Undo Redo

Today was the day of much concertina wire. This particular wire, somewhat of a cross between barbed wire and razor wire, is a pain in the butt to move. It comes in big coils, and resembles razor wire. (Looks like someone took chicken wire and stuck straightedged razor blades along the sides). While pointed, the edges are not sharp. However, concertina wire is designed to snag anything and everything that tries to go across it- devastating to a vehicle, immobilizing and uncomfortable for a person. We use it to define areas you're not supposed to drive or walk through, or to create a chute for vehicle checkpoints. And today my stalwart crew had to move 20 rolls of it, each roll about 50 pounds. Word of advice- concertina wire plus uniform is a sure recipe for disaster.

But we got it done with a minimum of damage, and now are prepared for a field exercise coming up in November, which I'm looking forward to, as long as I don't have to drive that beat-to-hell truck I'd been driving all week. Again, said stalwart crew was drafted to haul hot food to the field, and did an exceptional job as always. The truck had just about everything wrong with it that could be wrong and keep it from being deadlined, that is, deemed incapable of use. But we made it through, managed not to destroy the damn thing, and generally supported the battery in the field.
So it is indeed the Halloween season, well, for most people. For me, hell, it's Halloween every day! As anyone who reads this regularly will know, I love Halloween, the costumes, the haunted houses, and the fact that so many of us are kids at heart. It's my hope someday to do on Halloween what some people do on Christmas- then again, I think it's a good idea to keep up Halloween decorations all year round (you should have seen my barracks room- inspection was always a fun day). But really, after consideration, I find in Halloween the joie de vivre so often lacking- the only day you have is today, is the philosophy I try to live by. That being the case, make the most of it, and make it what you want. Either that or I'm completely nuts and have a macabre streak a mile wide. That's a possibility too. But on the other hand, I love kids, and kids always seem to have a blast on Halloween, and I have a blast making sure they have a blast. Further details in this developing story will be forthcoming, or something like that. At any rate, watch out for the Tenafly Viper, and stay sane inside insanity, my friends.