I think I am half way done?

16NOV08. The election has come and gone, I guess I didn’t win the election for Mayor of Montgomery, probably would help if I wasn’t the only one to vote for me. So we have a new President-elect, will he be the answer to all our troubles, I guess time will tell. I do know one thing, if you are interested in owning semi-automatic assault rifles; you better buy them now, because we all know what happened to gun control under our last democratic president. Our Task Force has out together an order for a commemorative rifle; I will be purchasing the M4 223.

Another deer hunting season has come to past and it looks like my cousin Bill and brother Jake bagged themselves some nice deer, if you look closely at my pictures you will see my brothers. He tagged a 10 point buck, dressed out at 200lbs, way to go little brother! My cousin Bill arrowed himself a nice 9 pointer that dressed at 190lbs if I remember right. I am hoping to go on an Elk hunting trip down to New Mexico with Grupe and Wildman when I get back, pending I get picked for a license.

What has been keeping me busy here the last few weeks you ask, well I ran a couple of 5k races. I did ok for taking a week off from running. I develop shin splints in my right leg so I took some time off to let it heal. After a week, it still felt the same and I was going through runner’s withdrawal so I started back up. The pain is tolerable, feels like a bruise and stops hurting after a few minutes into my run and a few minutes after my run. I have changed running shows and I think that is one of the causes, so I will go back to my New Balances and see if that helps. On 11NOV, we had the Veteran’s 5k run, out of 2000 runners, I placed 19th, not too bad for an old man!

In the work place, we are having issues with a computer virus. It has shut down 9 of my computers so far. It is believed that the virus is being transferred by the use of external media devices, commonly known as thumbdrives. My higher command has decided to block all USB ports and therefore banning the use of these devices. I do not mind at all, there really is a very, very limited need for such devices as we have a sharedrive where everyone can store their information and access it anywhere from any computer over here!! The situation has been keeping my guys busy.
23NOV.

Charlie Company was kind enough to let us “have” their trailer here since the bulk of them are working from another location. We have turned that office space into tech lab as you can see in this month’s photos. It is still a work in progress, but it is perfect for my guys to work on their A+ and networking skills. The goal is for them to build a LAN and utilize their skills to manage and troubleshoot different problems we run into. We want to set up a centralize server where we can push out our own virus updates and any other software patches/upgrades remotely making us a little more efficient.



A week ago there was a malfunction on one of the F16s and it caught on fire. The munitions started to “burn off” sounding the alarm for us to all take shelter in place since it was impossible to predict where the rounds where going to hit and or land. Thankfully no one was injured, except the Aircraft, see the picture.

These past few weeks the S6 section really scored with care packages. First Capella University sent us close to 30 I believe, I lost count as I was receiving so may per day. They set us up with over 140 DVD movies, about just as many books, if not more, music CDs, Playstaion games, coffee, creamer, lotion, and the list goes on. We have set up a video library for soldiers to check out movies as well as a reading library in out Tech Lab. We shared the coffee and the rest of the goodies with everyone too. You can see pics of all the boxes of stuff and the happy soldiers tearing into them. At the same time, the VFW Post 6316 and the Ladies Auxiliary out of Blaine, which my Aunt and Uncle are members of, sent a nice care packages of pocket flags and goodies too. One of my favorite things I received is a new embroidered shower towel that I am modeling for the Ladies Auxiliary in this month’s photo album – Thank you ladies!

It does not stop there the Dentist office of Dr. Eisenhuth, sent three HUGE boxes of candy, and toothbrushes! We literally have enough candy, and I am talking the good stuff, milk duds, dots, butterfingers, kitkats, reeces peanut butter cups, heath bars, snickers, laughy taffy, and the list goes on. They also stocked us with toothbrushes and dental floss, smart idea….in addition they threw in “Thank You” letters from kids, that was a nice touch – Thank you Dr. Eisenhuth and her fabulous team.

The week of 17-21NOV, I thought it would be a good idea to take Combatives Level One training, wow, I hadn’t quite planned for such a butt whooping. Check out the pics, I came home with a few bruises. Combatives, for those who do not know, is the Army’s new program for personal protection. It is similar to Mixed Martial Arts fighting and is a 40 hour course. You learn how to suppress your enemy with your bare hands. It is an excellent program and great training. Here is a link to what it is all about: https://www.infantry.army.mil/combatives/

To close out this month’s blog, was the celebration of Thanksgiving, one more holiday gone, another month closer to home. The dining facility went all out with cool sculptures a, made from food, check out the pics. They served the traditional meal, turkey or ham or prime rib, along with mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, apple pie, I think you get the idea, so when it came to food, we were not missing out.

Next blog entry should be full of pics as I decided to take leave and go on R&R to Europe….stand bye!!

As always, enjoy the pics.