Guys,
I can't begin to thank all of you enough for this most unexpected--and undeserved--thread. I can't sugar-coat it, this deployment couldn't be any more surprising to me. But this is what I signed up for 10 years ago. All I ever wanted to do was fly, and now I get to help start an Air Force in another country!
I promise I will get to each and every email, PM, text, and letter in time. But to get the information out, I will be in Ft. Dix, NJ from Sep 21-Oct 15 and then forward deploy directly from NJ to Tikrit, Iraq for 6 months. During those three weeks, I should only get one day a week off. I have no idea when those days will be. I promise I'll tee it up with some of you if short notice is okay.