If my passport/visa information gets straightened out I'll be flying to Virginia on October 3rd. While there we get to learn fun stuff like how to wear our uniforms, get paid, apply first aid, throw on our gas masks in 10 seconds, properly wear body armor and what to do if bullets start flying. My plan is to run and hide behind something big. One of the days I'm there I get to be treated like a human pin cushion. I still need to get immunized against anthrax, MMR, flu, H1N1, polio, smallpox and typhoid. On Thursday I get to enjoy a 13 1/2 hour flight to Dubai. Once there, who knows? All I've been told is that at that point someone else is responsible for getting me to Kabul, Afghanistan. Should be exciting!!! Eventually I'll end in Kabul for a week and then to FOB Shank (map at the bottom of the page).
If you look at the right hand side of the page is my email address. Email me if you want to get notifications when I add new posts or just want to email. Also, I'll add links about the Corps mission in Afghanistan and anything else I find interesting.
I'll be spending the next couple of weeks trying to finish up whatever needs to be done around the house, spending time with the kids and Katy, finish up any deployment paperwork/training that may come up, and downloading books and putting movies on my computer. It seems like I'm missing something.........Oh yeah, get as much beer in me as I can.
Hopefully I'll be posting frequently up to I leave for Dubai. After that it may be hit and miss until I get to Shank.
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