Mobilizing
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Mobilizing
I've been mobilized. I'm going to Afghanistan for a year to work with an Embedded Training Team (Google it).
I report in the 3rd week of May for three months of training and will be in the 'Stan by the end of August. 15 months total.
FYI.
I report in the 3rd week of May for three months of training and will be in the 'Stan by the end of August. 15 months total.
FYI.
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Fuck. Well, I'll give you the advice I've given everyone going over there... Trust no one. Keep your head down.
I think we need to give you a proper sendoff. With balloons. And steaks. And hookers. Actually forget the balloons and steaks.
I think we need to give you a proper sendoff. With balloons. And steaks. And hookers. Actually forget the balloons and steaks.
My fiero is aliiiive!!
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So this'll bump the world's longest northstar build back to 2015? lol
Be safe man.
Be safe man.
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well I guess that means you won't be making it to florida then.
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That sucks Will. On the other hand, you can't complain about the pay checks.
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Sucks to be you! Seriously, stay safe.
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I'll go instead if they can swing that...
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Spanks! I've already had a couple of Chicas promise me "proper sendoffs", but the more the merrier!whipped wrote:Fuck. Well, I'll give you the advice I've given everyone going over there... Trust no one. Keep your head down.
I think we need to give you a proper sendoff. With balloons. And steaks. And hookers. Actually forget the balloons and steaks.
Thanks. Whether it's believable or achievable who knows, but I have a schedule layed out to get The Mule on the road with the new engine by the 15th. I'll get to pimp it for a week.AkursedX wrote:So this'll bump the world's longest northstar build back to 2015? lol
Be safe man.
I lived in Pensacola for three years. Why on earth would I want to go back to Florida?Shaun41178(2) wrote:well I guess that means you won't be making it to florida then.
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Embrace the suck.Aaron wrote:That sucks Will. On the other hand, you can't complain about the pay checks.
I was a lousy salary negotiator when I started this job two years ago, so ironically I'll be making more money in the military... Senior LT's and LCDR's don't do half bad.
Thanks. I'll have kevlar and titanium armor... Hey... talk about SciFi... I'll basically be Robocop, only still alive and without being half machine.Nashco wrote:Sucks to be you! Seriously, stay safe.
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I'm sure you can go TOO if you ask nicely. I want to go. I'm looking forward to it. I think it will be a great opportunity. It'll give me some sweet resume candy when I get back and maybe open the door to going back to the 'Stan as a contractor making twice as much money while staying inside the wire.Unsafe At Any Speed wrote:I'll go instead if they can swing that...
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That's a good attitude to have. Do you know what you're training people in?
Stay safe and keep us updated when you have the chance.
Stay safe and keep us updated when you have the chance.
want to go. I'm looking forward to it. I think it will be a great opportunity. It'll give me some sweet resume candy when I get back and maybe open the door to going back to the 'Stan as a contractor making twice as much money while staying inside the wire.
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I'd recommend keeping the balloons and steaks, as long as the steaks are actually blow.whipped wrote:Fuck. Well, I'll give you the advice I've given everyone going over there... Trust no one. Keep your head down.
I think we need to give you a proper sendoff. With balloons. And steaks. And hookers. Actually forget the balloons and steaks.
Stay safe over there.
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Yeah, I would like to get deployed. I figure somebody has to do it. Why not me instead of some guy with a wife and kids he'd be leaving at home. I think I have one of the few jobs that doesn't get deployed though.
Oh wait, I forgot that I'm at a deployed, trigger-pulling battle position right now...
Oh wait, I forgot that I'm at a deployed, trigger-pulling battle position right now...
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Quantum Physics - they need someone to run their supercollider.eHoward wrote:That's a good attitude to have. Do you know what you're training people in?
Stay safe and keep us updated when you have the chance.
want to go. I'm looking forward to it. I think it will be a great opportunity. It'll give me some sweet resume candy when I get back and maybe open the door to going back to the 'Stan as a contractor making twice as much money while staying inside the wire.
Seriously though, stay safe over there.
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Look out for camel spiders.
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Gotta watch out for those showers over there:
Good luck dude, stay safe!
Good luck dude, stay safe!
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Unsafe At Any Speed wrote:Yeah, I would like to get deployed. I figure somebody has to do it. Why not me instead of some guy with a wife and kids he'd be leaving at home. I think I have one of the few jobs that doesn't get deployed though.
Oh wait, I forgot that I'm at a deployed, trigger-pulling battle position right now...
Yep, you're on the front lines of the push-button war... Air Force Stylez, j0!!11!eleven!!
Don't have any w&k's, so I'm a good candidate for mobilizing.
Unortuantely that means no heirs, either Gotta get back in one piece to spread combat proven war hero/rocket scientist DNA.
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Like everyone else is saying, stay safe over there.
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Try to keep it that way, huh?I'll basically be Robocop, only still alive and without being half machine.
Stay safe, stay alert, and keep your head down.
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HAHA, throw a Fiero emblem on the front and sail panels on the side of the HUMVEE, haha
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The Plan is only that from which we deviate
The Plan is simply that from which we deviate.
In early Feb I put in a request to redesignate to CB's.
In late Feb I got my mobilization orders.
About 3 weeks ago, I received word that my request had been accepted.
So now I'll be going to Iraq for a year working with the Army Corps of Engineers at the end of July. I'll be in Columbia, SC from the end of June through the end of July.
In preparation for doing CB things, I need to learn how to be a CB. I'll be in Port Hueneme, CA for three weeks starting on the 17th. After that I'll be in Abuquerque, NM for about two weeks, then off for two weeks and then to Columbia.
In early Feb I put in a request to redesignate to CB's.
In late Feb I got my mobilization orders.
About 3 weeks ago, I received word that my request had been accepted.
So now I'll be going to Iraq for a year working with the Army Corps of Engineers at the end of July. I'll be in Columbia, SC from the end of June through the end of July.
In preparation for doing CB things, I need to learn how to be a CB. I'll be in Port Hueneme, CA for three weeks starting on the 17th. After that I'll be in Abuquerque, NM for about two weeks, then off for two weeks and then to Columbia.
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I'm not going to be doing that anymore (I think...), buuut... In teaching people who've never been in a military or police unit how to do things that only a unit can do, probably the biggest thing would be teaching them how to be a unit. However, since they're largely subsistence farmers, a great many of them will probably need to start with learning how to tie their shoes (not joking). They're also largely illiterate, so written instructions are useless.eHoward wrote:That's a good attitude to have. Do you know what you're training people in?