1/15/08

Thanks for the update man!!! And congrats on your new job! That's awesome. Sounds like you're really enjoying it, too. Thats great you'll be able to spend more time at home as you'll be working the proverbial "normal" schedule. Must be nice not to have to worry about working overnights or weekends, huh? So are you full time there, and no longer on staff at Midwest?
Trying to wade through the paperwork and check off all the appropriate blocks for recert through NREMT. Gotta love paperwork from 10,000 miles away. I think we'll be able to get it done over here, even though we should have 90 days after our return. But...better safe than sorry. I loved EMSLRC, but I'd rather not have to pay to go through it again...still paying off my first go-round, don't need to add a second.
Hopefully you got the two pics of the snow we received over here. It totalled just under 2 inches. i've got a couple more I still need to take off my camera so I can email them out to people. It was definitely different seeing everything white instead of tan. Too bad the snow only lasted about a day and a half. Its still below freezing most of the time, and if you look closely we can still spot the occasional patch of snow hiding in the shadows, but its few and far between.
According to our battalion commander, we've got less than 100 days remaining; definitely beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Just another month and a half of ops, and we should start moving and turning over everything to the new incoming unit. Hopefully it all goes well.
Got another coin; this time from our battalion commander (Lt Col), and is the 2-7 Infantry Regiment's coin. Pretty cool; its actually a lot nicer than the ForceComm coin (4-star general) I have.
Still thinking about re-upping for Ft. Carson, CO. Also have been considering going to flight medic school. I've been looking at the new deployment schedule the Army has put out, and was somewhat surprised to learn that my brigade is schedule to return to Iraq the same month I'm supposed to be getting out. Yeah...that means I'd be stop-lossed even before I got on the plane! I'm not trying to get out of another deployment...just would like to do it within the "normal" confines of my enlistment contract. Plus, Colorado's a lot easier to get to than Georgia. If I get out there, maybe you and Christine could come visit for a weekend of skiing. We'll see...
Talked to Kelly a little while ago. He's still trying to get me to go SF, or at least SOCOM medic. Its always an option, and would be a heck of a challenge. But he said that he may be in Iowa sometime in April or May. When I hear back from him I'll make sure to let you know.
Anyway, hope everything is going well with your new job. I'm sure you'll do great things there, John.

Talk to you later
Troy