Thursday, March 03, 2005

Leave time and R&R

Several folks have been asking if I get leave. I do get two weeks, plus another four days of R&R.

The good thing about leave is that it’s guaranteed a FULL two weeks at home. The clock doesn’t start ticking until midnight of the day that I actually land back in Boise. This means that, depending on flight schedules and when I first touch down in the States at either Atlanta or Dalls and when I actually arrive in Boise, I might actually get up to almost 16 days at home. Plus you add in all the travel time on the front- and back-side and it means that I’ll spend almost three weeks not here.

I originally requested leave in July (it gets a little hot here then, you know). But Sally and I decided that we just need to see each other (and I need to finally meet Lilli) before then. So I’ve put in for the first available date and we hope that I might get to come home in April.

I might also get the four days R&R during April too. That time is spent in the region, either at a U.S. base farther north in Iraq or possibly Qatar. During this time you are allowed three beers per night and apparently they have some field trips to do. Rumor has it that if you get to go to Qatar, you also are allowed to leave base (with an escort) and go to bars, malls, etc. With travel time, the R&R is often almost eight days not here. So it should be a good April for me!

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