Military Miscellaneous

Well finally the Defense bill was signed by President Obama yesterday.  Finally.  Only 28 days into the new fiscal year, but who’s counting?  We have been anxiously awaiting the signing of the bill so that we can get an official copy of the orders to San Diego.  D has been checking on the orders every few days with the detailer since October 1st.  His orders are there in the system but he hasnt gotten the official copy because the DoD had no money.  So now that there is money we should get them soon.  So Yay!  D needs to make arrangements for school in Virginia for next year, and we are just anxious to have them in hand of course.  Nothing like planning your life around a set of orders you haven’t actually seen.  But… Im sure we aren’t the first ones in that boat.

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My hubby got really excited when I showed him an article from the military.com newsletter about a VBSS team that seized a bunch of narcotics.  He’s hot for VBSS teams, mostly because he was part of one, and hopes to be again.  The headline read: “USS Anzio (CG 68), operating as part of the Combined Maritime Forces, a U.S.-led coalition supporting maritime security operations in the region, seized approximately four tons of hashish found aboard a skiff Oct. 15 in the Gulf of Aden, with an estimated street-value of $28 million.”  And with a picture to boot… my husband was all sorts of giddy.

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I keep having dreams about moving to San Diego.  In them we are usually living in military housing.  In my dreams the houses are always pastel colors with white trim. And the lawns are lush greens, and the families are so happy and smiley.  It looks like a frigging Enzyte commercial, well… or the stepford wives.  I get into a panic into how I wont fit in, and every one will wont like me.  Not because of the person that I am, but because I just can’t smile all the damn time!  My cheeks hurt in my dream.  And I wake up with jaw pain from apparently trying to smile while I sleep.  It’s freaky.  I’d like this dream to go away.

I know.  Im weird.

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So with that all being said, I am going to leave you with a picture of my husband all dressed up for a VBSS boarding during his last deployment.  He’s wearing the hat because – he really is the fairest of them all. 

He he!  He’s so sexy!