I woke up this morning to a phone call. I'm going to KSRTI on Wednesday to get my TA-50 issued to me and have all my paperwork taken care of. I just volunteered in late November so this is all happeing pretty fast.

I'm supposed to leave for Fort Bliss, TX. on January 1st to start my training. I could have left as early as the 15th of December but my 1st SGT. hooked me up because that was just way too soon. I''l be in Iraq with the 1/161st FA instead of my Infantry unit since they won't deploy again until after 2009.