I
had hall guard last night from 2:30 to 3:30. This shift wasn’t bad, it
was the fact that I just couldn’t get back to sleep after the shift, so I
just laid in bed awake until 4:30 when it was time to get up. I used to
never have a problem sleeping before, but since AIT I’ve had issues now
and then. It sucks because getting enough sleep each night is vital. I
need to be able to stay awake and pay attention in class during the day
and if I don’t sleep well the night before it makes paying attention
difficult.
As
mentioned yesterday I did not have PT this morning. In the morning
formation they read off a list of people who need to attend the POR -
(Preparation for Overseas Replacement). This was the first official
announcement that we had to attend this meeting. We marched over to the
Charlie DFAC and ate breakfast, then waited at Charlie company to march
to the POR. The sergeant on desk ended up telling everyone just to
battle buddy over to the POR because she just had surgery and couldn’t
march us...fine with me.
We
arrived at the POR and it lasted half of the day. There was a lot of
information dealt out. It turned out to be really bad news for me though
and everyone else that has dependents and is heading to Korea. You can
take your dependents to Korea with a command sponsorship, but it’s full
right now. Yes...Korea is full. They can still send soldiers over there,
but there is no more room for dependents. Why they send married
soldiers instead of single soldiers I don’t know. Why they don’t build
more housing for dependents I don’t know. All I do know is that I’m
pretty pissed off and depressed. Yes I knew before joining that there
was a good chance I would be away from my family for a period of time. I
just thought I would have some time with my family before getting
shipped out. I’ve been through basic and AIT separated from my family,
now I find out I’ll get two weeks after AIT to spend with my family and
then I’ll be away for 12 months. This really sucks! Today was probably
the most depressing day I’ve had since joining the army.
I
arrived back in class after lunch and we reviewed for the upcoming test
tomorrow by doing an exercise that basically had us do all the steps
we’ve learned previously. I don’t think the test will be too difficult, I
just hope nobody asks me what I learned in this TIMS class.
Our
normal group left for the RFAC for dinner once again. The food there is
so much better than the Charlie DFAC. I also had a berry pie with ice
cream all over it (eating a lot out of depression I guess). We then
headed over to the library to wait for the RBK formation to arrive.
I then talked to my wife for a while about everything that’s going on and our future. Nobody is very happy tonight.
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