Theodore's World

I say Hooah. I hope to get me some. I just submitted my 368 and my 4187. Which means my Reserve Unit releases me and then I transfer over to the Regular Army. I've been volunteering for deployment pretty much since I got there. The problem is, they just don't have slots open for my MOS. I guess I'll just re-class and go Combat Arms. I might not have a choice either, from what I hear, a lot of guys are having to go Infantry 'cause I guess that's what the Army needs right now.

Thank you, Patrick and all who are with you!!
You do us PROUD!

and PFC John, it's people like you who give me hope for this country during this most troubling time. Stay safe ~

Thank you Patrick and all those who served with you.

Best of luck and hope you find what you are seeking John, it's a big decision but you won't have to wait for some forced deployment, it will be of your choice. You are inspiring to us all.
we're working on getting you a real CIC.

Thank you very much Patrick. You guys have done a great job.

Good Luck John. Guess you will have to do what the Army wants. If you go you will have some great experiences and meet some friends for life. And thanks for being part of that 1% that serves all the rest of us. Keep us informed.

God love you and John 15:13 says "Greater no love than this, than a man who lays down his life for a friend." FREEDOM IS NOT FREE!

Welcome Home Patrick, and thank you for your service.

John is your MOS critical, they may not want to lose you to the 'Grunts.'

WELCOME HOME and thank you Patrick.

Mark, unfortunately no, I'm a generator mechanic (52D) and they have a lot of contractors out there, so I'll most likely get slotted for Infantry or some other Combat MOS.

John PFC U.S. Army, keep us updated
how it is going.
Thank you JohnE for serving and for what
you plan on doing it means a lot.

Think positive JohnE. I do wish you the very best too. Infantry uses generators for their radios and such, you might parlay that MOS into a communications slot. Back in '68 one of my fellow soldiers was working for National Cash Register before going over as a 5 ton driver, once in country someone found out about his civie background at Americal, the lucky stiff spent the last 6 months at battalion inside an air conditioned NCR 500 van on a mainframe computer plotting trajectories of the backtracking radars instead of being a physical minesweeper. Uncle has a nasty habit of putting someone in a different MOS if they want to. As a hard striper for my last 22 months, I worked my MOS and then some, as the old man said, when I questioned Top about the sudden responsibility promotion, nobody asked you what you wanted to do:) I have no regrets as the leadership role stretched my capabilities and made me privy to missions, it was extra duty and I attended every NCO briefing I could so I could better prepare the men and equipment for it.