Deployment by the numbers

So anyone who knows me knows that I like numbers. I like math, I think in terms of numbers, and one way that I like to sum up things I've done or experiences I've had is with numbers. So, now that it's over, here is my 2014 MC-12 deployment to Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan, by the numbers.

Number of days between when I left and returned to California: 190
Number of hours between when our flight left Baltimore and arrived in Bagram: 93
Number of flight hours from Sacramento to Bagram: 23
Number of meals eaten at the DFAC: 230
Number of miles walked to and from work: 147.7
Number of workouts: 203
Number of IDFs: 43
Number of weather recalls: 7
Number of sorties cancelled for weather: 12
Number of days spent working the scheduling desk: 33
Number of MCs flown with: 30
Number of sensors flown with: 31
Number of TSOs flown with: 25
Number of diverts: 1 (to Kabul)
Number of EPs: 1 (pressurization failure)
Number of new books I read: 26
Number of combat sorties: 103
Number of combat hours: 476.7
Number of tails (different MC-12 aircraft) flown: 21
Number of countries visited: 13 (Germany, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Greece, Italy, England, Iceland, Greenland, Canada)
Number of legs in the ferry flight back: 14
Number of hours on ferry flight back: 47.2

Overall the delpoyment was a great experience. I flew a lot, I learned a lot, I grew and changed a lot, and most importantly I met some incredible people. It feels quite strange being home but I'm looking forward to catching up with everyone back here.

I do want to take a moment to thank everyone for your support, your thoughts, your packages, your messages, and your prayers. They meant the world to me and I would not have made it through the deployment without them.