Springtime is almost here...

I apologize for not posting more often. Privacy and internet access were little better than shaky since we got here.

That is when we will be "in Theater", as it is called. I have been here at the mobilization station since the beginning of December. The days have been filled with alot of training, most good, some of it repetitive as hell. Some days are better than others. My platoon is pretty much set, and it seems that if all goes well, I will be in a position of leadership. Meaning that life and death decisions will be made by me. Talk about alot of pressure. I will be responsible for the well being and lives of other grown men. Scary. The mission that we will be performing is perhaps the hardest one in the Army.

The days more often than not start at 5AM, and aren't over until well into the night. It also didn't help that when we got here, that it rained for almost 30 days straight. It's also been very cold, coming from LA, where it's still 70 degrees and sunny, and then up here, its quite a shock. The pressure of being away from home is worse than I thought, I wish that we could just get it started so that I can get home. The Army Guard and Reserves get it worse than any other branches of the military. Not only do we have to be away from our families the longest, we get treated like 3rd class citizens by the Active Duty Army, worse equipment, and we are expected to be as good. The typical Guard deployment is a standard 18 months, as opposed to 12 for the Regular Army. I will publish more as time permits, gotta go and do paperwork.