Ok, so I left off in Germany just found an apartment 10 minutes from base, in the city of Ramstein-Meisenbach. Well now i need to talk to the housing office and get some temporary furniture until I can find my own. We had nothing furniture wise, not even a bed to sleep on. Well lucky for me I found a furniture store that sells used furniture and happened upon the biggest bed I have ever seen. It was bigger than a California King, how I know we still have the old mattresses, and a Cal King bed frame they don't fit, and it pisses me off. So i found the furniture, and now i need to concentrate more on getting the wife out here to Germany. Still working on her passport and getting my orders amended, this is the hardest thing ever to do when you are halfway across the world from your wife.
Well lets speed up just a little here, I finally got the wife out to Germany and we instantly became friends with the Landlords, the whole time she was gone the landlord was feeding me. So now the wife is in Germany but I have no car to get around, not a problem. So I look through the classifieds, and the "lemon lot" on base for a used car. Well i found an '88 BMW 7 Series, I am rollin' in style, except that this car has no heat or air conditioning. The guy told us it was broken and I had the money to get it fixed, 200 euro for the part, 200 euro to get it installed. Well we get it fixed and we get on a normal work schedule, so I get qualified as a Security Forces Member. I work for about six months and now find out i will be deploying in January, so i start working on everything to deploy. I have computer based training (CBT's), legal stuff, and sending the wife back to the states. Well the time has come to deploy and I have no idea what we are doing, all we know is we are going to Ft. Dix, New Jersey. Yes, this is an Army base and we are being trained by Army and Air Force personnel.
So a little background on Jersey during the winter, it is so cold there the trees freeze, literally. The water freezes and our vehicles are frozen every morning when we wake up. We have to use hammers and anything else we can find to pry doors open and chip off the ice so we can mount our weapons. So there is you next teaser, more on my deployment training next time. Enjoy
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Military Life Continued...
First off sorry everyone I have been quite busy lately with work and other stuff.
So I read over my previous blogs and realized once again i missed some stuff I had to deal with in Tech School. So one of the big things I missed, was the wonderfully fun obstacle course. We had about 15 different things to go through, the first was a rope hanging over a small pool of water. It was not good if you missed the other side, you got to spend the rest of the day soaked. Some other obstacles were the weave, you have to climb over and under the logs that slowly get higher off the ground. We had to climb a 3 foot and about 6 foot wall, we had to climb a net hanging about 8 feet. I believe there were more but right now I can't quite remember them all.
The next thing I missed was going to Camp Bullis this is where we trained for field conditions. We did convoys, mock bases, and defending ourselves against "attackers." This is also where I bought a ps2, yea i know they are way out of style now. But I mention this because after our two weeks out there I went back to Lackland to finish my training. The day I returned moving all my stuff back to my room, I regretfully found out another airman stole a master key from an instructor. I know you all know where this is going, I didn't even get one day to play my PS2 before that jackass stole it, still in the box, with the receipt. So I filed a report and nothing happened with that, no refund no nothing.
Well finally a week later we finally graduate from tech school, I receive my badge and beret. I go to the main office to get my orders, and find out I don't have any orders yet. (bleep, bleep, bleep) I get to stay here for who knows how long doing small tasks like cleaning until i get orders. Well about three days later I finally have orders, and as you all know I am going to Germany. What you all didn't know is they didn't know what base I was going to, Ramstien or Vogelweh. So I pack up my shit and get ready to go to Colorado, for Recruiters Assistance Program (RAP). I get to spend two weeks with my recruiter helping to recruit new people. It was more like two weeks of vacation, I handed out fliers, sat in his office and was bored. Oh and as you all know this is when I married Candice. Well now I also have to get all the paperwork done to get Candice to Germany with me. We had to register her in the program to say we were married, get her a passport, and get my orders changed to include her. Well this was too much to do in the time I had so I had to leave, I had a specific time I had to be in Germany.
Well I arrive at Frankfurt, and no military person is there to meet me, they said they would be there. By the way I am in my Blues, and looking stupid because I have no idea where to go. Well lucky for me a retired military member was also going there and offered me a ride, thank god. Well I get my stuff and take the like two hour drive to Ramstien, they drop me off at the desk, and I find out they don't even know what base I am supposed to be at. So after sitting around for god knows how long, someone finally helps me and puts me in a hotel room. I in-process and start house hunting, finding a place to live for the next two years. Well I found one about ten minutes from base. The landlord speaks English and that's all i could ask for. Well this is gonna be a short blog for now got some running around to do. Next time its on the rest of my fun getting Candice to Germany.
So I read over my previous blogs and realized once again i missed some stuff I had to deal with in Tech School. So one of the big things I missed, was the wonderfully fun obstacle course. We had about 15 different things to go through, the first was a rope hanging over a small pool of water. It was not good if you missed the other side, you got to spend the rest of the day soaked. Some other obstacles were the weave, you have to climb over and under the logs that slowly get higher off the ground. We had to climb a 3 foot and about 6 foot wall, we had to climb a net hanging about 8 feet. I believe there were more but right now I can't quite remember them all.
The next thing I missed was going to Camp Bullis this is where we trained for field conditions. We did convoys, mock bases, and defending ourselves against "attackers." This is also where I bought a ps2, yea i know they are way out of style now. But I mention this because after our two weeks out there I went back to Lackland to finish my training. The day I returned moving all my stuff back to my room, I regretfully found out another airman stole a master key from an instructor. I know you all know where this is going, I didn't even get one day to play my PS2 before that jackass stole it, still in the box, with the receipt. So I filed a report and nothing happened with that, no refund no nothing.
Well finally a week later we finally graduate from tech school, I receive my badge and beret. I go to the main office to get my orders, and find out I don't have any orders yet. (bleep, bleep, bleep) I get to stay here for who knows how long doing small tasks like cleaning until i get orders. Well about three days later I finally have orders, and as you all know I am going to Germany. What you all didn't know is they didn't know what base I was going to, Ramstien or Vogelweh. So I pack up my shit and get ready to go to Colorado, for Recruiters Assistance Program (RAP). I get to spend two weeks with my recruiter helping to recruit new people. It was more like two weeks of vacation, I handed out fliers, sat in his office and was bored. Oh and as you all know this is when I married Candice. Well now I also have to get all the paperwork done to get Candice to Germany with me. We had to register her in the program to say we were married, get her a passport, and get my orders changed to include her. Well this was too much to do in the time I had so I had to leave, I had a specific time I had to be in Germany.
Well I arrive at Frankfurt, and no military person is there to meet me, they said they would be there. By the way I am in my Blues, and looking stupid because I have no idea where to go. Well lucky for me a retired military member was also going there and offered me a ride, thank god. Well I get my stuff and take the like two hour drive to Ramstien, they drop me off at the desk, and I find out they don't even know what base I am supposed to be at. So after sitting around for god knows how long, someone finally helps me and puts me in a hotel room. I in-process and start house hunting, finding a place to live for the next two years. Well I found one about ten minutes from base. The landlord speaks English and that's all i could ask for. Well this is gonna be a short blog for now got some running around to do. Next time its on the rest of my fun getting Candice to Germany.
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