Two weeks and counting to deployment. It is almost painful to see my kids everyday now and think about how much I am going to miss them. Zachary is my only boy and he is going to miss having his daddy around. I am going to miss my little man. At this point I wish that I could just go so that I can get back!

Just Starting the Blog thing...

I am going to give this blogging thing a shot while I am away. Hopefully, I will be able to keep everyone up to date about what is going on and share some stories with you.

I have titled the blog, "neilonthemoon" because all of the photos that I have seen of where I will be going all look like the moon. Why anyone would go to war over the moon, I don't know.

Right now we are just getting settled into Fort Bragg NC. We have been warmly welcomed here and I am very impressed with the friendliness of the people. The city is a lot like Bryan / College Station in size and ambience. Fort Bragg is huge! The hospital is very nice and brand new. It is kind of crazy to have to in process, running around like a chicken with it's head cut off and turn right around and out process for deployment.

These next couple of weeks are building up to my leaving to CRC, Conus Replacement Center, at Fort Benning GA. I will be there for about a week where we will be herded around like cattle, getting shots, equipment and making sure all of the T's are dotted and I's are crossed for our deployment. From there I will be flown out to Kuwait. After Kuwait, I will essentially be hitchhiking my way to a large FOB (Forward Operating Base) in the southeastern part of Afghanistan. I am going to forgo details right now. Many, many serivcemen have blogs about their experiences at war to keep in touch with their families and friends. The danger of these blogs are that the bad guys have internet as well and they actually look at these things to try to glean anything they can about what we are doing.