INSTAPUNDIT’S AFGHANISTAN PHOTO-CORRESPONDENT, Major John Tammes of the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps, sends this from Bagram, Afghanistan. It seems that the Ordnance Corps has taken a back-to-the-future approach to transport. . . .

My secretary once rode a camel across much of Mali, and has retained a deep hatred for camels ever since. As has just about everyone I know who has ever had much to do with camels.

UPDATE: On a less cheerful note, Major Tammes sends this followup:

I suppose the story has reached you by now about Pat Tillman being KIA. I guess when I said it was still dangerous here – I didn’t hope to be proved correct so soon in such a sad and public way.

I admired him for what he did. He was a rare person to cast aside fame and fortune to go defend the society that would have been happy to continue to glamorize him as an NFL player. He was a man dedicated to duty, honor, country in every respect.

Indeed. Story here.

UPDATE: More thoughts here.