Another day...

14 days left before I head back to Clarksville. I've only been here for one week and I'm already counting down the days till I get back home. Makes me wonder how bad I'm going to take it in Afghanistan.. Hopefully it'll be busy and somewhat exciting and I won't have to worry about too much boredom. haha.. I just realized that I referred to Clarksville as home. But I guess it's fitting because I haven't lived in Guam for 6 years and San Francisco for 2 years. That's the problem with the Army. No true stabilization.

On the other hand, I'm hoping Fort Bragg, North Carolina will be my home for 3 years when I get back from OEF. I just got an email today saying that Year Group 08 officers were now eligible to begin submitting packets for Special Forces, Civil Affairs, and Psychological Operations. I'm planning to submit a packet in May. Spent a good portion of my time today working on my Volunteer Statement (Special Operations is all volunteers) and my Resume. I will get it read by a few people but I think it sounds pretty good. They gave a sample of general topics (i.e Career highlights, Hobbies, etc) and I basically used it; I just put together a better presentation =) With that said, I'm torn between Civil Affairs and PSYOPs. On the one hand, I love and completely support the CA mission. However, it is a lot of non-lethal stuff and it's basically handing out money and candy. I figure, while I'm in the Army, I should do something more "kinetic" and actually take the fight to the enemy which I believe PSYOP does more often that not. I recently added an old ROTC instructor to my facebook account since he was in PSYOPs. I asked him a few questions and now I'm anxiously awaiting his answer.

A month ago, I was completely prepared to go CA. However, I talked to my squadron commander recently, who was with Delta Force for the last 7 years, and he told me he'd like to take me as an S1 over to the Delta community. I told him I was planning on switching to CA and he told me they never had CA attached to them. If CA Officers don't get attached to Delta or even SF, and PSYOPs did, then I seriously want to reconsider going CA. I believe I can still get a job with UNICEF or the State Department by going PSYOP and not just CA. I would love to experience working with SF or better yet, Delta Force! Working in the personnel section has really turned me off.

With that said, 13 more days to go!

P.S. The first post was supposed to get on yesterday.. Only the second day and I'm already messing this up!!