don bolldock was the best office ner the ba tallian and also my operations officer. it was the opinion of the senior leadership at the pentagon that they wanted a lieutenant colonel, a more experienced officer on the ground in afghanistan, and so that s why we deployed. to me it was, it was exciting. i mean one day i ll tell my grandkids about it when i m old and decrepit and they ll say oh, yeah, sure grandpa. while left to our devices we felt like we were able to get a lot done. it was almost the seeds of our own destruction because everything went well. and then we find out from headquarters that 20 folks are going to come in.