So I had an incredibly good stroke of luck today – Lt. Gen. Stultz, the Commanding General of the Army Reserve - did a “Town Hall” meeting today on my base, and my Puplic Affairs Officer (also an IRR soldier) let me know, and we went with the intent of getting some answers about what’s going to happen to us when we meet our Mandatory Service Obligation – the eight years I signed up for.
Archive for July, 2009
Today I asked Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz, Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command about my MSO date.
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009Part One: A brief history of my military service.
Monday, July 27th, 2009I was twenty years old and worked for a small dot-com outside of St. Louis, Missouri when two planes crashed into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon, and one crashing before ever reaching a target. I sat with the rest of the United States watching the world change. We didn’t know that everything had changed – all we knew was that we were scared.
Even in Iraq, people need jobs.
Friday, July 24th, 2009Yeah, so we had a “health and welfare” inspection today.* I’ll list out all the slightly awkward and hilarious shit that my First Sergeant listed out as deficiencies. We’re not correcting them not because we disagree, but because we’re fucking dipshits and don’t care. YOU asked for ME to come back remember – leave me alone and I’ll make your magic voodoo boxes** work and we’ll all be happy.
A magical conversation caused by a printer.
Monday, July 20th, 2009Jeremy gave me what is quite possibly the best photo ever made and populated on the internet. I had to print it out – I HAD to. It took me three days to find a networked printer I could use. I did not know I was about to cause hilarity.
The tale of the Caterpillar hat.
Monday, July 13th, 2009Mike is my closest friend. I’ve known him since the 6th grade when my Mom and I moved out to St. Peters, Missouri. Until early in the 10th Grade when I left school we were pretty much inseperable – we were at each others house daily, causing some sort of hell for my folks or his.
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A couple of days that were long and crappy.
Thursday, July 9th, 2009I mean, the subject should really be a synopsis of what you’re going to write about – but really that’s it. I have had a couple really shitty long days, and am now listening to Feist with my eyes shut while I type-type-type away. I catch myself doing this pretty often for a few simple reasons: (more…)