Let's get this party started...

This will be my first blog, and network connectivity issues notwithstanding, the first of many posts. Some things I have figured out since my mass email letting everyone know I'm going:

1. Afghanistan, here I come. I know exactly where, but can't post it online. That will be the case for a lot of situations, I'm sure.
2. I will be getting there sometime in August - again, can't say when.
3. I will be the Senior Watch Officer in the Command Opperations Center. The COC is basically the center of opperations. All the information on projects, inteligence, enemy troop movements, friendly troop movements, etc comes into the COC. My understanding of my job is to monitor all of this information and make sure it's going to the right places. I'll be working with the other officer from my unit back in San Diego, the Senior Chief from my unit (an amazing man to work with), and a handfull of enlisted folks, also from my unit. It seems that my guys here in San Diego will be my guys in Afghanistan, too. This should ease the transition for all of us.

That's all for now, but I will continue to post here as often as possible as more things develop. While I'm deployed, this will be my primary means of communicating with the "normal" world, so check back often if you're curious about My Time in the Sand Box.

-Kevin