Well, I thought my days would be pretty uneventful for the next few months, but of course, I was wrong. I am headed out to Washington, D.C. for the Reserve Officer Association National Conference. I am so excited! At first I wasn't but any change of scenery is fun and there are a few people living out there I am excited to see.

My official last day of work as an Department of the Army Civilian is tomorrow, but my command has no public affairs officer until April, so I'm going to work in military capacity until the first week of March, and then I'm not really sure after that. Hopefully I can stay here until the new PAO comes in so I can get them all set up, but we'll see. Money is tight these days, even for Army Reserve units.

Anyway, I'll be blogging about the things we learn at the conference. I love that the Army (reserve or active duty) always focuses on being a great leader. Not so for the civilian world. They simply acknowledge someone for their natural leadership abilities, but it is rare to see a company really develop their leaders the way the military does. This conference is just another learning tool for officers and hopefully we will take away some good things from it.

After that I am headed to the national archives to dig up the history of the 79th Infantry Division. The 79th Sustainment Support Command is adopting their lineage and reading about them has been fun. Can't wait to see what I dig up!