Greetings all...
Thought I would drop a note from hot, rainy, swampland Camp Shelby. The place is less than substandard but it makes it easier when you get to know people and get started doing some things. On Wednesday I went through Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP) to make sure I was still green medically to go. I was. Also had to get an Anthrax booster, the dreaded Smallpox vaccine, and the yearly Flu mist. I am not sick (thank God) from the shots but some others around me are. I got tasked to do a suicide awareness briefing last night for two training platoons. There is an interactive DVD that we use for the suicide brief but due to some technical issues we could'nt make it work so I had to do the briefing "from the hip," which is easy to do because I have seen it and done it so many times. I do not have to do any of the firearms training so during those times the chaplains here have their own training they put me through. We did some fun training this morning teaching us how to get out of an overturned vehicle. Tomorrow there will be about four platoons to go to the firing range so I need to go out there to provide a field service or maybe even a few field services. For those who read this and do not know, the Army regulates that Soldiers have to have a chance to worship at least once a week if they so choose. When they are training that makes it a little complicated but it can be done - also, it is good training for me as well. I don't know what will be on tap this week but I'm sure it will be fun. I pray that soon I will be able to finally go and do the job I have been trained to do. The quicker I go, the quicker I can get done and come home - until the next adventure.

More waiting...

In case there are any reading this that think they might enjoy Camp Shelby, MS, please put that thought out of your minds. I got in here on Thursday night. There is nothing here. Also, I am not allowed my POV (Personally Owned Vehicle), so I am in withdrawal. I do not know how long I will have to be here. I do know that there are a few shots I need to get that I did not get at Fort Jackson, and I need to get issued my gear. There may be a lot of training I do not have to do because I did it at Fort Jackson, but there may be some I may have to do. I am praying that I will be here no more than two weeks. It is hard because I know I will have to do a lot of waiting and any of you that have known me for more than two minutes know that I hate waiting. My cell phone service here is abyssmal as well. I wish this would hurry up so I can get to my unit and finally get to do my job. Anyway, just an update.