Merry Christmas

After a long 23 days of training at FOB Patriot (Fort Bragg) I finally have a break for the holidays.  We spent about 2 weeks on and off the range with getting people qualified and doing range detail.  Have no fear, f I am attacked by targets that pop up for anywhere between 2-5 seconds, I have time to setup my shot, I’m relaxed, and I know where they will be coming from I will have no problem laying them down.  I’ve gone through so many Warrior Tasks, not once, not twice, but three times.  I have also re-certified my combat lifesaving license and I have a permit to drive a wide range of vehicles.  We also went through a Humvee roll over exercise, which was pretty fun.  Although it was not as nearly as fast a real roll over, but still fun.  I kept pushing for it to go faster, but it had one speed…slow.

Our 16 man condo.  Wonderful plastic covered mattresses and plastic flooring.

The Humvee roll over experience.  I was the driver and my ACH (helmet) and my body got wedge as I was trying to get out.  We had to get out upside down.

Me getting ready to give an IV to some poor sap.

Laundry service trailer.  There are 8 washers and 6 dryers.  There were only 3 of these on the FOB and about 500 or more of us.  The math does not add up, but thankfully a week before we left they opened up a laundry tent…way to go Army.  By the way right next to the laundry trailer is our wonderful bathroom.  Not sure what’s worse having it as sauna or as an icebox.  Much of the time it was in the 40’s at night….I think you get the picture.

That was my home for 23 days.

One of the things I have a permit on.

So from here I head to Mississippi to Camp Shelby for about a month a half.  I have no idea what to expect accept madnesses and chaos…organized chaos hopefully.

Till next time folks.

Update from Bobby

Hi Everyone!  This is Jen.  I just wanted to post some updates from Bobby.  We went to his mobilization ceremony yesterday and I have never been more proud to be his wife.  He is very happy and seems to be making a lot of friends.  I got to meet some of his tent mates as well yesterday which was nice to finally have some faces with names.  Here is a copy of his latest email:

Things are going well here believe it or not.  We’ve had some really cold days here and we’ve been outside everyday.  We’ve been at the range everyday.  Two days shooting and two days working the range passing out ammo.  I hate all the paperwork and briefings the army has, but shooting is what I enjoy.

It’s only been about a week but it’s really amazing what the Lord can do within a week.  I have found myself praying and communicating more then I was before.  I’ve also had some opportunities to let others know who I side with.  Last night one of my tent mates was asking me about my tattoos (Star of David & Cross) and how I went from Jewish to Christian.  So I was able to share with him and 6 others who didn’t even ask.  It was pretty cool to be able to do that.

Thank you all for your prayers and support and I look forward to Christmas Break.

I have also uploaded pictures from yesterday’s visit.  They can be viewed here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=74282&l=ec661&id=557844883