Josh was home for almost three weeks...it was really wonderful having him around, coming home from work and having the Silverado parked in front of the house, game night, our favorite Thai place...His home town recruiting gig turned out to be less than strenuous...a couple of hours per day putting flyers on cars and a shredding stint...
He had a chance to visit with his buddy Trent before he returned to Afghanistan, he was able to visit with almost all of his friends before he had to leave again for Fort Drum...
He slept in, played video games, ate fatty cakes and fast food, took the occasional nap, got a tattoo...you know the usual vacation type stuff...
We even had an all out Thanksgiving feast on the Sunday before he left, it was a great time with lots of food, family and some new friends...
Josh caught the red eye to Newark and then a connection flight to Syracuse. Then it was a short drive from Syracuse to Watertown, NY and then on into Fort Drum. He showed up one day early and was almost immediately plunged back into Army life...there was an unexpected hour of PT...kind of a new guy welcome thing...
Because of the holiday, there was a four day weekend so the Fort was a little empty. He was assigned into the brand new barracks complex and ran into soldiers that he met when he was at Fort Leonard Wood. He spent most of the weekend getting used to the Fort. It will take two weeks for the in processing to be complete, I can't figure out what in the world will take two weeks to process buy hey, it's the Army...stay tuned...
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