I am just frustrated today...
Stop emailing me and telling me every single time somebody in the Regiment gets hurt! I get notified for every injury, and death in the entire Regiment. Someones idea of rumor control... No it's not rumor control. Our casualty rate is through the roof, and they have been on the ground for a month and a half. I don't want to know every time someone gets hurt... All this does is make me worry more about my husband.
I hate the way that they operate now... Not a lot of detail of course because of security... but this has been on the news so its okay to share. They basically go occupy a couple of buildings downtown and live in them. Surrounded by people who could be the enemy... patrolling the streets to keep insurgents from taking over... Now I have known this since before Jim left, but never really thought too hard about it. Until the other day when Jim called me... To reassure me he tells me, "Don't worry babe, this isn't one of the balconies that the snipers can hit." WTF! That doesn't reassure me... I hadn't been thinking about snipers at all, we were talking about something else entirely (I think that he wants me to send him some grape nuts) when he popped out with that statement.
I don't like the way that they are doing things this deployment at all... I sent my FRG leader the information about my trip to Texas. This is how it has always been done, if you are going out of town, you notify the FRG, they notify the rear detatchment. It's a simple email, and everyone knows where you are (they have to know in case they need to notify you). I got an email back telling me that this is not the procedure anymore. I have to go on post to the Rear Detachment and basically fill out a leave request form. I don't live on post, I actually hadn't planned on going to post again before I leave. The airport is in the other direction... So now a special trip to post just to fill out a form, that I have already given them all the information that is on it.
AHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! Okay today's pity party is over, ignore me. I don't feel good, the kids are all home sick and I want to go beat my head against the wall.
Stop emailing me and telling me every single time somebody in the Regiment gets hurt! I get notified for every injury, and death in the entire Regiment. Someones idea of rumor control... No it's not rumor control. Our casualty rate is through the roof, and they have been on the ground for a month and a half. I don't want to know every time someone gets hurt... All this does is make me worry more about my husband.
I hate the way that they operate now... Not a lot of detail of course because of security... but this has been on the news so its okay to share. They basically go occupy a couple of buildings downtown and live in them. Surrounded by people who could be the enemy... patrolling the streets to keep insurgents from taking over... Now I have known this since before Jim left, but never really thought too hard about it. Until the other day when Jim called me... To reassure me he tells me, "Don't worry babe, this isn't one of the balconies that the snipers can hit." WTF! That doesn't reassure me... I hadn't been thinking about snipers at all, we were talking about something else entirely (I think that he wants me to send him some grape nuts) when he popped out with that statement.
I don't like the way that they are doing things this deployment at all... I sent my FRG leader the information about my trip to Texas. This is how it has always been done, if you are going out of town, you notify the FRG, they notify the rear detatchment. It's a simple email, and everyone knows where you are (they have to know in case they need to notify you). I got an email back telling me that this is not the procedure anymore. I have to go on post to the Rear Detachment and basically fill out a leave request form. I don't live on post, I actually hadn't planned on going to post again before I leave. The airport is in the other direction... So now a special trip to post just to fill out a form, that I have already given them all the information that is on it.
AHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! Okay today's pity party is over, ignore me. I don't feel good, the kids are all home sick and I want to go beat my head against the wall.
