Block leave dates are now finalized, formalized and officially disseminated for the families. SO why now? Is there a reason we couldn't have the dates a month ago at the FRG meeting? Is it really so difficult to keep the families in the know as to what the fuck is going on with OUR soldiers? They may have signed a contract so the Army may own their asses, but the Army swears up and down that family is important to them. Well, if family is so fucking important, why not keep us in the loop about shit like this?
It's not like block leave dates are a violation of OPSEC (not really, but I'll get to that). You aren't telling us the date the boys are boarding a plane to come home. No target is getting painted on the boys by releasing this info to us. The danger they are in isn't increased by showing a little goddamn common courtesy and telling us when they will be able to take leave.
And don't try to tell me that the Army just figured out when block leave was going to take place. They already know when the Rakkasans are headed back to the rockpile, and that is in a fucking year. Block leave is 3 months from now. Let me think . . . Is it within the realm of possibility that the Army can plan for more than a year out, but not know what the fuck is going on in a few months? I don't think so.
I'll tell you why I think it is that they withhold this kind of intel until they can't possibly keep it back anymore: they are trying to keep the boys from being too forward thinking. If the guys are looking too far ahead, their minds won't be on mission. Their morale will be too high to allow them to kill the enemy with extreme prejudice the way they are expected to. And it puts their lives in danger. It's only now when they are getting ready to pack up to come home that it's really safe to release leave dates. OPSEC in an ass backwards kind of way.
I get it. I really really do. But I am a wife. And I don't have to fucking like nor do I have to swallow the bullshit they are trying to sell when they say they just got the dates. Wives are trying to make plans for trips home and cruises and shit that require tickets that only get more expensive the longer you wait to buy them. We aren't all officers' wives who make $6-10K a month. Some of us have to budget.
So FUCK YOU, Army. We wives are not the pussies you seem to think we are. We are strong. We've made it this long without our hubbies and are still alive, kicking, and mostly sane. Just tell us the truth. "We have the dates, but are not releasing them due to OPSEC. You will have them as soon as we deem it safe to give out the info." Again, I may not like it, but given the choice between a dead husband and a more expensive ticket, I'll take the latter.
Just get his ass home to me in one piece (his penis, too) and then give me some time to rape him repeatedly. I'm good.
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