You Could Die Any Day. Andreas Meyer
Dedication
This book is dedicated to all those who had to experience painfully what war in a foreign land means and those at home who did not know what the soldiers had to face in the field.
In particular, I dedicate the book to my son Marco, who had to make do without a lot as a little boy because of my absence. In his mind he was with me all the time.
In memory of all comrades who have fallen in action, in particular:
Sergeant Christian S., Panzer Grenadier Battalion 332, fallen in an attack at Rustak on 25. June 2005 and
Lieutenant Colonel Armin-Harry F., Reservist, who fell in a suicide attack in Kabul on 14.
November 2005.
Andreas Meyer
YOU COULD DIE ANY DAY
BEING DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN
AS A SOLDIER OF THE GERMAN ARMY.
All rights reserved @ 2020 Andreas Meyer
Cover, Illustrations: Miriam Hadji
Editing: Andreas Meyer
Translation: Maren Krüger, Kerry Staudt and Alexander Langer
Publisher: tredition GmbH, Halenreie 40-44 22359 Hamburg Germany
| ISBN | |
| Paperback: | 978-3-347-09331-7 |
| Hardcover: | 978-3-347-09332-4 |
| eBook: | 978-3-347-09333-1 |
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to all those who had to experience painfully what war in a foreign country means and those at home who did not know what the soldiers had to face in the field.
In particular, I dedicate the book to my son Marco, who had to make do without a lot as a little boy because of my absence. In his mind he was with me all the time.
In memory of all comrades who have fallen in action, in particular:
Sergeant Christian S., Panzer Grenadier Battalion 332, fallen in an attack at Rustak on 25. June 2005 and
Lieutenant Colonel Armin-Harry F., Reservist, who fell in a suicide attack in Kabul on 14. November 2005.
Contents list
Prologue
1 January 2005
2. Preparations
3. March 2005
4. June 2005, Mission
5. Every day camp life
6. Support from Austria
7. A baker and his flatbread
8. At the medic`s
9. Earthquake in Pakistan
10. My time in between the missions
11. Second deployment
12. The next flight to Afganistan
13. Preparation for handover
14. Challenges at the IEB-Cell
15. Visit tot he police chief at the airport
16. First tasks fort he new unit
17. Charity for a orphanage
18. Meeting again after 13 years
19. The Blue Moque of Mazar-E-Sharif
20. Visit by the commander
21. Driving tot he Teacher Training Center
22. Religious dignitaries at Camp Marmal
23. The newbies are coming
24. Getting acquainted with medical personal during flight
25. A day in the camp with five students
26. Afghanistan-Projekt „no más fonteras“
27. US-American artist arrives
28. The great day oft he experiment has come
29. Trip tot he border and port city Hairatan
30. First visit tot he OCCR headqzarters
31. Viait oft he Gouvernor of Samangan
32. The first watch on the watch tower
33. Support in driving service for OCCR
34. Mr. Scholl-Latour visits Camp Marmal
35. My third mission
36. And back again in Mazar-e Sharif
37. After 16 days camp stay
38. The first days in office as troop supply officer
39. Support fort he engineer squad
40. Evening remembrance service for four fallen comrades
41. The blue heart of Feyzabad
42. Lunch with „Schoko“
43. A reunion with Nabil, Sultan, Soraya
44. Attack on German armed forces in Takhar province
45. Father`s Day run at Camp Feyzabad
46. Departure
47. Back home
48. Eqilogue
49. Attachment 1 Rank groups from army
50. Attachment 2 Mongolian ranks
51. Attachment 3 Breakdown of a guide
52. Attachment 4 Classification of NATO classes
53. Attachment 4 Translation from German to Dari
54. Attachment 5 in alphabetic order
55.