06-04-2006, 02:38 AM
Hello Lurkers.
I just wanted to post an update after pulling a disapearing act. I was activated with the Military and have been training and moving from instalation to instalation quite a bit. (And I finally got access to an Internet Hub.;))
My initial activation went smoothly and my unit had some fun and games in the Mojave Desert. We had some productive training and were able to talk with many people who had been in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some were soldiers that had gone and come back, some were contractors, and many were former citizens. It was very valuable to talk with them. My comrades and I had a 30 hour stint in the Motor Pool, most of it breaking track (taking parts of tank track out and replacing them) on M113s (armored personel carriers) and then got straight on a plane to head back to home station. I'm glad most of us were asleep on the flight because it was hot those days:wacko:.
Now I'm in Alabama for some individual training. It's been "Death by PowerPoint" so far. I can't be very specific about the training other than to say it's mission critical, fast paced, and challenging.
I won't be leaving CONUS (The CONtinental United States) for a while so I'll try to stop in when I can and let you all know how things are going. And when I get to where I'm going I'll try and give you info on what it's like on the ground. (Anything that doesn't violate OPSEC, of course. OPSEC is OPerational SECurity, gotta love the Military and those acronyms.) I may even be able to get some digital pictures cleared, but I can't promise anything yet.
I just wanted to post an update after pulling a disapearing act. I was activated with the Military and have been training and moving from instalation to instalation quite a bit. (And I finally got access to an Internet Hub.;))
My initial activation went smoothly and my unit had some fun and games in the Mojave Desert. We had some productive training and were able to talk with many people who had been in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some were soldiers that had gone and come back, some were contractors, and many were former citizens. It was very valuable to talk with them. My comrades and I had a 30 hour stint in the Motor Pool, most of it breaking track (taking parts of tank track out and replacing them) on M113s (armored personel carriers) and then got straight on a plane to head back to home station. I'm glad most of us were asleep on the flight because it was hot those days:wacko:.
Now I'm in Alabama for some individual training. It's been "Death by PowerPoint" so far. I can't be very specific about the training other than to say it's mission critical, fast paced, and challenging.
I won't be leaving CONUS (The CONtinental United States) for a while so I'll try to stop in when I can and let you all know how things are going. And when I get to where I'm going I'll try and give you info on what it's like on the ground. (Anything that doesn't violate OPSEC, of course. OPSEC is OPerational SECurity, gotta love the Military and those acronyms.) I may even be able to get some digital pictures cleared, but I can't promise anything yet.
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The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance. Robert A. Heinlein