John Deere Green

“On a hot summer night
He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene
In letters 3 foot high
And the whole town said that he should have used red
But it looked good to Charlene
In John Deere green…”

Good song Joe Diffie!

Today I saw a couple of brand-new-off-the-plane John Deere tractors wheeling around on the north end of Disney Drive.  Now, there certainly isn’t any grass that needs mowing or hay that needs hauling or back 40’s that need plowing, or even any parades that I know about nor any tractor pull or shows scheduled – so just what does a John Deere tractor do at Bagram?

Last week I was lucky enough to have that question at least partially answered for me, as you can see in the photos. When you need to get a sick Chinook or other helicopter from one place to another, your faithful green machine will tow it wherever it needs to go.  I imagine the same is true for the jets and other aircraft which call Bagram home.

Makes me think of my former employer and friend Lewis Garrison of Garrison Construction Company, who is quite the tractor aficionado.  Their annual tractor and gas engine show in June every year is an event not to be missed.