Upon return from BN HQ, my LT Glitz was already gone. I immediately took the reins of XO and--over the next two weeks--did a lot of work with RESET. In simple terms, RESET is the way the Army labels the slow turn-in of equipment.
Millions of dollars of equipment was turned in over the past month, and there is much to come in the next week when we ramp up for a new month. It doesn't involve a simple, "Here you go." Cleaning, inventories, paperwork, and monotony all characterize RESET as a drawn-out system.
Very glad to be done with the biggest of our turn-ins.
27 March 2011
23 March 2011
Stuck for Protests
Unbelievable. I simply cannot believe it's been so long since my last post. So busy!
Not really much has happened at all though, so no big deal. I mean there was moving to BN HQ and getting stuck there for a week for the Iraqi Day of Rage travel halt. There was returning to take the XO position at the cusp of turning in the good bulk of millions of dollars of comm equipment. There was the Egyptian revolution.
The very plates of the earth seem to be shifting underneath us: Oh wait, they actual are... Well the nuclear meltdown should help distract us from that!
And now I guess there's some sort of small irrelevant thing going on in Libya (can you smell the sarcasm yet?)
Anyway, I've spent time putting together detailed recaps of events before--and now may the most appropriate of times--but for my own sanity I will shoot a few posts from the hip highlight style. I'm so gangsta.
-Finalized those inventories at COB Far Away. The odd experience of IDF was behind me. The nightmare of getting home followed.
-Stuck in transit for weather/protest travel halt with the BN for a week... Even after the Iraq-wide travel halt ended, there were still three frustrating days of haze keeping me off the bird. Lucky I even got to BN HQ from COB Far Away, because I got get into a more comfortable groove with the gym, sleep, and time.
This stint at BN HQ I worked on my own time, as I learned it was unnecessary to mirror LT Bro's day. It made for a bit of a break that, in retrospect, was a lifesaver. With that said, I was ready to get the hell out of there. Can't stand being idle. Especially in Iraq.
-Fun side note. In the last month, I've finished all of 'Dexter', most of it during that stint at BN and finished out at night when I had no business being up so late. Very engaging and dark series. Yet another TV show that I will continue to follow once I get home.
Not really much has happened at all though, so no big deal. I mean there was moving to BN HQ and getting stuck there for a week for the Iraqi Day of Rage travel halt. There was returning to take the XO position at the cusp of turning in the good bulk of millions of dollars of comm equipment. There was the Egyptian revolution.
The very plates of the earth seem to be shifting underneath us: Oh wait, they actual are... Well the nuclear meltdown should help distract us from that!
And now I guess there's some sort of small irrelevant thing going on in Libya (can you smell the sarcasm yet?)
Anyway, I've spent time putting together detailed recaps of events before--and now may the most appropriate of times--but for my own sanity I will shoot a few posts from the hip highlight style. I'm so gangsta.
-Finalized those inventories at COB Far Away. The odd experience of IDF was behind me. The nightmare of getting home followed.
-Stuck in transit for weather/protest travel halt with the BN for a week... Even after the Iraq-wide travel halt ended, there were still three frustrating days of haze keeping me off the bird. Lucky I even got to BN HQ from COB Far Away, because I got get into a more comfortable groove with the gym, sleep, and time.
This stint at BN HQ I worked on my own time, as I learned it was unnecessary to mirror LT Bro's day. It made for a bit of a break that, in retrospect, was a lifesaver. With that said, I was ready to get the hell out of there. Can't stand being idle. Especially in Iraq.
-Fun side note. In the last month, I've finished all of 'Dexter', most of it during that stint at BN and finished out at night when I had no business being up so late. Very engaging and dark series. Yet another TV show that I will continue to follow once I get home.
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