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Woody Posted on Sun Jul 01 16:50:03 CDT 2007

hey everybody...

my training is almost done. i graduate on the 5th of july and then i'm off to germany for 3 years. 3 years at least. anyway, i will be back in STL for a efw days starting on/around july 10th. anyone still around?

oh yeah...the unit i'm going to is the 69th air defense artillery brigade. yup...the 69th.

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:: Response posted on 2007-07-03 by Stu Belden

Hey, good to know you're still alive. Germany's pretty.

:: Response posted on 2007-07-12 by Kurt Hoeman

When do you leave StL?

:: Response posted on 2007-07-13 by Woody

i just got to StL today (13july20070) and my last full day here is the 22nd of this month

:: Response posted on 2007-07-17 by Kurt Hoeman

aight, Well I am going to be in StL the next weekend, I guess I will miss you. So are you heading to Germany on the 22nd, or do you go somewhere else for training first?

:: Response posted on 2007-07-25 by John Ebel

Good luck Woody. (Sorry I'm a little late to this thread).

:: Response posted on 2007-07-28 by Woody

already in baumholder, germany.

:: Response posted on 2007-08-02 by Jim Drewes

Anyone else think its funny that he is in Bum Holder Germany?

:: Response posted on 2007-08-06 by Woody

yeah, things didn't exactly work out right. i wound up in a different unit. i'm in the 1st battalion 6th infantry regiment of the first armored division. it's a battallion of M2A2 bradleys. for those of you who dont know (and i didnt until a few month ago) there are 44 bradleys in a battallion. thats a lot of firepower. i actually got to play gunner in a bradley the other afternoon. it was actually really difficult. you're sitting in this turret staring out a scope, and you have a machine gun, a 25mm automatic cannon missiles all at your disposal and you just cant stop shooting 'cause its so fun...

hmm....

also, i got my M16 issued and had to do zeroing and qualification on sunday. i hit 34 out of 40 targets, so i'm getting better. most of my army duties arent nearly this fun, though. i'm a staff officer so i spend most of my time working on a computer writing TPS reports, ordering supplies for the battallion and going to random training meetings. i have to prepare a powerpoint presentation everyday and keep track of the training status of the companies and whatnot. it's funny 'cause a lot of it is super boring with moments of excitment which are few and far between. its also really weird to see all these young guys who look like kids who are gonna be rolling in the desert in combat in those bradleys. weird. it's hard to describe.

:: Response posted on 2007-08-28 by Jim Drewes

Uh... Melinda's cousin is in Germany, in a tank division. Maybe you're in his chain of command. How cool would that be?

:: Response posted on 2007-12-04 by Woody

not kewl at all.

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