My Big Debut

Hello all. I start this blog to keep family and friends up to date on where I (soon, we) am on my travels and what we're up to.

I start this blog from Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, AL. I arrived here August 12th and have spent the last few days settling in to my "billeting", which closely resembles a college dorm room, complete with 1 bed that is entirely too large, a desk, sink, small closet, mini fridge, microwave and a shared bathroom. However, it will do for the next 6 weeks.

Thus far I haven't done much except in-process at medical, finance (gotta get paid!), personnel and do a few other admin type things.

To get to Montgomery, Erica and I left on August 7th at 0700 and drove to Tucson, AZ. In Tucson we met up with Tony, Erica's cousin who was in the area for a temporary internship-type duty with Mil. Intelligence. before he returns to West Point. The following day we marathon-drove (11 hours or so) to San Angelo, TX. In San Angelo (our future hometown from about Oct 09 - May 2010) we scouted out the mall, prospective apartments, the base, the restaurants and such. We were in San Angelo until the 12th when Erica flew home and I continued on to near Shrievport, LA. The following day I drove the rest of the way to Maxwell AFB.

Next week I will be out at a simulated deployment location, so don't anticipate another posting until at least next Friday. As for this weekend... nothing is on the schedule so I'll be looking for ways to keep myself entertained.

That's all for now, I'll post again in a bit.