Back in the blogging saddle (maybe)

It has been awhile since my last entry. So much has happened. First and foremost Micca and were married on the 29th of February. We enjoyed our 21 days together before I had to leave. I sit here now at Ft . Benning working through the mobilization process. We are suppose to leave on Friday which would put us in Kuwait before the end of the month. I hope I hit the ground before the end of the month since there are many advantages in pay. We should only spend a short time in Kuwait (less than 24hours) and convoy out to Camp Echo.

I am excited to get this part of our deployment over with. Our accommodations here are ok but honestly I would rather be in Iraq so I could get settled in and into my routine. We still have a couple days of training left. So far we have received our new high speed equipment. The new helmet is nice but the body armor seems to grow more and more. With all of the plates and accessories it weighs in around 45 lbs. I don’t know if we will wear every piece of it since we won’t be in a high threat environment. So far I have 3 duffle bags of equipment they have issued. I processed through medical yesterday and felt fortunate to only have to get 2 shots. I got my 9th Anthrax shot. They told me I could get 250 bucks when I get back for a pint of blood since I had more than 6 shots. Today we finished all of the personnel stuff like life insurance and pay and what not. Tomorrow will be spent in the classroom and the day after on the range. The weather should be nice as it is a very nice time of year to be in Georgia.

Well that’s all for now I hope to be more diligent in my blogging in the future.

If you have questions or what to know more please feel free to post your questions and comments. That makes it easier for me to have something to write about.

Brent