What is your job?

I have been asking myself this question for a couple of weeks now. I thought I knew what it was about 3 weeks ago, then it changed a week ago, and then it changed again today. Finally, I think I am going to be working in the "3 Shop" or S-3 for a couple of months before I take over support platoon.... what??

So what happened to being the Alpha Company XO? Changed a week ago... based on the many officer moves going around, I basically got bumped around from one job to the next... extremely irritating. I had no control over it, so I just kept going with the flow. No big deal, but what is really bugging me right now is that I probably could have stayed in Charlie Company as a platoon leader until at least January and still been in the same position i would have been without going to the S-3... or not. I keep thinking there is some conspiracy theory going on with all the officer moves, but I am begining to determine that there is no logic to it and it is simply something I have to deal with.

So, once again, the positive: Going to get a good perpective of Battalion Operations with the experience of being at the company level for a little while. It is always interesting working with different people.

In other news... where have I been in the last couple of weeks... Went to festival in Kusel a couple of weeks ago- it is a small town a couple of miles down the road. It was probably one of the best times I have had in Germany- good people, good beer, good music. The day after that, went to a beer festival in Belgium- probably the most drunk I ever got in the shortest amount of time... Belgium beer packs a punch. To add the the alcohol string, went to Oktoberfest this past weeknd. Also very much a great time. I have a added a second 1 liter stein to the collection now.

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