My husband's been to Iraq twice, so this will be his first trip to Afghanistan. I realized something when he was packing over the weekend, something that hadn't yet crossed my mind: Afghanistan has seasons.
It was strange to see my husband packing a duffel of cold-weather gear to be shipped ahead of time. Cold-weather gear for deployment? This is new! But this is a place where, apparently, summer temperatures can reach 115°, while winter temperatures
in high altitudes can fall to -15°. And we still don't know exactly where he's going, so he better be prepared for anything.
Sadly, packing cold-weather gear essentially more than doubles the amount of stuff you have to hump...
