'Good Morning, Afghanistan': War Radio

DJ Dusty Miller (left, in white) with soldiers from 104 Force Support Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Camp Bastion

From The Independent:

The hi-tech equipment, red "On Air" light and the DJs' patter are no different from those at any radio station. But step out of the studio and you are greeted by sandstorms, attack helicopters and armoured vehicles bearing machine guns. At a time when most of us were slumbering happily, at 6.30am Helmand time today, the words "Good Morning, Afghanistan" boomed forth from the first British Forces radio station in the country.

More than 9,000 troops fighting in the southern province's war zone were greeted with the upbeat sounds of The Boo Radleys' Wake Up Boo! – a track selected by British soldiers around the world to be the first broadcast from the new British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) station at Camp Bastion.

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My Comment: "Good Morning Vietnam" is one of my favorite Robin William's movies .... it is good to see that some of that humor can now be found in Afghanistan.