I spend a lot of time complaining about the state of things in my adopted country, but tonight, I’d like to thank a generous and anonymous family. My unit was having dinner at Applebee’s as we ramp up our pre-deployment training in Indiana. A gentleman who was dining with his family paid for our meal. The tab was more than $300. Thank you, sir, for your support. Many of us took pay cuts to perform our mission, including myself,
so I was doubly appreciative of the moral and financial support demonstrated by a complete stranger.
The pace of training will be fairly intense. We’re up at 0530 and lights out is at 1000. In between we’re pretty busy with the bureaucracy and training that permeate Army life. The training is critical while I could do without most of the bureaucracy.
PFC Michael Cost captured the above image of myself and part of my unit unpacking in our new palatial barracks.