June is moving along- the weekend was great, and now it's Monday, which really is like the weekend except it's more towards the beginning of the week. I'm wondering what the next step is- not that things are overly uncertain, but rather that I wonder what the next hurdle will be. In the midst of the fray is fine for me- sitting around polishing the guns (so to speak- I don't actually own a gun) is much harder. But in the meanwhile, I guess the principle of doing things the way I think they should be done seems to be working pretty well. It's been a job getting everything straightened out, but I think we're finally ready to go. Unless something else pops up, and then it's back to square one.
Everyone tells me-don't worry about the future, and they're right. It's probably just good old-fashioned paranoia. I've got a lot riding on this, so I guess it's human nature to be concerned. And the fact that I don't move out until the end of next month means plenty of time to ruminate on it. But in the meanwhile, things are really not that bad. Everyone I've talked to seems more concerned about me coming back in one piece. Being deployed seems pretty much a given, and this looks fairly likely, as there is a regular rotation of troops in and out of the fields of combat, although it's nothing like what we've seen under the Bush administration. But that's a whole other post. At any rate, if so, I'll be a likely target, assuming I'll be doing my MOS. But a likely target is not necessarily a stupid one, or one that's going to go risk his neck without a good reason. But this is the life I chose, and I went into it with both eyes open. And as far as I can see, the benefits outweigh the risks.
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