Soo...

[bitchness]

I'm uh... going to Iraq next year. My brigade commander pretty much confirmed the wild rumors that have been flying around. I can't give details, because that's, you know, against the rules, but there's pretty much no getting around it unless one of the democrats becomes president and actually follows through with the promise to yank troops

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[scarybaldguy]

Let's hope that order gets redlined. :(

[bitchness]

That's extraorodinarily unlikely, even if a democrat is elected. The unit I'm with is an MP Brigade. Military police are some of the first to go and usually the last to leave. So even if we're pulling out quickly, it won't be soon enough to keep my unit from rotating over there, if only to begin facilitating the drawdown.

[staringgoldfish]

Best get your narrow ass to SD before you get shipped out then.

[bitchness]

That may happen next summer prior to train-up.

[angelundercover]

:( I hope that somehow changes.

[bitchness]

See above, not likely.

[cassiwill]

shit... i mean, shit. I've no other words for it. Love you!!!!!!!!

[bitchness]

S'okay, it's only for a year. When I get back I'll be buying a house and taking my kids to Disney World.

[moonlitwillow]

Holy fuck. I'm scared for you, but also know you're a total bad ass. I'll cross my fingers that the world comes to it's senses before you have to go, but know it probably won't happen. We need a visit before you leave and I want to know how to get stuff to you while you're over there. And I'm not that far from your girls, so if you want to give your ex and the girls my contact info when you're gone, I'll do anything I can for them should they need it.

[bitchness]

You so rock. I'm going to work on visiting everyone that I need to before we go to train up. Everything is going to be fine, because I say so. I'll come home skinny and tan, the girls will do fine with their dad and I'm going to take a month off from everything and the 3 of us are going to Disney World.