Not cutting and running

The stylist who just cut my wife's hair is going to the Sandbox. She's in her late thirties and leaving soon for a six-month stint with the Canadian Forces Personnel and Family Support Services (formerly Canadian Forces Personnel Support Agency) at Kandahar Air Field. The CF have provided her two weeks' orientation at CFB Kingston--you won't believe the heat was one thing that stood out. She'll be in uniform, working seven days a week. No perms, just haircuts (but females might arrange off-duty perm nights).

How'd it happen? A male Army fellow whose hair she cuts persuaded her. And she met several people who've served in Afstan. One piece of advice: get in with the Brits, they have a "curry house".

Quite a person, I'd say. Good on the (imaginary) CCVBC: the Canadian Civilian Volunteer Barber Corps.

Alternative title: "What are you doing for the summer?" "I'm going to Kandahar." As spoken. Post done with permission.