&b and thanks for your service,check out the pif's(pay it forwards) there are some just for yoou active duty guy's be safe over there and enjoy yourself here :001_smile

[ramon]

welcome :001_smile

[zano2]

Welcome to B&B! Thank you for your service and God Bless!!!!

[instpasr]

Welcome aboard.....I'll be in Kandy sometime next year. Enjoy the shaves

[fine wine]

Thank you for your service young man.................JR

[SharpEdge]

Stay Army Strong, battle buddy. Greetings from 3rd CM.