a new capt

. . Well I pinned on Capt this afternoon - should get some pictures up soon, so this'll be my place holder.
. . I've also started SOS (PME), a Korean language class through the Univ of Maryland, and I will be going to a Network Warfighter Integration class in Oct or Nov :-) Gotta stay busy! Today I started with PT at 6:30 and just got home after 10:30... and its going to be time to do it all again tomorrow :-) but I've got some great troops so its all worth it.

power outages can be useful

So the power just flashed off one day last week and it was wonderful because 1) it came right back up and 2) the ITNs didn’t, so I didn’t have to worry about responding to anything or getting any new taskers via email… this was the perfect opportunity to go meet my new troops (we're in 5 different buildings across base and I'm not getting a car) and get out of the office. Its funny that I’d been on base over a week (well, we were all in exercise mode for my first 4 days) and I still hadn’t seen all of the shops that fell under me, much less all of my people. Also of note, believe it or not, the shops under me still have not been gathered together as a flight since the unit’s “transformation” back in April. I think I’ll try to get them off early next Friday to go bowling or play volleyball, do some team building things, and actually get to know the other people in their flight! I should get my shipment soon so I might even turn it into a potluck. I still haven't quite figured it out yet, but I should probably start preparing an outline... More to come - but the people here are great and it is that small town, work hard/play hard kind of atmosphere that I love.