We have an interesting predicament.

Today, I was shocked to find out that all of the lumber that I have worked for was gone. I built the Marines a gazebo so that I could have the left over lumber that they ordered. That was the deal I worked out with the Major that was in charge. Imagine my surprise when I went back there to see how much lumber I had to work with for the next project and I found that there was not even one of the 2x10x16s left in the stack. I promptly went on a search mission and found that the lumber had been used to build a deck in between a row of B-huts. And it was not even a deck that is worthy of being called a deck. He nailed the 2x10’s to some pallets and called it good. What a waste of quality lumber.

Imagine my surprise when I found out that the person who had taken all that lumber, without even so much as a please may I, was a soldier in my own unit. I had a talk with the man and he seemed to have no remorse what so ever. He will be surprised to learn, tomorrow, that the lumber will be returned to me one way or another. Especially since that lumber has been planned for this other project for more than a month. The IEW shop has been waiting patiently for their outdoor work platform and I am not about to let them down.

It appears that this person has been known to do things like this in the past. He has no regard for other people’s property. If he wants something and he finds it, he takes it, as though it was put there just for him to take it. Not much I can do about that at this point. I blame it on a poor upbringing. He is too old to retrain now. LOL Not to mention that he, too, is an NCO.

I finally picked up the last of the materials for the completion of the Alamo Forward. I hope to have it done in a few days so I can move on to that project for the IEW Shop. After that one is done, I will probably end up going down range to fill an order for some construction on a few of the FOBs that we are manning. I am kind of looking forward to getting out of BAF for while. I really want to see the country side. It is really beautiful here in the valleys where the water keeps things green this time of year.