Morgan Kacheh

Kate McMillan has an e-mail and pictures up from a soldier serving in Afghanistan right now. It's worth a visit.

This mission must be surreal for the Canadians. You're doing counter-insurgency operations - from active hunting to CIMIC work - which means mixing and mingling with those who could potentially be mortal enemies. You just don't know. And while you're keeping your guard up, you're passing pencils out to smiling kids. It's gotta be a bit of a mind-f***.

Good on those folks who can keep their balance in such a difficult world.