Making the Leap...: not so easy

08 May 2006

not so easy

I thought that once I got here, all of this would be a breeze. Or maybe I'm making it harder on myself.

Training is a joke, the females are snippy, and I'm frustrated by everything.

Maybe it's culture shock. Maybe I'm stressed. Maybe I'm lonely.

I don't want to think about it, either way. And I really shouldn't be dwelling on it.

Staying positive about all of this is harder than I thought.

Did I make the right choice? Did I pick the right plane?

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A bit of history...

There was a call for volunteers to deploy in Spring of 2006. I volunteered, was selected, passed the screening process, and was sent to reclassification training to go from being a bandsman to a human resource specialist. After graduation, I was home for roughly a month. I met the rest of my new unit right before we were sent to mobilization training. Once validated, we were sent overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

I left university, quit my job, dumped my foreign boyfriend, and said a few very painful goodbyes. But I don't regret it one bit.

In early August, I was MEDEVAC'd out of the desert. My unit was just a few weeks away from going home. Now my only job is to get better. The irony is that they returned to their homes before I did.

The Army has offered me disability and temporary retirement pay. I'm taking it. Bye bye combat boots.