It's raining here and I'd better go get dressed up and ready for a horde of people to descend on the house with their wet shoes and eating and drinking their way through everything as fast as they can.
Sometimes these people act like they're starving and haven't seen food in two weeks. LOL
Can you tell I'm not really in the mood to entertain tonight? I'd rather listen to music with my husband nad read a good book.
OH! I hear ya, Peach! I am such a fan of relaxing evenings at home. You are just such a great hostess that you HAVE to have parties! Would love to be at your party. I have a date and I wish I could bring her to your party! We're going to see Glory Road.
"Greetings from Kuwait! Since I have not written to you in awhile I would like to send my belated Christmas and New Year wishes to each of you. The last time I wrote a newsletter we were just recovering from Hurricane Katrina and getting re-started on our training at Camp Shelby. Since then a lot has happened. Most of you probably know our current situation as you have been getting updates from the Commander on a regular basis, as well as from your soldiers. Since our last update we continued to improve our condition here, as we work toward our third month in country. As you know, we have a variety of missions and I want you to know that all of your soldiers are conducting themselves in an exemplary and professional manner. I am proud to serve with all of these soldiers and each day I am thankful that I have the opportunity to serve here with them.
(He goes on to describe their main mission in detail, and then continues)
As for other missions we have, they are going very well. We are much more focused than when we were first learning what our role from the preceding unit. The leaders of each platoon and squad have taken charge of their soldiers and have developed standing operating procedures for patrolling and training that have allowed the soldiers more “Sergeant's Time" than they had initially. This has improved the physical well being of each soldier as well as allowed for more team cohesion among platoons. I am very happy with their efforts in this area and I think the soldiers are as well. As for the missions themselves, we are constantly improving our operating procedures and the soldiers have had opportunity to experience and learn much of the landscape. The type of patrols as well as the composition and specific mission that each platoon may have varies as we avoid routines, however, know that our soldiers are adapting to the changes and conducting their specific missions with 100% effort and to this point 100% success.
MWR events on this camp are fairly regular. In the months of December and in early January we had visits from two separate USO tours. In the ******** camps, like ours, there are not as many events as in the ******** camps, but it seems like the frequency of them is starting to pick up. I guess time will tell as that may have been just a Christmas season thing. As for the long lines that you have probably heard about, they aren’t quite as bad as they were after Thanksgiving and before Christmas. There are still a good number of soldiers here but not near the number that we had at that time. There are still lines though and I expect that will be the case for most of the deployment.
Last, I want to thank all of you for the support you have given us during this deployment. Please keep the letters, cards, packages and treats coming. They are a welcome sight to the soldiers. I appreciate all that you are doing in supporting your soldiers. It makes life a little easier for them while they are here. Thank you all again and know that your soldiers are doing an outstanding job of representing themselves and this unit. You should all be proud of them."