"Taking the J4's Name in Vain" and "The Dropkick List"

This is the military staying "Ahead of the Curve"...

 

8 Aug

            So, a couple of us are getting ready for the FEAR FACTOR showcase that will happen this Saturday.  I have no earthly idea what they are going to use...I just hope it doesn't involve snakes or clowns.  Actually, to win another Xbox Kinect/360, I would probably do about anything.  As more and more people get here, the more things are popping up.  Church attendance has increased by 100%....7 people to 14 people.  The lines at the chow hall are now twice as long, and with more leadership in the building, our vacation time is over. Saturday nights are now our Xbox nights (for us Capts and Majors anyway).  The pool changed its hours so it opens up some time to play some Call of Duty...hey, at least I am not doing that for real.  I was going to the pool on Sat nights, but now with the changed schedule, I will have to put that on some other day.

It's funny because his head is a "monitor"

            Since, LTC Pederson left on his 3 week R&R, LTC Standridge, Maj Squizzero and I have been pretty busy; mostly putting out unnecessary fires.  Once again, we have cases where people are taking the J4's (Major General Richardson) name in vain.  "Hey, this needs to be moved because the J4 said so..."  Yeah, I don't play that game, because if the J4 was that insistent about moving something, it would have been filtered down to my level.  With more people also comes computer frustration.  The other day, one of our really good computer guys was fired, because he could not meet the needs of a GS-14.  Supposedly he was rude to her, and "she told someone who told someone" and it got back to his boss' boss.  We tried to talk to the supervisor, saying that this was a horrible injustice, but I guess a GS-14's word (which is equivalent to a senior Maj/LTC...not a lot of rank at all) is what determined this guy's future. That type of crap really makes me upset, and I let people know that in my chain of command.

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I have instituted what I would like to call a weekly "Drop Kick" List.  This is a way that I release stress and identify who has really made me mad and has made my life suck the past week.  It is all fun and games, and I would share the list here, but you could be on it....J/K; I don't think many of you would get it, because most of them are inside jokes.  It has made folks in the office chuckle, because they know how frustrating people/organizations can be.  For the most part, we have good working relationships with organizations around us, but there are a couple "mental midgets" (as Maj Squizzero likes to say) that really make our life hard.  Well, at least I am not getting shot at or blown up...life could be worse right? 

"You'll have bad times, but that'll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren't paying attention to."

            I feel so blessed to have a loving family and a job when I get home.  There are a lot of reservists/National Guard that have no problem extending their tour, because it is a secure job.  I run into KBR folks from church that are looking at transferring over to Afghanistan, because opportunities here are
drying up in the next couple of months.  I will say, it is hard to believe that I have completed over 2 months now and as I maintain a busy work schedule, the time seems to go by quick.  Many have asked, "Are you coming home early?"  Let me just say that if they give me the choice, I would definitely choose going home early.  That is about all I know right now. 

Maybe the USPS will let me have this??