Assumption Entered

Alright, so today wasn’t as bad as it could’ve been. But before I go on with that, I want to go ahead and get something out of the way. Gonna go ahead and take a quote from a Star Trek: Voyager episode (because of course, it’s my perrogative to do so): “Assumption entered.” Listed below are assumptions I’ve started to make based on what people have told me regarding IA’s; both to Afghanistan, and in general.

1. It’s a lot of fun, it’s good for your career, and a once in a lifetime experience.
2. You’ll make a lot of cash over there. An insane amount.
3. You’re coming back a first class.
4. When you get back, I’ll be your detailer. You’ll go through me and have your choice of shore stations.
5. Not many people go outside the wire. 90% of you won’t ever leave the safety of the base.
6. Most of your stress will come from getting used to the Army way of doing things.
7. Your time in South Carolina will be filled with whitespace. Unlike the Navy where we could blast through the training in about five days, there’ll be a lot of downtime.
8. (Conflicts with 7) There’ll be no downtime in South Carolina… unless you manage to get your rifle quals done on your first try.

There were a couple other things I was told, I’m sure, but those are the ones that stick out.

As a heads up, I probably won't be posting any major entries for the rest of processing for two reasons. First, there's not much of it left. And second, it's pretty much more of the same each day. You can expect a snazzy new photo of yours truly in my DCU's come Friday, though.