My husband over the last 24 hours has been moved. His mission has changed (though his job has not). Overall, this isn't the worst thing out there. He is now (temporarily) up in Iraq in support of a draw down. While some would freak out over this, I think I had only about 30 seconds or so of apprehension over this. At this point, Iraq is generally a safe place to be again for our troops (as the bases they are restricted to are quite secure). As I sit here thinking about it, really, the biggest inconvenience as I see it is that the mail is suspended due to the draw down of this base. All letters and packages will be held at his original post until his return. What a shitty thing to not be able to get physical letters and packages! We just sent his first box off last week and he didn't get it before the move so he likely won't get it for over a month now--those poor lonely Oreo's!
There goes our wonderful thoughts of a cake walk deployment. Well, my mind is a little complex because I have a hierarchical mind and without snail-mail it only really goes from cake walk downgraded to easy... As a techy army man, this deployment his job requires internet...which means he should almost always HAVE internet. We will have Facebook; we will have e-mail; likely during at least some of the time, we will have Skype. This is so much more than many families get over a deployment that I am blessed with the expectations of it even.
On the plus side (if one wants to look at it this way...) he was specifically chosen for this mission because he is 'well-rounded' in the equipment of not only his job, but the sister jobs as well. His newest designation (posted at his new place) is the S6 Guru. So Congrats Hon! Your over-achieving, productiveness has been noticed...next time aim for a promotion instead of a deployment. ;-)
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