You think you know everything... but then you always get checked. I am almost in awe with the amount of things I do not yet know... for once in my life, I think I am excited about learning something new. Well, maybe "learning something new" is not the way to put it, but more like I have found different ways to think- which makes the world a whole lot more interesting. More on that later (as long as I don't fall asleep).
So, I am no longer an XO. Was switched out a couple of weeks ago. I am now the Battalion S9 aka Civil Military Operations Officer. I pretty much deal with money and relationships- between us and NGOs, PRTs (Provincial Recontruction Teams), Local government, etc. "Synchronizing our lines of effort" is pretty much the mission statement. So far, it holds promise to be an interesting job.
Had some symptons of withdrawl when leaving A Co- been with them for the last year- but it was definitely a worthwhile year. The next year and a half are looking interesting... Leave for another month of training in a few days.... seems like I am never home.... and then shortly after that, I will be home for the holidays... and shortly after that, Afghanistan. Its about time, been waiting around way to long just to go.
In unrelated news, in the few days I had off in between coming back from Graf and leaving to Hohenfels, went to Munich for my 3rd Oktoberfest- happy 2yr anniversary in Germany!
Payce
