Fort Hood....The Sequel
Well here I am again. At Ft Hood Texas. Where it all began 16 months ago. It has not changed much really...at it sure seem nice to be back. I have been here since Monday. Yesterday, bright and early we reported to a outprocessing center and experienced yet more briefings to go along with gazillions we have already gone through. This was death by power point again. These briefings are just "check the box" kinda of shit that the Army feels is necessary for us as we experience reintegration into civilian society. Back in April 2006, I wrote this entry that described what this experience is all about....Death by Power Point, Redux:
Tuesday we experienced a variety of mandatory briefings for soldiers being deployed. For the better part of 6 hours we sat staring at video tapes of various briefings that the Army thinks is so important for us to learn be for we go to Iraq. They call this day "DEATH BY POWER POINT" because we have heard this all before and its still boring. Topics included riveting topics like how to avoid getting killed or a sexually transmitted disease. At one point I looked around the room and noticed that not one person was paying attention to the video that was showing. This was a horrible day because it was so hot in the room and the subject was so boring. (from April 11, 2006)
Uhhhh.....yeah....same deal. Boring shit. The lowlight yesterday was the 45 minutes of discussion about all the bad diseases we can get from having sex. You know..the clap, AIDS, herpes, Hep 1 and 2 and all that. The good news (and bad I guess) is that only a few people actually had sex over there, (present company excluded) so I guess I am not sure how they deem us to be at high risk for any of this. But they do like to scare the hell out of us by showing us pictures of diseased and infected penises and vaginas. Right before lunch no less. Well we did get through it and we continued our outprocessing today. Like I said...check the box and move out. I am not complaining mind you...the air is clear and the food taste really really good and its really quiet. No helos at 2 in the morning and every hour on the hour. The next few days will be low-key as I prepare to go to Basic NCO course in about 10 days. After that...its home to Albany and T and all my buds. There is a big party in the works. I hope!
Tuesday we experienced a variety of mandatory briefings for soldiers being deployed. For the better part of 6 hours we sat staring at video tapes of various briefings that the Army thinks is so important for us to learn be for we go to Iraq. They call this day "DEATH BY POWER POINT" because we have heard this all before and its still boring. Topics included riveting topics like how to avoid getting killed or a sexually transmitted disease. At one point I looked around the room and noticed that not one person was paying attention to the video that was showing. This was a horrible day because it was so hot in the room and the subject was so boring. (from April 11, 2006)
Uhhhh.....yeah....same deal. Boring shit. The lowlight yesterday was the 45 minutes of discussion about all the bad diseases we can get from having sex. You know..the clap, AIDS, herpes, Hep 1 and 2 and all that. The good news (and bad I guess) is that only a few people actually had sex over there, (present company excluded) so I guess I am not sure how they deem us to be at high risk for any of this. But they do like to scare the hell out of us by showing us pictures of diseased and infected penises and vaginas. Right before lunch no less. Well we did get through it and we continued our outprocessing today. Like I said...check the box and move out. I am not complaining mind you...the air is clear and the food taste really really good and its really quiet. No helos at 2 in the morning and every hour on the hour. The next few days will be low-key as I prepare to go to Basic NCO course in about 10 days. After that...its home to Albany and T and all my buds. There is a big party in the works. I hope!
posted by An Army of One at July 25, 2007
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home