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Over the past week, we've been continuing our pre-deployment training in Aurora, CO. It's been going well --- busy, but smooth. Because I'm a list person, I feel a list would be the best way to summarize some of the recent events: *Our two medics have been training us in some Combat Life Saver (CLS) skills. It's been quite a while since I last had any CLS training (I'm thinking Basic Training was the last time), and this training here has been...read more
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As many of you already know, Steve Jobs (the genius of a man behind Apple) passed away yesterday. I won't wax on about how much I love my iPhone (when it doesn't lie to me). Instead I want to touch on Steve's incredibly poignant commencement speech at Stanford in 2005. “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in...read more
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A Play-By-Play: What I Really Do at Drill Part II
October 6, 2011
By: First Lieutenant Kayley Nammari
I said I would post this yesterday but for some reason this site kept logging me out and wouldn't save my work. Seeing as I only get a small reprieve from the joy that is my civilian job, I got fed up and said "Over it!". Today I try again! I know everyone that reads this (Hi, Mom and Dad!) is on the edge of their seats wanting to know what my Sunday at the unit was like. Hold on, kids, because we're diving into a world that involves human urine,...read more
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I noticed I have never done a play-by-play of what it's like on a drill weekend. Take all of this with a grain of salt because 1) my unit is not the "typical unit" and 2) I'm a LT, which means none of this is very enthusing. This is from this past Saturday when I had drill. Sunday will be posted tomorrow. I know, you're excited. Calm down. Saturday 0400: Alarm goes off, put on PTs, grab my backpacks I packed the night before, head out the door...read more
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Last weekend, we had a pre-deployment Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program (YRRP) event in Westminster. These events are primarily used for informing the family about the benefits available for them, to help prepare children for the difficulties of having a parent deploy, and to give families some time together before mobilizing. My mom and dad were able to attend the event. I'm sure it wasn't the most exciting for them, but I think they had an enjoyable time....read more
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Random Advice on How to Survive a Deployment by a First Time Deployer - by Sgt. Griebel Step 1: Get Promoted We've finally begun our pre-deployment training for OMLT 4 (to get an idea of an OMLT group, click here). Thus far, things are going quite well. I met the rest of the team, and I think we're going to be a good, cohesive group. One of the sergeants going with us has already gone on four deployments, and a number of the other soldiers have deployed as...read more
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I wish politics did not get under my skin the way they do. I already have re-occurring migraines, why add to it? But then I come across something like this and my blood just boils: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/us/retiree-benefits-for-the-military-could-face-cuts.html?_r=1&hpw I see this issue from the perspective of a child raised in the military by a man who gave up so much to serve his country. My dad spent 31 years of his life in the Army, he missed numerous...read more
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I'm starting this blog with an open mindset. Next week, I go on active duty orders for an Operation Enduring Freedom deployment to Afghanistan. This will definitely be an interesting and exciting journey, and I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't a bit nervous. However, I know that life goes on, God is still in control, and it'll all be okay in the end ('cause if it's not okay, then it's not the end). God bless.
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6,204 American military personnel killed in both Iraq and Afghanistan operations 141 Military women killed 2,300 American contractors killed 144,000 Service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan currently 1,192 Foreign coalition forces killed 18,678 Iraqi and Afghan security forces killed 102,339 Minimum number of Iraqi civilians killed, including by other Iraqis 172 million MREs sent to Iraq and Afghanistan $1,645 monthly pay for an Army private with $225...read more
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This Sunday is the 10 year anniversary of that tragic day in our nation's history, 9/11. I was 15 at the time and a sophomore in high school. I was sitting in my advanced trigonometry class when some of my peers started telling us about this plane that hit some building in New York. Being the smarty pants that I am, I remember saying, "It's called the World Trade Center and the largest structure in the city." Yeah, and I wonder why I was picked...read more
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