A day of rest

Well, it is now early afternoon on the 16th of Feb. and today has been nothing more than a day of rest. I let my guys sleep in and enjoy their first day off in a while. I just did my reports to higher and coordinated our trip out of here. Or at least, tried to coordinate it. I have run into a space availability issue. It seams that we, as a team, have too much equipment to get on a regular transport and thus have to wait for a Ch 47 team to be available and not filled up with other passengers. The alternative is going to be a convoy to our check point at which time we should be able to catch a Helo from there.

I am truly impressed with the efforts of those around us. They all want us to stay here due to the fact that we are considered a HVA (High Value Asset), but, are bending over backwards to try to get us to our intended destination. I would have thought that they would do anything to stall our departure so as to have us run missions here for them. This is a truly selfless unit that I am working with. They are willing to push us out to another unit, despite the fact that it is going to degrade their mission capabilities. I guess they understand that we are more useful (combat effective) at the other site, since it is considerably more active. I feel kind of bad for them, they are Really nice people.

We are hoping to be out of here in the next few days. I am not optimistic about that though. The main issue is that they can not take us all at once. I am going to have to decide who gets left behind for a day or two. That will be difficult. You never want to split up the team. It took me almost a week, the last time, to get us all back together. Mostly due to flight delays brought on by the poor weather. That is, hopefully, behind us. The last few days have been rather nice. I am looking forward to not needing to use my "snivel" gear the rest of the trip. Unless, of course, we go up into the mountains. Where it is cold all year around. Not much to tell about anything for today. I will write again next time.