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sitting at the JMC waiting to process to deploy..

Discussion in 'Military' started by mrp192, Jan 8, 2010.

  1. Jan 8, 2010 at 11:28 AM
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    mrp192

    mrp192 [OP] REALLY!!

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    yep im deploying to guam again next thursday.. Gotta love getting off work at 12am and having to be back at work at 0745 again for process.. Then I believe I have to be back at work at 1400.. What a fun day for this guy!
     
  2. Jan 9, 2010 at 12:00 PM
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    cakmakli

    cakmakli Finally made it - U.S. Army Retired

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    After looking outside just now, I'd love to be going here again:

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  3. Jan 9, 2010 at 12:52 PM
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    boostin04sti bundy

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    yeah thats a tdy...
     
  4. Jan 9, 2010 at 1:01 PM
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    Going to Guam isn't really a deployment....is it? Sounds like a vacation.
     
  5. Jan 9, 2010 at 1:37 PM
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    cakmakli Finally made it - U.S. Army Retired

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    I was supposed to be there for two years but I only got to spend nine months there because I got promoted to MSG and had to PCS. I really loved it there and I guess I could have turned down the promotion but screw that. :)

    I did get to go through Super Typhoon Pongsona. I didn't even know Super was a classification but that's what they called it. Luckily I lived on Andersen so I was without electricity, phone, and gas for only two weeks.

    I'll tell you how much support I got from the Air Force. There was no gas to be bought on the whole island. I had a generator but no gas to put in it. I was lucky to just have a little in my car so I was riding my bike to the Army Reserve Center 12 miles off base.

    I then heard that the Air Force was giving everyone a ration card to buy five gallons of gas from the gas station on base. You were supposed to get it from your Command but mine was in Hawaii. I went to Family Support and explained to them the deal and I was told that even though I lived in on base housing I was not entitled to five gallons because I worked off base. I told them that I was riding a bicycle 12 miles off base and if I worked here I wouldn't need their damn gas.

    I ended up going to an Army COL who also was on base and he hooked me up. As it was you still had to wait in line for hours to have a 1LT pump exactly five gallons - no more no less.

    It's coming...
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    It's here. The eye of the storm...

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    It's gone...

    Base Housing

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    Downtown Tumon

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    Should have bought a Tacoma

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  6. Jan 10, 2010 at 4:40 PM
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    mrp192

    mrp192 [OP] REALLY!!

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    yes its more like a TDY but its a deployment... plus i would rather be in hawaii then guam.. guam is a poor hawaii..

    plus it hasnt even been a year since the last deployment..
     
  7. Jan 10, 2010 at 7:54 PM
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    That's what my wife always said but I liked Guam much better then Hawaii. Hawaii is too fast paced, too many tourists, and it just like being on the main land.

    Guam was laid back, the people much nicer, and every weekend there was a [FONT=Arial,Helvetica]f[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]ie[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]sta in some village[/FONT]. Those fiestas were the best with plenty of Budweiser, tuba, kelaguin, red rice, finadeni, and if you were very lucky and knew the right person a coconut crab or two.

    I agree that being away from home sucks no matter where you go but I'd go back again in a heart beat.





     

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