I had a heart to heart with my Commander and he agreed to put me in for the Bronze Star. I have been told since we are in Kuwait and do not directly support combat operations in Iraq, that they ususally get down graded. Well I have run the mail terminal that send mail into southern Iraq. We support about 11 bases in Iraq. Without us their mail doesn't get there. But I explained that with troop levels dropping this may be my last deployment here and who knows what will happen in the future, there may not be anymore conflicts for awhile.
Plus I have a camp that will take the majority of the troops coming out of Iraq in the draw down. I have had to expand my Post Office there to support triple the permanent party and a total of about 5-6 times its normal population. How is that not supporting troops in Iraq.
So we will see, I definately feel a little better now. So we will see what happens. If it gets downgraded I can live with it, I don't have to like it but I can live with it.
Later,
Cons
Plus I have a camp that will take the majority of the troops coming out of Iraq in the draw down. I have had to expand my Post Office there to support triple the permanent party and a total of about 5-6 times its normal population. How is that not supporting troops in Iraq.
So we will see, I definately feel a little better now. So we will see what happens. If it gets downgraded I can live with it, I don't have to like it but I can live with it.
Later,
Cons