Change of Plans

There is some information which I have just recieved a few hours ago that is going to alter my plans here in Virginia. Originally I was to be stationed in Fort Story, VA which is in the Virginia Beach area. I had planned on purchasing a house out there and this past monday and tuesday I went house shopping to get an idea what I will be looking at and getting a feel for the market. Well, as of 3pm my orders were changed. I will no longer be stationed at Fort Story but Fort Eustis which is still in Virginia. The reason? Second Leutenents are constantly moved around to wherever the Army needs them. What this means for me is that after living this last week in a hotel paid for by the military due to inadequate housing on post, I am being forced out no later than this Wednesday and required to find my own housing.

So I have Saturday and Sunday to find an apartment and move in before the training week starts. But thats not all. The reason I was moved into this new unit was to give others who have served tours overseas a well deserved break...this means I will be deployed within the next 6 months somewhere over in the Middle East. Where exactly they don't know as the war can develop in many different ways. As of right now, I will be deploying in March. So thats it, my orders got changed just today and it hit home, I always knew I would head over just never knew when. This change of orders just makes it all the more real. As far as time to visit family before leaving, I am not sure what will be available to me and cannot guarentee anything at this point.

Well I have to get to bed, got a long day of apartment shopping ahead of me.

East Bound

I have finished my training in Fort Sill, OK after 7 weeks in blistering heat. Friday was graduation and right after, i began my drive to Fort Knox, KY. For some of you who may remember, I trained at Fort Knox back in 2002 for basic training. I went there for 2 reasons, it was on my way to VA and a good friend of mine is training there as an officer. It took me about 14 hours to drive there without stopping and I spent saturday hanging out with James. Saturday night I left for Virginia and after another 11 hours of driving, arrived at Fort Eustis, VA where i will be spending the next 3 months training. They have put me up in a hotel just off post free or charge, a comfort inn, pretty nice.