"I'm going to Afghanistan."

SDA guest blogger Damian Brooks (of The Torch) is heading to Afghanistan;

I can't say when, but it will be shortly. I can't say exactly where, nor how long I'll be gone for. DND is understandably picky about that sort of thing. But if the creek don't rise, I'll be posting from over there at some point in the fairly near future, so watch this space.

This is a first for a Canadian blogger. A fairly narrow first, but a first nonetheless: bloggers have served, but not really written about it; American bloggers have embedded with Canadian troops; Canadian bloggers have gone over unilaterally. But to the best of my knowledge, a Canadian blogger has never before been invited on a CF-sponsored visit.

Damian is doing this out of his own pocket. I'll be hitting his tip jar this morning.

Posted by Kate at January 9, 2009 8:50 AM