I Lived The Life At Sharana
I was stationed at Sharana from MAR07 - APR08 with the AZARNG (PRT4).
Life there wasn't bad - but it wasn't great either.
As for chow - its run by KBR with locals doing the peon work. As a matter of fact the whole FOB is run by KBR. There is hard billets, mostly D huts. There are real ####ters (no burning) and showers. Airsrtip for 130s and smaller craft. Mail flies in Space A (weather permitting) - it usually took about 2 weeks for a letter/package from home (mail goes to NYC via US Postal, then miltary takes over: Germany 2 Bagram 2 you @ Sharana). The province is pretty poor, infrastucture terrible. On THURS every week is a local bazaar on FOB and you can get pirate DVDs for $1 -2 (most are pretty crappy quality). There is an AFFES, Post office, MWR, gym, and the occasional USO show.
I was glad when the day came and I boarded the freedom bird!!
Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!