We have a new Commander

We had a change of command ceremony today. The Battalion Commander (BC) has been called to a new mission and has been replaced by the Executive Officer (XO). We did the formal ceremony this morning. It was not too bad. The speeches were held to a minimum by all the people involved. Of course they all started with the obligatory “I will keep this short" statement and then they all went into a monologue that lasted a little longer than they said it would, but, it was not too bad. And in most cases, the speeches were actually relevant to the ceremony. I have some pictures, but, not with me. I will down load them from my camera later and post them.

I also have some update about what is going on with me here at BAF. I am still the Project Guy here, but, I am also the Mayor again, just not officially. I still do all the Mayor Cell things that I did before, except for the stuff that involves dealing with the Billeting office. That is being handled by my assistant. I am, however, not in my office much lately because of the Alamo Forward. This makes things easier.

The Alamo Forward is coming right along. I have hit a stopping point due to supply issues. It seems that we have a thief on post. I was hit for 35 sheets of plywood and then I found out that the same night some other units also were hit and lost plywood and other things like 2x4's and 2x6's. I now have to wait for a resupply of materials to finish the Gazebo. I will get some pictures of that as well, once I am finished, and post them on here.

It also looks like I am going to be getting leave after all. This in not for sure yet, but, I was told that it is looking like some leave slots are going to open up either in August or September. I do not know if I even want to look forward to that right now with the way things are going. I hate to get my hopes up because things are so fluid here that nothing is for sure until it is actually happening.