Moving on

It came too soon... but I was expecting it in the back of my mind. Begining Monday, I will begin to hand over my platoon to the next platoon leader and I will join Alpha Company Wednesday of next week to become their XO.

So, my PL time was cut short... the biggest dissapointment is that all the goals and the vision I had for my platoon cannot be fufilled (at least by my hand). Building the core group, and molding new PVTs into real soldiers, training them, and building a kick ass platoon to go to war. I was feeling real good where I was at... but, I guess it was time to move on?

This news isn't exactly the icing on the cake either... I have the possibility to become the Brigade HHC XO... now, I really have no idea what type of goodies this job has to offer, most of the commentary that others had to offer about the job had really no specificity other than, "That sucks" or "I do not wish that evil upon you" or "HAHAHAHA!" So I can assume that I will have no idea what to expect if I land the job.

So, my army experience is evolving once again as I begin to look more into the administrative and logistical aspects of running a company....

In other news, I am going to be going to Pre Ranger course here in Baumholder in a couple of weeks... although I am not sure if I can ,seeing as though Alpha company is in the middle of a change of command... we'll see... if I end up going to Ranger school, maybe I can avoid doing my job for a couple of months? hmmmmm, a possibility

In non-military news, since my last entry, I went to Amsterdam (again), Normandy, and Nice, France/ Monte Carlo, Monaco. Amsterdam was part of my Birthday weekend- good time. Normandy, the drive out there was way too long for a regular two day weekend, but it was worth it once we took a tour with a tour guide. Probably the coolest historical thing I have done that I actually enjoyed. and most recently, went to Nice and Monaco- the most expensive 4 day weekend i have ever had in Europe...

So, I am trying to properly "decompress" on the weekends in order to function the best I can during the week. So far, I think I have a pretty good balance thus far.

I am out of things to talk about... next few weeks should be interesting...

Bastards took my platoon... =P