Why Kuwait sucks
1. Its boring.
2. Its really boring
3. Did I mention boring
4. You live with the knowledge that you've taken a pointless step towards home. Just because you are in Kuwait does not mean that you are any closer to being home. and its boring.
You get the point the I'm bored. Now I sit around with nothing to do but think about the home that I'm no closer to than I was 2 weeks ago. All I can do is continue to hear how our dates to go home are changing everyday and getting farther away each time.
I did sign up for schools, though. Military schools. Where I will get to pretend that I am a high speed soldier for a while before returning to the abomination that is, my part-time soldiering. I signed up for Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC)where you learn the basics of troop leading. I've already done this for a year in combat, but you need a certificate to say that you can be promoted, so off I go.
Next was Air Assault. Thats where I learn to fly in to combat on a helicopter. Like Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers. I almost got to do this once, now I'm going to a school that will teach me to do it for real.
Then finally, Sapper School. Thats the pinnacle of the Combat Engineer. I will learn to use enemy weapons, set ambushes and all kinds of high speed stuff involving explosives and lots of pain and misery. Sounds like fun to me.
So, I didn't really need to tell you that, but it did kill about 10 minutes of my time. Now its almost time to eat. Thats one of the landmarks that I use to guide myself through these never ending days.
2. Its really boring
3. Did I mention boring
4. You live with the knowledge that you've taken a pointless step towards home. Just because you are in Kuwait does not mean that you are any closer to being home. and its boring.
You get the point the I'm bored. Now I sit around with nothing to do but think about the home that I'm no closer to than I was 2 weeks ago. All I can do is continue to hear how our dates to go home are changing everyday and getting farther away each time.
I did sign up for schools, though. Military schools. Where I will get to pretend that I am a high speed soldier for a while before returning to the abomination that is, my part-time soldiering. I signed up for Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC)where you learn the basics of troop leading. I've already done this for a year in combat, but you need a certificate to say that you can be promoted, so off I go.
Next was Air Assault. Thats where I learn to fly in to combat on a helicopter. Like Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers. I almost got to do this once, now I'm going to a school that will teach me to do it for real.
Then finally, Sapper School. Thats the pinnacle of the Combat Engineer. I will learn to use enemy weapons, set ambushes and all kinds of high speed stuff involving explosives and lots of pain and misery. Sounds like fun to me.
So, I didn't really need to tell you that, but it did kill about 10 minutes of my time. Now its almost time to eat. Thats one of the landmarks that I use to guide myself through these never ending days.