In the news this weekend

October 11, 2008 by Nicki Faulk

The following article was posted in this weekend’s edition of The Birmingham News:

Col. Chris Morgan
Alabama Guard officer says Afghanistan ‘moving in the right direction’

An Alabama National Guard officer who is helping train police officers and soldiers in Afghanistan said the country appears to be moving in the right direction.

“I really get a good sense that these people are really wanting true peace and security,” said Col. Chris Morgan, a Fort Payne native who is the commander of a 15-member Alabama Army Guard training team that arrived in Afghanistan about two months ago. “The Army has come leaps and bounds from just a bunch of just fighters to an army that can sustain itself and plan and execute deliberate operations … and the police are coming along.

“I think really and truly, this thing is moving in the right direction,” Morgan said today in a telephone interview from the Afghan capital of Kabul. “Is it moving as fast as Chris Morgan would like it to? Heck no. But is it something that I feel … is a worthy cause? You’re dang right.”

“I’d like for us to pack our bags and come home,” Morgan added. “But … with the global war terrorism, you know, wherever they’re at is where we need to put our foot if we’re going to defeat this thing.”