The time is ever decreasing before my time as a 'free man' ends. For those of you that do not know yet, Sarah and I will go over to Litchfield this Wednesday by 0800 hours in the morning. It is about a 2 hour drive so we will be waking up super early. Wednesday and Thursday we will be doing a whole bunch of Homestation Activities, things that involve getting Sarah registered in a bunch of different Army systems, and all sorts of stuff. I will be released from Army stuff by 1400 hours on Thursday, in which time I will be able to spend the rest of that day with the majority of my immediate family. Then I have to report back to our Homestation at 2200 hours and sleep there on Thursday night. The reason for that is because I will need to be up UBER early! We have an Equipment Loading formation at 0230 hours, and by 0300 hours we load ourselves up on the bus and head out for the airport. By 0645 hours I will be in the plane awaiting take-off.
One extremely frustrating thing, that probably a bunch of people don't understand, is that I still do not have my MOB orders. These orders are extremely important. It lets my employer, my students loans, credit cards, mortgage company, etc., know that I am being deployed. There are certain things that, by law, all of these 'entities' need to do or cannot do. I am the ONLY one in my platoon that DOES NOT have his orders. It is extremely frustrating, and I am seriously contemplating writing an email to our governor, or our congressman, and see if there is anything that can be done about this. One of the most IMPORTANT things, that can now not happen, is getting Sarah signed up for FULL coverage from the Army health system. She will still be covered under some coverage, but if anything WERE to happen, we would still need to pay for some of it. Even if I were to get my orders TODAY, it would be too late, because the application for FULL Army health coverage needs to be filled out by the 20th of this month...Sunday...and it is now Monday. They basically say that we now have to wait over a month before we can get her under full coverage, and that there is nothing that can be done about it.
If anyone is wondering what the times mean, it is really simple:
1400 hours = 2:00 PM (12:00 plus 2:00 = 14:00; pronounced 'fourteen-hundred' hours)
0000 hours is Midnight (pronounced 'zero-hundred' hours)
0300 hours is 3:00 AM (pronounce 'zero-three-hundred' hours)
My next post will be in Mississippi; time and date unknown.
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8 comments:
We're watching your blog and praying. Keep providing all the detail you can.
Since it wasn't so obvious, that last comment is from Sarah's dad.
Take care of yourself Brandon...........May God keep both you and Sarah safely in his hands while you are away.
BTW.bossman is Uncle Ray .............
Hey Brandon and Sarah...Keeping eyes on your blog, received the "praying reminder card" from your mom...wayyyy to go!!
Brandon, Take a lot of deep breathes these next few hours, enjoy it as much as you can...rememeber Sarah will be surrounded by many who love her (and you!) Your job is to take care of yourself..be careful..pray! pray! pray! and watch GOD work in BOTH your lives.
Thank you for the part you are playing in the world!!
Thank you everyone for your support. I know it might not seem like much, but when I see people post on my blog, it really helps me to know how much people really care. It means a lot now, so you can imagine what what it might be like once I am in Iraq!
Hello Brandon, it's Jon from Brown, I wanted to say we're all still thinking about you, and I'm praying for you, good luck man.
I am so thankful that you and Bryce are in this together. I know you will be great support & encouragement to each other in the coming days. We will be praying for our son and for you too Brandon. Our families have been through many things together over the past 40+ years, we will get through this too!
God Bless You! Kim Harcey
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