[Thinkpad] Windows XP SP2

[John Levanger]

Mike, I have no problem with that at all. Technology has changed the way we
do business in the military. It does seem somewhat bizarre to have
unfettered internet access in the middle of nowhere. I can sit in my tent
with my ThinkPad and email, IM, and browse the internet the same as if I was
sitting in my living room back in Georgia. Myself and 39 other buddies
purchased a satellite system from an outfit out of India. The ISP is
actually in Germany and we get just about T1 bandwidth which is split up 40
ways if everyone is one (which doesn't occur due to different work shifts).
We "beam" it out via Wi-Fi to the different tents. Even our aircraft (I'm in
a CH-47 Chinook unit) are on an intranet of sorts. The system called Blue
Force Tracker allows secure tracking of all the different aircraft (and
ground elements) within the theater real time. We can email between aircraft
and to our headquarters during flight...all with satellite technology. I've
hardly sent a snail mail letter since I've been here.

SSG John Levanger
Taskforce Diamondhead
Kandahar, Afghanistan
"People sleep comfortably at night in their beds only because rough men
stand ready to do violence in their behalf".

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Geary [mailto:Mike at Geary.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 5:45 AM
To: 'John Levanger'; 'Thinkpad Forum'
Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] Windows XP SP2
Sensitivity: Confidential

John, I hope you don't mind, but I featured your message (via the ThinkPad
list archive) on my new blog:

http://mg.to/

It just seemed kind of remarkable to hear your report, given your location
and day job. :-)

Let me know if there's any problem with that.

Thanks!

-Mike

> From: John Levanger
> This may be a little off topic but it does relate to ThinkPad's in a 
> roundabout way. I installed Windows XP Service Pack 2 on my TP600X 2 
> days ago and so far there's been no problems at all... I haven't seen 
> any software conflicts and no networking glitches...as far as my 
> satellite connection with Wi-Fi is concerned. So from the desert 
> plains of Afghanistan I can give the update a thumbs up, hope this 
> info can be of use and help someone make a decision on the big update.
>  
> SSG John Levanger
> Taskforce Diamondhead
> Kandahar, Afghanistan
> "People sleep comfortably at night in their beds only because rough 
> men stand ready to do violence in their behalf".