It's been a while

Ok, the blog has been dormant for several months.  In my defense, I have been in pre-deployment training getting ready for an Afghanistan deployment.  Since I am sure I don't have any readers left, not that I really had any to begin with, I am probably just talking to the wind.  But, this can suffice for the historical record.  I am still pretty busy over here in Afghanistan, but I do have time I can use to write.  Lets just see how this goes.