26 April 2009

34th Infantry Division

Deployment nears!

Strawberri’s rendezvous with destiny approaches. She is starting to get that “deer in the headlight” look in her eye. She will jet to Ft. Jackson, SC, on Sunday, 3 May, 09 More to follow.

I wanted to take a moment and thank everybody who attended Berri’s going away last Tuesday. Although the weather was a bit warm, a good time was had by all. Strawberri was moved by the show of support! Thanks Again!

No major news from our other deployed Soldier. Doc Robber is still in Korea doing what Soldiers do. At last report, he had visited the capital city of Seoul, and avoided landing in jail. So that is defined as a success for a young Soldier…all right, you got me…ANY Soldier…

All other things are going well. We are going to jet over to San Diego to smell some ocean air, eat some decent German food and sleep in a strange bed, wink, wink!

I will do a blog page after our mini vacation, so more to follow!!

05 April 2009

BAD NEWs

Bad week…….We had some uninvited guests on 31 Mar. Persons unknown entered Rancho de Gringo Loco and took Berri’s laptop, three of my heaters and various sundry items. The burglary took place betwixt 1230 and 1640 hours. The Jesse left for school at 1230 and Berri arrived home from work at 1640. The Police officer told us that there has been a dramatic increase in daytime burglaries. Some comfort, we are part of a popular crime wave!

No news from Doc Robber. I am speculating that he is in a state of alert, given the events in Korea as of late.

Doc Robbers snail mail is:

PV2 Robert Marshall
HHB 6th BN 37th FA
Unit # 15410
APO, AP 96224

Berri continues her physical and mental preparation for her return to active duty. The burglar should thank his lucky stars that he /she had left prior to her arrival…she is a better shot than I am. We are in the planning stages of Berri’s farewell drunk. The tradition in the barracks is to get rip-roaring drunk on the night prior to a deployment. Berri was not a barracks rat as long as I was, however I believe a send off is in order. More to follow!

Arch & Crew

P.S. I am offering a reward of $500.00 for info leading to the arrest and conviction of the offenders. Or the return of my heaters