The following two posts were originally published February 8th and 11th on Jason's Iraq Vacation. He just found out that with 40 days left in his tour of duty he is being reassigned and is to say the least unhappy about it.
Monday, February 11
Reassignmenmt is it true?
"Yes, it's true. [slight pause] This man has no dick."
Ah, nothing like a quote from Bill Murray in Ghostbusters to lighten the mood.
Yes, I am being reassigned with under 40 days left in my deployment. No, I don't know what my new job for 30 days will entail. No, I don't have confirmation that my redeployment wont be delayed. On the bright side, I get to hang out with all my IRR buddies for the next month and I will be doing something different, which should make the clock race towards my finish.
Friday February 8
Stay Tuned
"For who? For what?" No, this isn't Ricky Watters after the Philadelphia Eagles lost to the Bucs in '95. It was me, after the latest episode of "but, Life's Not Fair!" In that episode, I learned that despite being about 40 days from going home, I am being reassigned to the IZ!
Apparently, my superhuman bitterness has not prevented people from thinking highly of me because I was supposedly requested by name. Go ahead and laugh - I did. You might ask what I'll be doing, or why they chose me so close to redeployment, or if this means I will get extended. You might even say "What could you possible get accomplished in 30-40 days?" I said all of those things and got the Army's equivalent of "because I said so" in return.
So stay tuned for the next episode of "but, Life's Not Fair!", where maybe some of these questions will get answered!
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