Kandahar Living Conditions (FEB 2010)

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JonDSki

JonDSki

14 жыл бұрын

Short video of living arrangements while stationed at Kandahar Airfield (KAF), Afghanistan in February 2010. Understand that if you've been here, or you're headed here: your conditions probably won't be like this. These are old pre-Taliban era buildings that were part of a hotel on the airfield built in the (? -early 70s?) KAF has multiple micro-camps inside the gates. Each micro-camp holds it's own unit, whether you are Canadian, or US Air Force, or Army Aviation, or (insert unit type here). Accomodations range from tents (only a couple temp locations) to "B-huts" (a rectangle-shaped barracks that is either open with bunk beds, or enclosed with 10 one-person rooms), or you could live in one of the brand new brick-and-reinforced concrete barracks. Very modern with blast protection (we ARE in a combat zone!) Any way you end up, you're stuck in a camp of 20-thousand living on the edge of a desert. That means traffic is horrible, lots of hot dusty conditions, and with one working ATM machine, if you wait less than an hour to get cash, you were exceptionally lucky that day.

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@thepolitetrader9835
@thepolitetrader9835 4 жыл бұрын
2020 and I am living in the room under it. It's the same after ten years. WOW!
@peelmeat
@peelmeat 13 жыл бұрын
thats my old room from 08, those r my old storage bins, and i see the lights have not been moved
@qadimachakzai2405
@qadimachakzai2405 Жыл бұрын
Do You rememeber KAF bazar?
@jasonb4566
@jasonb4566 Жыл бұрын
Lived in tent with hesco perimeter as "barrier" on the northside of the flightline. USMC 2004-2005 KAF 🤟
@erdnusse277
@erdnusse277 10 жыл бұрын
Confirmed for being a POG. Either that or you're a PMC, those living conditions are like the fucking hilton
@TannerDanger
@TannerDanger 12 жыл бұрын
What are you, a general? Holy shit that is a nice place
@robbybankston4238
@robbybankston4238 Жыл бұрын
In '09, we were in the container housing units with 6 men/room. This would have been the Hilton for us. I'm thankful for what we had though because the guys in the field and FOB had it rough.
@hermanhenderson966
@hermanhenderson966 4 жыл бұрын
This looks awesome!
@djohnson9944
@djohnson9944 6 жыл бұрын
That looks pretty cool! There are probably connexes now, but still. That place seems to have it all. Nice digs!
@cranichik
@cranichik 14 жыл бұрын
WOW! Thanks for sharing for those of us civilians who have no clue what your life is like.
@RealLifeEddy2K
@RealLifeEddy2K 9 жыл бұрын
Jesus which Hilton was this in, I lived in 80 man tents with 90% FNs.
@disupare1610
@disupare1610 4 жыл бұрын
south park was always fun!
@scarab088
@scarab088 14 жыл бұрын
nice setup man.
@andrewlacson6385
@andrewlacson6385 3 жыл бұрын
I was here when you take this video .. i miss kandahar airfield..
@qadimachakzai2405
@qadimachakzai2405 Жыл бұрын
I miss KAF bazar. do you remember that?
@edd55r
@edd55r 12 жыл бұрын
I read a comment by a British Para trooper he said and I quote "there's a lot of fat people living in KAF"
@Legendary_UA
@Legendary_UA 3 жыл бұрын
Damn, you lived like a king with all that space
@jonathanandrews5559
@jonathanandrews5559 9 жыл бұрын
Kaf was a vacation every 3 months for us. Lived on a hill with 24 brothers for 9 months. Get a good shower some hot chow and a couple cartons of reds (the ones from the french px considering they were 12 bucks a pop vs. 80). I would give my left nut to have had the conditions you call sacrificing. And for the "go bag" and ppe how many times have you used that? Twice? Getting off the plane and getting on to go back home? I loved with my suit on day in and day out. Gotta love the POG life!
@Gomez1141
@Gomez1141 5 жыл бұрын
Quit crying
@smileynoshots5219
@smileynoshots5219 5 жыл бұрын
The chow hall in that compound was legit
@JonDSki
@JonDSki 3 жыл бұрын
Surf & Turf every Friday!
@aaronrules
@aaronrules 13 жыл бұрын
WOW! Man you are lucky! I was there US Air Force living in 30 man tents in south Park last year. I am going back as civilian contractor in a month, I would LOVE to have those quarters! I always wondered what it was like for other countries there. I hope as a civilian I get something better than 30 man tents!
@GoatyHerps
@GoatyHerps 4 жыл бұрын
Oh, good ole South Park. You mean the thirty man tents with sixty people in them? =D
@qadimachakzai2405
@qadimachakzai2405 Жыл бұрын
KAF bazar remember?
@pski2515
@pski2515 10 жыл бұрын
lucky you, nice place...
@peelmeat
@peelmeat 14 жыл бұрын
i left those storage shelves behind back in 2007 at 3:20. lol
@sw478867
@sw478867 13 жыл бұрын
you're an officer huh?
@JoshRichy101
@JoshRichy101 14 жыл бұрын
@MarcianoMMA There isnt a 52sqn RAF Reg?
@Bellski
@Bellski 9 жыл бұрын
I was in CNS at the same time bro! noyce!
@278jason
@278jason 8 жыл бұрын
i liked the CNS DFAC, i was at walton
@Novemberxrocks
@Novemberxrocks 12 жыл бұрын
Im currently living on KAF and the living conditions definitely arent like this haha, I wish I has this awesome setup. Unfortunately, my mods are right across from the poo pond. Anyhow, I like this video, neat to see some other places around the base. 82nd Airborne, All the Way!
@russrtspooling7702
@russrtspooling7702 4 жыл бұрын
lol I was close to that as well near the weapons qualifying range :) I can stil smell it in 2019
@tminor311
@tminor311 9 жыл бұрын
I have lived in them conditions, they are called sacrifices
@sv14pe
@sv14pe 12 жыл бұрын
What is your rank
@tminus5903
@tminus5903 8 жыл бұрын
Ugh, so lucky. I was in a 5 man room b-hut in Kandahar. pog-life, you know?
@dw6602
@dw6602 6 жыл бұрын
Nope
@Localproperty1M
@Localproperty1M 3 жыл бұрын
I was there kaf
@cucinadio1
@cucinadio1 14 жыл бұрын
what brand are the storage box's your useing there mate?...btw nice work if you still there!! cheers
@russrtspooling7702
@russrtspooling7702 4 жыл бұрын
Shit thats the hilton compared to when I was there all I had was a tent and a cott back in 2004
@jcc6767
@jcc6767 13 жыл бұрын
@Bobbyelesky thats a cute comment, but the reality is that even if a mortar were fired inbound they operators dont know how to use them and their life expectancy is about 10 min after they fire it so they dont have much chance to practice
@JoshRichy101
@JoshRichy101 14 жыл бұрын
@MarcianoMMA No worries, Stag on buddy. ;) Per Ardua.
@bigdog7013
@bigdog7013 14 жыл бұрын
im going there next month, and the fools below me saying they hope they end up in a place like this better be officers cause if ur a first LT or below not a chance
@PvtGermanWagz
@PvtGermanWagz 12 жыл бұрын
Just got back from over there. You hit the nail on the head in the description about the ATM machine, there's only 1 and you stand in line for an hour to use it, so annoying.....
@dennissalgado6854
@dennissalgado6854 5 жыл бұрын
I was there on 2011 then to fob walton
@qadimachakzai2405
@qadimachakzai2405 Жыл бұрын
do you renember KAF bazar?
@NEAWD
@NEAWD 14 жыл бұрын
You had it made wtf!!
@fckinvandoos
@fckinvandoos 7 жыл бұрын
about that life
@iloveorangegirl
@iloveorangegirl 14 жыл бұрын
lucky fucking bastard, we lived in tents for a year. the floods were horrible and the sand storms made the ac break down. that's southpark for ya :)
@cplduce
@cplduce 10 жыл бұрын
WOW , all I got was a dirty tent in South Park
@RealLifeEddy2K
@RealLifeEddy2K 9 жыл бұрын
cplduce South Park really was nice accommodations for easy access to the poo pond and second rate boardwalk food.
@rueridge7597
@rueridge7597 5 жыл бұрын
cplduce I was more scared of South Park then I was of the Taliban. Lol I was on SF base in Tarin Kowt. Hated having to come to KAF even though it meant couple of weeks off. I had a KAF card so I could at least move freely or go to the boardwalk. And all those fucking containers piled up and the fobs waiting on the stuff they would never get
@maskedwhiteboy
@maskedwhiteboy 13 жыл бұрын
@RaiderRedSixBravo my money is on contractor
@qadimachakzai2405
@qadimachakzai2405 Жыл бұрын
KAF bazar.
@pweir2005
@pweir2005 3 жыл бұрын
typical officer...show how the real soldiers lived
@JonDSki
@JonDSki 3 жыл бұрын
Sorry to disappoint, I was enlisted. All members of my unit were in these. Officers down to lower enlisted. We just got lucky that this was the location of the unit we replaced, so we moved in to where they were living. When our tour was up, the unit that replaced us moved right in.
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