He's deploying out of Hohenfels, Germany. There's an OpFor unit there deploying a small group for patrols. He only got out of Basic in Sept so they are trying to get the guys prepped for deployment pretty quickly.
Spent many a day in my early Army life in Hoenfels.
I'm sure your son is around lots of experienced vets, and just remember, he is not alone and neither are you.
My son is in the Kirkuk area of Iraq. He spent seven months as a new platoon leader in Zobol Province north of Kandahar in 04 and 05. But, he wasn't new to the Army. He'd already been to Haiti, Korea, Bosnia and Kosovo. I know he's not a kid any more but we always think of them that way.