"Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot, over?"

As of October 1st 2007 Airsoft in the UK is basicaly illegal as a result of the "Violent Crime Reduction Act." Okay what the hell guys? What next Mother England is going to ban the longbow? When the iron lady left office was that the begining of the end??

"You're in the Army now,
You're not behind a plough,
You're digging a ditch and life's a bitch,
You're in the army now."

Yep, first day. Will be at home station a few more day before I go though.

Gotta run but I wanted to test out my new LJ icons... By new I mean KatriaWebwench made them for me 2 or 3 years back and I never got around to figuring out how to make them work till I had a friend over. :)

To summise, "Yay!"

Tomarrow afternoon I have an apointment with a Customs Special Agent up in Spokane. Hopefuly it all goes smooth. *tail twitches nervously*

I do believe I have earned a redneck point. At present time my trucks tail lights consist of 2 angle head flashlights with red tape over the lenses zip tied to the back of my truck.

( Long meme, I blame Kal )

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So I've been excused from work on account that, the DoT can't find the highway. And its still coming down.

Hope, what's the 3 day forecast?

Okay so I'm still here. I guess I'm in limbo till the work comes down the pipe to go. I talked to my civie boss and I still have my job for the next two weeks, if I'm in limbo longer than that I'll be working greatly ruduced hours as my next two weeks will be spent training my replacement ( Read more... )

Just learned a soldier from my basic training company was killed last month. He had made sergeant and was doing his second combat tour. He rushed to the aid of a soldier wounded in the legs by an IED but was inself targeted by a secondary device. Near as I can tell he's the only one.

Okay so I'm having a minor freak out here. Tomarrow is the day I'm suposed to go on active duty and there is still no plans, orders or confirmation at my level. I could still be waiting a month for orders (like WTF mate). If it weren't for the constraints of my civilian employment which I need to survive it wouldn't be so bad. I mean you just ( Read more... )