Day 1 - The start of a 60-hour day.Preparing for a trip to Afghanistan to cover Nevada's two Army National Guard troops is not the same as booking a flight, throwing some clothes into the suit case and driving to the airport.A deployment to a war zone even differs for an individual compared to a unit movement and differs for a civilian compared to a soldier or sailor traveling to the other side of the world. Preparation takes months, especially waiting for one approval after another from both the U.S. military and the Afghanistan embassy in Washington, D.C.A tentative time …