Arrived at the warehouse. What's going on now?
Meanwhile, I wrote something up to show why I'm not as on the ball with posting as would like. I've been really busy at work so I thought 'd share what that meant, hopefully to get some leeway from you guys
It's in a spoiler tag, though, so if you don't care, you don't have to scroll paste wall of text.
[spoiler]I am the Senior Enlisted Intelligence Analyst for a Sustainment Command, of which the Headquarters Element (including myself) is deploying to Kuwait this Spring. While I am Active Duty, the unit itself is a reserve unit, so in the past few months it has gone from being about 40% manned to 100%, but that 60% did not have the ‘requirements’ so we’ve been feverishly getting those together in time for our train ups which start in a week and a half. The train ups will include a training exercise in California and then in Texas.
As the Sr Intel Analyst, I am also the Security Manager for the entire command, which is something like… I think 5000+ people. So while getting this several hundred contingent ready to go to Kuwait, I still have to also manage the Security Management program for the command. I will relinquish this duty in two weeks, but right now I’m still the one.
Then, part of the 60% included my ENTIRE intelligence team. So it went from JUST ME to several junior intelligence analysts, techs, and two superior Officers, all of which I have to train, respond to, prepare for training directly… and they are all reservists who don’t understand several of the processes.
Finally, I am a Geo-Bachelor (since i moved to this location specifically for this deployment, I did not bring my wife) so now I am in the midst of moving everything out of my house.
I have not gotten out of the office prior to 7pm on most nights. 12 hour days are a norm and it’s pretty much working lunch every day. On top of that, I have meetings about meetings, and each meeting generates more work. The General wants to know what he wants to know and he wants to know it yesterday. I won’t have a weekend off until… 2017. I
might get 5-7 days between California and Ft. Hood to go see my wife for a week before I don’t get to see her for 9-12 months.
None of this is for a ‘woe is me’, I am happy with my work and look forward to this deployment, relatively (I miss my wife and dog a whole lot)… just wanted to give you guys an idea of why I am having to de-prioritize posting here, some days.
I remain committed to running this play-by-post and trying to still get on every day or not miss more than a day, until month 2 is complete. I will probably wait to run month 3 until I am settled in Kuwait and understand what my schedule there will be like.
Anyway, that’s all! I hope you stay with me through this time, because I do enjoy running this PbP.[/spoiler]