Wow, ok so I did another one of my disappearing acts again. Didn't mean to but things have just been nutty around here. Well no more so than usual but I guess its easy to get caught up in the routine. I basically have the same day over and over again so it gets hard to come up with stuff to write about. Was trying to keep an actual journal about my deployment but it ended up being: "Went to work today, sat at a desk for 12 hours and listened to the brass bitch" over and over again so I stopped that. Ah, so what has been going on around here?
I've now officially past my three year mark in the army. Only five and a half left, oh god what was I thinking, LOL. Its ok though, I have some options when I get back from here. When I re-enlisted part of my contract was that they would send me back to AIT to train as a 25 B. Basically that will put me doing IT work, some server work, mostly setting up and maintaining user stations. Not exactly glamourous work but it will get me my A+ and a handful of other certifications. If I go this route I'm trying to get stationed at Ft. Bragg, I think its time to move on from Ft. Campbell.
There is another option that I will probably take over that one if it presents itself. Couple years ago I put in an application to work down in DC doing commo work. Problem is the paper trail to approved to work there is ridiculous. Well long story short, I recently received info that I'm in the final stage of the review process. This usually takes a couple of months, and if it comes back approved, I'll be inline for a spot. If all goes smoothly, I could be placed in DC before the end of next year. Problem, if this comes through, I can't go back to AIT and retrain. You have to be working in your job for two years before you eligible.The big question is, which is more important to me in the long run. Granted DC is an amazing opportunity, but the IT think is something I can see myself doing once I get out of the military. Honestly I think in the long run DC will be the better option all the way around. I'm sure working there would open up all kinds of doors for me. Hell, maybe I'll get out and go work for one of the alphabet agencies when I'm done. Also the biggest perk for DC would be no more year long deployments. Granted I'll be traveling constantly, it will be all over the place, not just sitting on a base in (insert random middle eastern country name here).
Ah, well. Only other thing that’s been going on is I finally got promoted. Yup, its official, I'm now a sergeant. I'm glad to finally have that out of the way. I've seen guys with between 4-6 years in the military that still haven't made Sergeant. I really, really didn't want to be one of them LOL.
The wife is doing well, losing her mind with over school work right now. She has a little less than a year to finish up and most of that will be clinical trials. I know she can’t wait to be done. I don’t blame here, I don’t think I could ever have kept up with the schedule she keeps, even if that was all I was doing. I feel bad because I could help her on her Gen-Ed classes, but now that she is into the strictly biology and chemistry type stuff I am completely lost.
Ah well I suppose that’s enough for now. I’ll rant more later on, promise.
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