Moving on

We are in a very short window for leaving Ft Hood, for operational secruity reasons I cant post the departure date, but my next blog posting will be from in Southwest Asia. We have picked up a few new members of the unit in the past few days to replace some that we lost due to medical reasons. Last night, they sent another 8 soldiers home due to being excess on the roster. They were very upset, one was a freind that I had gotten to know well since being here and I was sorry to see him leave. Its hard to understand how the Army can stress taking care of soldiers and then send them home arbitrarily after 3 months of preparation...they are seeking remedy with the Inspector General over this injustice, I hope they manage to get somewhere with it.

We got issued some new boots yesterday (of course it was after I had gone out and purchased myself some) but I am still glad to have them.

I wanted to give a special hello to Laurie Beths elementary class in Mississippi. When I get settled at Balad Air Base, I will post my address and expect to get something from her class that I can hang on the wall in my living area.

I hope to hear from as many as possible while I am gone. Ill post pictures when I start taking some interesting ones...believe me, there is nothing interesting about Ft Hood, Tx.

Will post again soon.

Bryan