artillery. a couple nights ago they shot up flai flares so they can see what the taliban is doing. a lot of the area around here is contested by the taliban. the goal and i spoke to general nickelson, the goal really is to make sure that the afghan government controls more and more territory. they ll have 80% of the territory. as for that football game this morning, the enlisted guys beat the officers. good for them, i guess. what voters can t get away from on this holiday in the senate race between roy moore and doug jones. do republicans have the vote to get it done. we ll look at that. plap tis.