On Friday December 12, 2008 I commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army. That day was one of the most satisfying days of my life, as years of hard work in school and training paid off. Of course I wouldn't have been able to do any of it with out the love and support of my wife Bethany and our children Hannah, and Ainnsley.
Now that I'm an actually LT, you may be wondering what's next? Well, right now I'm on the high-speed adventure of getting all of my paper-work processed so I can do cool things like: get paid, and have insurance. Right now my orders are to work in the ROTC until TBD which is great that I will be getting paid right away (hopefully), but annoying because I don't know when my dates are for my training (BOLC II/III). To complicate matters, Bethany is due in May, so I'm hoping my BOLC II date isn't until June. In addition, I don't know our duty station or unit yet.
Right now I'm living the dream of half-days at the ROTC house, as there isn't a ton of work for me to do as of yet, and the holidays are right around the corner. I will update this blog with more info as it comes available to me, for now I'm just focusing on reading FM's and doing PT.
-Herkimer out
