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No Regrets is an irreverent look at the war in Afghanistan War from the perspective of a defense contractor. A year and half after the Twin Towers fell in New York City, the author found himself in Bagram, Afghanistan working for KBRthe notorious Halliburton defense contractor. Over the next decade, he traveled across Afghanistan as part of the U.S.-led military campaign Operation Enduring Freedom. During that time, he worked himself up from an accounting clerk to a senior mentor for Afghan colonels and generals in the western region of Afghanistan. Shona ba Shona (side-by-side) with the Afghan police and the Coalition military forces, Dave Kaelin and the men and women he worked with strove to build the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) into a professional military command capable of defending and protecting the nation and the people of Afghanistan. Along the way, Dave navigates through challenging cultural minefields, sells the U.S. Army on its own programs, and finds maniacal cures for the boredom of a war zone as the military decides how to proceed with the Afghanistan drawdown.

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David Kaelin 2013 I have not written all this to complain I have simply - photo 1

David Kaelin 2013

I have not written all this to complain: I have simply written the truth. I do not intend by what I have written to compliment myself: I have simply set down exactly what happened. Since I have made it a point in this history to write the truth of every matter and to set down no more than the reality of every event, as a consequence I have reported every good and evil I have seen of father and brother and set down the actuality of every fault and virtue of relative and stranger. May the reader excuse me; may the listener take me not to task.

~ Babur Khan, founder of the Mughal Empire

Do not try to do too much with your own hands. Better the Arabs do it tolerably than that you do it perfectly. It is their war, and you are to help them, not to win it for them. Actually, also, under the very odd conditions of Arabia, your practical work will not be as good as, perhaps, you think it is.

~ T.E. Lawrence, The Evolution of a Revolt

I dont fear death; I fear remaining silent in the face of injustice. I am young and I want to live. But I say to those who would eliminate my voice: I am ready, wherever and whenever you might strike. You can cut down the flower, but nothing can stop the coming of the spring.

~ Malalai Joya, Raising My Voice

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Authors Note

This book is based on true events that occurred during my decade of service in Afghanistan as a defense contractor for the U.S. military. I have changed the names to protect those who may be endangered by their continuing involvement with Coalition Forces. This is a very real danger. It is especially true of those brave men and women who serve as interpreters and translators for the U.S. military and Coalition Forces. These men and women, primarily Afghan, place their lives on the line daily in their efforts to drag Afghanistan to a better future.

Other individuals, particularly defense contractors, mentioned herein still work and live in Afghanistan. The U.S. Army and State Department are staffed with many people who hate, or merely dislike, contractors. Any chance they come by to fire a contractor would be seized upon with relish. For that reason, Ive changed all those names as well.

The U.S. Army denied contractors (and still does to an extent) the right to carry firearms in self-defense. Instead, they leave us reliant on the military personnel who surround us. Some of the men and women with whom I worked disagreed with this policy. These persons offered me the opportunity to have a measure of self-defense at my disposal. Those names were changed as well.

As regards other U.S. military personnel, if I felt that the actions of a given soldier or marine might endanger their careers, I changed their name. Similarly, I changed the names of certain members of the National Guard. I did not work closely with U.S. Air Force or Navy personnel. I retained the real names of colonels, generals, and other high-ranking members of the armed forces, since these individuals have all been cited in the press at one time or another, and, in many instances, quite often.

I have also retained most of the Afghan military officers real names. They know the dangers that surround them. They are public figures. Some of these men are as venal as the Taliban and bandits who prey on the Afghan populace. Others are men simply trying to make a decent living and survive with a measure of security for themselves and their families. Even the venal ones befriended me and offered hospitality and a measure of security in my travels throughout Afghanistan. I do not call these men corrupt or criminal in this book. I write of my experiences with them. I leave you to your opinion of their humanity.

Abbreviations

AAFESArmy and Air Force Exchange Service
ABPAfghan Border Police
ANAAfghan National Army
ANPAfghan National Police
ANSFAfghan National Security Forces
AOArea of Operations
ARArmy Regulation
BAFBagram Airfield
BDEBrigade
BNBattalion
CACCommon Access Card
CDRCommander of a Unit (company, battalion, brigade, division, or corps)
CFC-ACombined Forces CommandAfghanistan
CIACentral Intelligence Agency
CIFCentral Issue Facility
CJTF-180Combined Joint Task Force 180
CO or COYCompany
COLColonel
CONOPConvoy Operation
CONUSContinental United States
CPLConsolidated Property Listing
CPOLCivilian Personnel Online
CPTCaptain
CRCCONUS Replacement Center
CSMCommand Sergeant Major
CW2Chief Warrant Officer Two
CW3Chief Warrant Officer Three
CYACover Your Ass
DADepartment of the Army
DARTDistrict Assessment and Reformation Team
DCODeputy Commander
DFACDining Facility Administration Center
DHQDistrict Headquarters
DPMDeputy Program Manager
DSNDefense Information Systems
EODExplosive Ordnance Disposal
FATAFederally Administered Tribal Areas
FDDFocused District Development
FOBForward Operating Base
FUBARFucked Up Beyond All Repair
HMMWVHigh Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
HQHeadquarters
IEDImprovised Explosive Device
ISAFInternational Security Assistance Force
K2Karshi-Khanabad
KBRKellogg, Brown & Root
KIAKilled in Action
LOGCAPLogistical Capstone
MAJMajor
MGMajor General
MODMinistry of Defense
MOIMinistry of Interior
MPMilitary Police
MPRIMilitary Professional Resources Inc.
MRAPMine Resistant Ambush Protected
MSGMaster Sergeant
MSRMain Service Road
MWRMorale, Welfare, and Recreation
NATONorth Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCONon-Commissioned Officer
NGONon-Governmental Organization
NWFPNorthwest Frontier Province
OCSOfficer Candidate School
OEFOperation Enduring Freedom
OICOfficer in Charge
OIFOperation Iraqi Freedom
OPOperations
PBOProperty Book Officer
PBOSSProperty Book Operations Sustainment and Support
PBUSEProperty Book Unit Supply Enhanced
PEBPre-Engineered Building
PFCPrivate First Class
PHQProvince Headquarters
POIProgram of Instruction
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