CTT Schedule
Things are moving along slowly but surely. We had Monday off for Memorial Day, then yesterday pretty much all we did was go over some land warfare and geneva convention classes, then we were off doing medical …
Blog Posts
MANY articles on a wide array of topics. You’ll find a lot of my newer content is going to my YouTube channel first, but I do still blog occasionally.
Bummed I missed TechEd
Dave Sussman’s pictures reminded me today how much I really wish I’d been at TechEd last week. Hopefully I’ll make it next year. So far in Missouri things are proceeding very slowly with my mobilization …
In-Processing
I managed to find a place to use the Internet at the Education Center on post. I’ll try to post something every few days while I’m here. I know several other LT’s and a great many more enlisted soldiers …
Arrived at Fort Leonard Wood
Michelle, Ilyana, and I got to St. Louis Friday night and drove the rest of the way to Ft. Leonard Wood on Saturday (May 22). We got in around 1300, met up with a sergeant I was supposed to call who took us to where …
More IRR Callup Info
Michelle writes a bit about the current, supposedly not involuntary, callup, here. An interesting set of comments can be found on OutsideTheBeltway. One quote includes: They are utilizing the IRR in three phases. Phase I …
Last Minute Business
Things have been getting increasingly stressful at the Smith house of late. This week we’re getting ready to close on a house we’re buying (closing tomorrow) with the intent of moving in once I return. We …
Update - One Week To Go
My Garmin Rino 120 GPS/Radio arrived yesterday. It works. Out-of-the-box it shows the major roads in Kent, OH, but none of the city streets (just state routes). I guess you can order maps on CDs but I haven’t …
Back In Uniform
So, we got my uniforms out of storage last week and so today I finally went through the bins and found my old uniforms. Tried one on, and amazingly enough, it still fits! They do seem to have shrunk a bit in storage, …
Massive Reserve Callup
I got a memorandum yesterday from a local career counselor sergeant that had some very interesting news in it: _ “This office has received official notification that all current members of the IRR will be …
Two Weeks To Go
This has been a pretty busy week. I had meant to get a bunch of dev work done on AspAlliance.com, but that didn’t happen. We spent wednesday getting a bunch of stuff out of storage, including all of my army gear. …