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July 06, 2004

And the Hits Just Keep On Coming

Regular readers are aware that I'm currently living in El Paso, Texas, because my unit has deployed here to train a National Guard brigade for Iraq. Last night we were informed that a second brigade is now in the chute for Iraq, and they'll also be training at Fort Bliss. Therefore, since we're already here, the plan is for us to stay an additional three months to train the next brigade, take about ten days off for Christmas, and then start the new year at Fort Polk, Louisiana to support a JRTC rotation for the brigade before they go to Iraq.

Granted, while living out of a motel room isn't much fun, it certainly beats Hell out of a year in Iraq. But aside from a deployment to Iraq, another three months at Fort Bliss is certainly about the worst news I could reasonably have expected to enjoy this year. It was already promising to be a long summer; now it's promising to be a long rest of the year.

Just wanted to get that off my chest. ;)