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Holy shit I need to get a new picture up post haste. And I supposse at some point Im going to have to write about all the absurdity of the last 11 months...and then of course Ill have stories from leave to transcribe! Oh woe is me, I have so much to do and so little time to do it in. And then of course...
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Well shit, about this time tomorrow Ill be getting ready to head to the Ghan.

I dont know if Im truly unafraid to go or if it just hasnt sunk in that Im headed to war. I was expecting something like what happened at airborne school.

On the last day of training, at the end of the day before we were released for the weekend...
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Holy shit...its been almost 3 months since last I posted here....pathetic!

So what has happened since february? Well we went back to Germany for our final pre-deployment evaluation which like every other trip to Germany sucked immensely. Then we had a few weeks of doing essentially nothing then we got some leave time! Thats right there was yet another glorious return to the states during...
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So...since the last time I posted. Went to Germany for about a month for some hooah army training...which as usual sucked some major cock, and by major I mean massive amounts...not rank. This time we rode around in humvees instead of krunning up and down the side of a mountain...yay. Aside from that we did some urban ops and that was pretty much it. Aside...
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haHA! ...so Ive got my old laptop with me these days, which has an Svideo out. I can now play a movie on my tv as I putz around on my laptop! glorious!

something odd happened this weekend. I was productive to a certain extent! I did stay up late and get up late as per usual on with the weekends, but saturday...after being up...
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Well, I suppose its time to start journaling my experiences of the last yeear before theyre lost in memory. The logical place to start seems to be when I waltzed into the recruiters office.

So for some time I had been lurking about goarmy.com toying with the idea of enlisting as I had been depressed for some time and thought"hey the army, thatll get me...
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Well, a six hour time difference sure is a pain in the ass. It leaves me with very small windows of opportunity to talk to my people back home, my working most of the day and their work/school schedules conflict a great deal as well. Thats one of the major issues I have with this assignment. The unit is outstanding, rich history, experienced NCOs, a...
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Well Im back in the damn Italy. And to no great surprise Ive fallen right back into the old army habits and it feels like I never even left...except of course for the fact that PT whooped my ass a bit harder than usual today.

Leave left me feeling a bit strange, I was reminded of the fact that my family drives me absofuckinglutely insane...
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Well, its no great surprise thats its been half of forever since I posted. Got a half decent excuse this time tho, IM HOME! Ive been busy doing that one thing, what is it...oh right, enjoying life. Best part is Im home doing whatever the hell I want...no worries about work or school or anything resembling responsibility. Well, I did have to go to a...
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Well its certainly been a while since I posted. I did however try a while ago but the conection timed out and as the entry was an angry one I was in no mood to retype the shit.

Part I: EIB(Expert Infantry Badge)
This was was an extraveganza of shit! We spent two weeks, one of which was a solid 8 day work week, training...
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