Ran into Senior Chief R

I ran into Senior on my way to lunch today. She is from my unit back in California. Many members of my unit are dispersed as individual augmentees throughout Iraq and Afghanistan, and Tampa for the really lucky folks. It was heartening to chat with Senior. She's a great influence and I wish her luck on her assignment. She just finished her training at Fort Jackson/Udari Range and remarked that no one really talks about how tough the training was. It's probably because people block it out. That's why I am blogging about my tour, much of this stuff is so fleeting.