Goodbye...but I'll be back!
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:59 pm
Well, time is real short for me now. I leave for a month long Annual Training cycle this Friday. Once we complete that, we'll be back for a few days and fly out to Wisconsin and begin our deployment process. Once that is done...we'll enjoy a nice 15-20 hour plane ride across the ocean to toy around in the middle east for a year.
I don't know any of the member's here on a personal level, but I have gotten tips, advice, insight...whatever you choose to call it, from many individuals regarding a hobby, even a lifestyle I cherish very much. Individuals that freely share their knowledge without asking for anything in return. For the help I have received over the past several months, it is very much appreciated and I wanted to say thank you.
With regards to my deployment, I can't and won't go into too much detail, but for those that are interested, I will be spending the better part of a year in Iraq. Where in Iraq, I can't say...but I'm sure it won't be sunny and 75. Or 105 for that matter. That place is the hottest place I have ever been my entire life. Makes the two years I spent living in Phoenix feel quite mild by comparison. The place is dirty and dusty, too...who'd a thought. :-)
Anyrate, I'm not all that nervous about deploying again. If I said I wasn't at all...I'd be a liar. I am not too worried about getting myself shot or blown up, yeah it would suck big time...and I would be seriously pissed off, but i am more worried about leading troops and getting them home safely. Last time I was there, I was a PFC and didn't have much in the way of responsibilities, now I am a Sergeant and could possibly be a Staff Sergeant before I get there and will have much more responsibilities. I know my job...I know what I have to do, and am not afraid to do my job. However, I am deploying with several troops who haven't been deployed before...and not sure how they'll react once they get on the two-way range. I'm sure they'll be alright...or at least I hope so.
Alright, I don't want this post to seem like I am being a sally or something, just wanted to yak a bit...say thank you and take care while I'm gone. I'll be taking some gear with me...just in case I have some down time and just so happen to have a body of water near by. Hey....you never know. Weirder things have happened. Anyrate, I only have a few days left, but things will be extremely busy, and not sure if I'll have the time to visit or not. If I happen to be near an internet connection, I'll be sure to check in from time to time. Especially, if I get a chance to get a line wet while I'm there. It might be kinda cool to see a fishing report from Iraq on here. :-D
Take care, be safe...and save a fish or two for me!
I don't know any of the member's here on a personal level, but I have gotten tips, advice, insight...whatever you choose to call it, from many individuals regarding a hobby, even a lifestyle I cherish very much. Individuals that freely share their knowledge without asking for anything in return. For the help I have received over the past several months, it is very much appreciated and I wanted to say thank you.
With regards to my deployment, I can't and won't go into too much detail, but for those that are interested, I will be spending the better part of a year in Iraq. Where in Iraq, I can't say...but I'm sure it won't be sunny and 75. Or 105 for that matter. That place is the hottest place I have ever been my entire life. Makes the two years I spent living in Phoenix feel quite mild by comparison. The place is dirty and dusty, too...who'd a thought. :-)
Anyrate, I'm not all that nervous about deploying again. If I said I wasn't at all...I'd be a liar. I am not too worried about getting myself shot or blown up, yeah it would suck big time...and I would be seriously pissed off, but i am more worried about leading troops and getting them home safely. Last time I was there, I was a PFC and didn't have much in the way of responsibilities, now I am a Sergeant and could possibly be a Staff Sergeant before I get there and will have much more responsibilities. I know my job...I know what I have to do, and am not afraid to do my job. However, I am deploying with several troops who haven't been deployed before...and not sure how they'll react once they get on the two-way range. I'm sure they'll be alright...or at least I hope so.
Alright, I don't want this post to seem like I am being a sally or something, just wanted to yak a bit...say thank you and take care while I'm gone. I'll be taking some gear with me...just in case I have some down time and just so happen to have a body of water near by. Hey....you never know. Weirder things have happened. Anyrate, I only have a few days left, but things will be extremely busy, and not sure if I'll have the time to visit or not. If I happen to be near an internet connection, I'll be sure to check in from time to time. Especially, if I get a chance to get a line wet while I'm there. It might be kinda cool to see a fishing report from Iraq on here. :-D
Take care, be safe...and save a fish or two for me!
