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Imagine having fighter jets flying over your head while teaching BODYPUMP®. Thatis part of everyday life for Jill Peck, Fitness, Sports and Recreation Coordinator atKandahar Airfield in Afghanistan. Here she tells her story.I find it difficult to share what it's like here. No words seem to suffice. Right now,with the Afghan elections taking place today (26 August), things are very hot. Lastnight, during another full BODYPUMP class, the music and my mic was drownedout by three fighter jets flying over us. The airfield is only about 1 km away from thegym.It sets a different kind of atmosphere, you know? They're flying because there is aneed to be flying to protect us and the troops out there. We get rocket attacks hereabout twice per week. It happens randomly and requires everyone to stop what you're doing - where ever you are - lie facedown on the ground, stay there for two minutes, then go to one of the many concrete bunkers outside.It hasn't happened in any of my classes yet, but it could someday. So, you see, we operate like we're not in a war zone until arude awakening when reality hits you. It's all good though. Everyone is used to it. There's no panic, only routine obedience tothe safety routines to protect ourselves.JilI is married to a Canadian Air Force member and is a mother of a 12-year-old daughter. Jill and her husband James bothteach RPM® and BODYPUMP®, normally at GoodLife in North Bay, Ontario, Canada.