...the new digs

Well, I’ve landed safely in the new company up on the hill. So far, it’s been a refreshing change from what I’m used to -- namely, a first sergeant who seems interested in what I have to say rather than one who seemingly has a hard time understanding how I could be this useless and still live.

I still have some lingering issues in the old unit, like an eval that’s still in limbo, an investigation pending from some missing equipment, and a little stink bomb I dropped before I rolled out to the battalion leadership. I’m not one of those assholes who looks for a bridge to burn, but if you’re going to go after me, I’m damn sure going to bring it back to you.

Anyway, onto happy subjects, I’ll be working with much the same dynamic that had me living large before the fall from grace – 2 DS’s to work with, one infantry, one armor. It ought to be an interesting mix, since I went to school with one of them and he’s an odd kind of cat. Not odd in a bad way, but I am really psyched to see what he’s going to be like when Joe shows up.

Speaking of Joe, we’ll pick up on 5 October – so between now and then, we’ll have more than enough time to get shit straight before life begins anew. The company I came to was recently training one station unit training, or infantry Soldiers, and my arrival, along with 5 others, made it into a Basic Combat Training company. They peeled off all the infantry drills, except four, and sent them throughout the battalion, and pulled us six in to make a total of 12 drills. 4 platoons, 3 each, ready to break Joe off upon his arrival.

The interesting part is that the commander stayed the same, so did the XO, and four of the drills remained, as I mentioned before. So it could go both ways – a battle of old –vs- new, with ideas and operating procedures being smashed back and forth, or a massive mind meld of best practices combined, to the benefit of the greater good. I’m hoping for the latter, as I’ve seen some things so far that don’t make me smile so big.

Oh, the big news, of course – UNDER A YEAR NOW!!!! Real Army life, here I come! 11 more months and 4 more cycles!!!