2009.07.08
08JUL09--Making Room
Today, the team spent the day packing, cleaning and moving out of our rooms so that the new team can move in right away.
Not always but often times outgoing units vacate their living quarters in order to facilitate the new unit in getting to their jobs right away. The outgoing unit packs up, which prepares them for their upcoming redeployment and squares away odds and ends. Then incoming unit unpacks directly into what might be their living quarters for the next year.
My 10-man team now lives in three 18” x 12” trailers that we normally use as our conference and morale rooms. Things are somewhat more cramped, but it is somewhat comforting to have togetherness and shared experiences.
Besides we will be home in our own beds in roughly three weeks. No one complains about conditions at this point in a deployment. On the outgoing team, that is.
We have plenty of space in the conference room. That lumpy bundle on the furthest cot may a first glance camouflage into the walls, but, actually, it is a sleeping Soldier, who is used to sharing a room. He does not snore. Not that it would really bother us.
As a spouse of one of your probable replacements, I just want to say that I appreciate your blog and have enjoyed reading it. And thanks for cleaning the rooms!
Comment by R — July 8, 2009 @ 3:47 pm
R, I can hardly believe that you found my blog with such little information to go on. Never underestimate the spouse of a deployed Soldier. Shoot, my wife was playing plumber today.
I very much look forward to meeting your husband. It is my honor to serve with him. I will try to get a picture of him meeting the Iraqis or something that you would like to see.
If I am being honest, I have to tell you that our rooms might be cleaner now than they have been all year. We all were a bit put off from inheriting dirty rooms. Still, the dust will settle in a short time, and they might be cleaning again.
It is so good to hear from you. Thank you for your sacrificies.
Comment by Rich Connaroe — July 8, 2009 @ 5:11 pm
Rich, glad to hear you are all coming home. Know you will be glad to get back to the US. Again, thanks for all you & your soldiers did over there.
The blog certainly helped us see the war thru a first-hand perspective. Godspeed!
Fred Way
Comment by Fred Way — July 8, 2009 @ 9:02 pm
The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 07/10/2009 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.
Comment by David M — July 10, 2009 @ 10:51 am