This is the podcast version of my 208 day deployment blog to Afghanistan from 2011. The blog, in its entirety can be read here.

Further, here is the "answer key" that I disclosed after returning home. It will help this reading make more sense to you as you listen.

"Answer Key"

Kansas - home

Oz - my deployment location

Yellow Brick Road - to Oz and back

Dorothy - my love, my bride

Tin Man - my first-born with a huge heart

Scarecrow - my second-born who is incredibly brave

WDW (Walt Disney World) - my location in Oz

Theme Park #1, #2, etc.: forward operating bases I will fly to

Erector Set - my main focus/task/job