So,
I have thought about writing a blog many times, and with some encouragement from my friend Sam, (http://madmedmommy.blogspot.com/) and reassurance from my husband, Kevin (http://newrealestateinvestors.blogspot.com/) I figured I would go for it. But as my husband pointed out, I needed to find a topic.
So here it is: life. Specifically mine. I will write about what is important to me. So here are some things you should know about me. I am a Christian, I am a wife, and I am an Army Officer. Thus my posts will likely be about my work in the Army, being a wife, preparing for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan and before that a National Training Center rotation. I also will likely post some recipes and favorite meals. Occasionally, I may post a political opinion or two. To remain positive, I will not post anything I am against, only what I am for. I was a political science major at the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign and am considering running for Congress someday. I also may occasionally write about my faith and what I believe and why. Also, I may post about my new experiences in home buying, life plans and goals, my experiences with alternative medicines (like acupuncture, Chiropractor, trigger point massage therapy and yoga). And, of course, I reserve the write to post about whatever else is on my mind.
So I guess I will start with my work. I am a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army. I am a Quartermaster Officer (which basically means I focus on supplying the Army with the things it needs like food and subsistence). I am currently stationed at Fort Carson, CO and am in a Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB). I currently work in our Operations section which means my focus is to plan basic training and operations for our battalion. Our battalion has somewhere near 1,500 Soldiers in it and we are the only CSSB directly supporting Fort Carson. We are fairly removed from the battlefield because our job is to provide direct sustainment support (food, clothing, equipment, maintenance support, HET support, etc.) to units who may be otherwise incapable of providing that service to themselves. This means our battalion takes on many tasks directly supporting the 4th Infantry Division. My job, is to help coordinate this support as well as coordinating training for the seven companies in my battalion.
It is an unusual job for someone of my rank. I currently am filling a job two ranks above my pay grade. This leads to unusual situations when I have to tell company commanders (rank of Captain and two pay grades above me) what they need to do.
My big project for this week is to create a training exercise for two of our companies rear detachments (a small portion of the unit that stays behind when the rest of the unit deploys). It is called a mission readiness exercise. The jist of what I am doing is coordinating with many agencies on post to create a training scenario where we tell the unit that several Soldiers from their unit down range (or deployed) were either killed in action or wounded in action and they need to plan notional memorial services and notify the families of the hard ship. We also call on our GO teams and Care teams (predetermined persons, normally spouses, who have volunteered to help the family after notification and will go into the home, if requested, to help take care of the Spouse and family). It is a good way to judge if the companies are prepared to handle such a thing, because you don't want to find out you are ill-equipped to handle something when it is actually happening. (If you are in the Army and trying to create a similar training exercise for your unit, please feel free to leave me a comment with either your AKO or global email address and I can give you more details.) So that is what I will be working on all next week so we are ready to run the training exercise the following week.
Recreationally, my husband an I like to get outdoors with our dog, Hoeffer, and either hike, play disc golf, climb mountains, ski or just whatever. It's great living in a place like Colorado where there is so much to do outside, though being in the Army, it is not always easy to find the time. But, when I get the chance, I will post pictures from our escapades, especially of the beautiful scenery.
As for now, I think that this post if quite long enough and I am going to have many chances to reveal even more of my life in the coming future.
I have thought about writing a blog many times, and with some encouragement from my friend Sam, (http://madmedmommy.blogspot.com/) and reassurance from my husband, Kevin (http://newrealestateinvestors.blogspot.com/) I figured I would go for it. But as my husband pointed out, I needed to find a topic.
So here it is: life. Specifically mine. I will write about what is important to me. So here are some things you should know about me. I am a Christian, I am a wife, and I am an Army Officer. Thus my posts will likely be about my work in the Army, being a wife, preparing for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan and before that a National Training Center rotation. I also will likely post some recipes and favorite meals. Occasionally, I may post a political opinion or two. To remain positive, I will not post anything I am against, only what I am for. I was a political science major at the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign and am considering running for Congress someday. I also may occasionally write about my faith and what I believe and why. Also, I may post about my new experiences in home buying, life plans and goals, my experiences with alternative medicines (like acupuncture, Chiropractor, trigger point massage therapy and yoga). And, of course, I reserve the write to post about whatever else is on my mind.
So I guess I will start with my work. I am a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army. I am a Quartermaster Officer (which basically means I focus on supplying the Army with the things it needs like food and subsistence). I am currently stationed at Fort Carson, CO and am in a Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB). I currently work in our Operations section which means my focus is to plan basic training and operations for our battalion. Our battalion has somewhere near 1,500 Soldiers in it and we are the only CSSB directly supporting Fort Carson. We are fairly removed from the battlefield because our job is to provide direct sustainment support (food, clothing, equipment, maintenance support, HET support, etc.) to units who may be otherwise incapable of providing that service to themselves. This means our battalion takes on many tasks directly supporting the 4th Infantry Division. My job, is to help coordinate this support as well as coordinating training for the seven companies in my battalion.
It is an unusual job for someone of my rank. I currently am filling a job two ranks above my pay grade. This leads to unusual situations when I have to tell company commanders (rank of Captain and two pay grades above me) what they need to do.
My big project for this week is to create a training exercise for two of our companies rear detachments (a small portion of the unit that stays behind when the rest of the unit deploys). It is called a mission readiness exercise. The jist of what I am doing is coordinating with many agencies on post to create a training scenario where we tell the unit that several Soldiers from their unit down range (or deployed) were either killed in action or wounded in action and they need to plan notional memorial services and notify the families of the hard ship. We also call on our GO teams and Care teams (predetermined persons, normally spouses, who have volunteered to help the family after notification and will go into the home, if requested, to help take care of the Spouse and family). It is a good way to judge if the companies are prepared to handle such a thing, because you don't want to find out you are ill-equipped to handle something when it is actually happening. (If you are in the Army and trying to create a similar training exercise for your unit, please feel free to leave me a comment with either your AKO or global email address and I can give you more details.) So that is what I will be working on all next week so we are ready to run the training exercise the following week.
Recreationally, my husband an I like to get outdoors with our dog, Hoeffer, and either hike, play disc golf, climb mountains, ski or just whatever. It's great living in a place like Colorado where there is so much to do outside, though being in the Army, it is not always easy to find the time. But, when I get the chance, I will post pictures from our escapades, especially of the beautiful scenery.
As for now, I think that this post if quite long enough and I am going to have many chances to reveal even more of my life in the coming future.
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