All Before 0800

"Beep...Beep, Beep...Beep, Beep...Beep I look at the green face of my watch; 5 AM stares back at me. It's quite and pitch black in the room; nice that it's quiet; this it last time today that it will. The rest of the day will be filled with radio calls, reports, yelling. I lay there in the dark with my watch still beeping.

The war in Afghanistan is typified by brand names, Oakley, Under Armour, Suunto, iPod and a myriad of others. It seems at times when we roll out we resemble NASCAR drivers with logos and brand names plastered all over us; subdued yes; but all over us. Right now it's Suunto that's upsetting me, with it's beeping and unwillingness to let me go back to sleep. Just leave me alone. I shut the watch off."
Afghanistan Shrugged