Dang life is confuzzing and difficult.
I have worked my butt off trying to get my profile changed so I can deploy. I have a non-deployable medical profile, and most people would kill to get one. I am willing to kill to get it lifted. I finally got a letter stating I was deployable. I was happy. I was going to be leaving with my Soldiers this summer. Now the deployment got moved up, and I will have too little time stateside to deploy. That is actually killing me. The thought of my Soldiers going without me. I am the one training them. I am the one responsible for them. They are MY Soldiers. They cannot leave without me.
As for what have I been up to? The field. Been in the field lots. Recovering, prepping to go back, going back, recovering, prepping to go back, and now this is the fun one. I am going to the field for a week, coming out for a weekend, and going back for another week. Tell me that is not stupid. Oh yeah, and we have to jump sites twice so we can be considered "Mission Ready".
I lost some of my Soldiers on Friday. Actually a lot of them. I lost 9 of my Soldiers when my shop was deconsolidated and they were sent back to their units. Everything is being aligned so we can deploy, but without me. I am not the only one being affected by this dwell time policy, but I am the only one being vocal about it. I have talked to the Sergeant Major, the Battalion XO, and the Battalion Commander already. They just don't want to "fall on the sword" for this issue. I don't understand how if a Soldier is qualified, well qualified, and willing to waive his dwell time, why not let the Soldier go?
Just one of those things.
I have relearned that I enjoy playing pool, even though I suck. I have relearned that bowling is fun, but again, I suck. I have relearned that I hate shooting my M4 rifle with Body Armor on.
Well, I am off to bed, gotta try to recover from another wild weekend of having too much week and not enough weekend. Maybe I'll find more time to be on soon. I hope.
