I started my first class in Air War College. After two years of school and three Master's Degrees in two years, I can't believe I have to do this again. The elective is titled "Coercive Airpower." This should be fairly easy since I spent the entire last year studying the same subject.
This exercise is painful. It's not that anything we're doing is that difficult. It's just difficult to coordinate with HHQ and the Koreans and attend all the meetings at the same time. I'll be really happy about this time next week when this thing is over. I'm going up to Yongsan next week to coordinate between the KAOC and Combined Forces Command. I'm being sent to help fix broken processes, but that's like asking a deckhand to go and push the Titanic out of the way of an iceberg. Wish me luck...I'll need it.
Cheers,
Richard
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Day 41 (14 Aug) - 1 Key Down, ??? To Go
Burnt the last of my first range key today, which makes it officially 56 buckets at this point. Let's see...56 buckets in 41 days. I'll let you do the math.
Went out on the town last night. We hit three different bars. First, the VFW. Second, The Playroom. Third, JJ's. My observations...
1. Lots of American men and Korean women.
2. There's something about being in a foreign country that makes people want to drink Miller Lite.
3. Korean women are no strangers to high heels.
Cheers,
Richard
Went out on the town last night. We hit three different bars. First, the VFW. Second, The Playroom. Third, JJ's. My observations...
1. Lots of American men and Korean women.
2. There's something about being in a foreign country that makes people want to drink Miller Lite.
3. Korean women are no strangers to high heels.
Cheers,
Richard
Friday, August 12, 2011
Day 39 (12 Aug) - Another Farewell
Tonight we went to a Korean restaurant in Songtan to say farewell to the Korean counterpart for my boss. I'm not sure what his Korean name is; we call him "Lincoln."
This is the lovely Chung-Un Bulgogi House.
A table for 20 of my closest friends.
Grilled marinated pork ribs and garlic.
The servers cut the pork with scissors when it's ready.
The American is my boss.
The guy on my left is Kan, one of my two ROK counterpart. The guy on my right is Mickey, who just got here. He flies F-15Ks and went through the B course at Seymour Johnson with the 333rd in 2005, so we had a lot to talk about. He told me that the Koreans have adopted callsigns after going through American TX courses.
The night lights of Songtan.
Cheers,
Richard
This is the lovely Chung-Un Bulgogi House.
A table for 20 of my closest friends.
Grilled marinated pork ribs and garlic.
The servers cut the pork with scissors when it's ready.
The American is my boss.
The guy on my left is Kan, one of my two ROK counterpart. The guy on my right is Mickey, who just got here. He flies F-15Ks and went through the B course at Seymour Johnson with the 333rd in 2005, so we had a lot to talk about. He told me that the Koreans have adopted callsigns after going through American TX courses.
The night lights of Songtan.
Cheers,
Richard
Friday, August 5, 2011
Day 32 (5 Aug) - Ta Da!
Today a minor miracle happened. I got my stuff!
Three boxes made it literally around the world and into my room. Golf clubs? Check!!!
Box #2 of 3. What I notice about this box are the two big holes in the side that are covered with tape. Now, the interesting thing is that there were no holes in the side when it left Alabama. Hmmm...
Only one small bit of damage. My Black & Decker knock-off of the Foreman Grill lost a corner, but it still works. Not bad even for how little stuff I had.
Here's my room now with all the extra stuff. The books were a little bruised but fairly intact. I will never ever allow them to move my books again without packing them separately.
Cheers,
Richard
Three boxes made it literally around the world and into my room. Golf clubs? Check!!!
Box #2 of 3. What I notice about this box are the two big holes in the side that are covered with tape. Now, the interesting thing is that there were no holes in the side when it left Alabama. Hmmm...
Only one small bit of damage. My Black & Decker knock-off of the Foreman Grill lost a corner, but it still works. Not bad even for how little stuff I had.
Here's my room now with all the extra stuff. The books were a little bruised but fairly intact. I will never ever allow them to move my books again without packing them separately.
Cheers,
Richard
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Day 31 (4 Aug) - Ouch, Quit It! Ouch, Quit It!
It's been a long week and it's not over yet.
In short, 39 hrs of work in the last three days. Yep...13.0, 12.5, 13.5. I'm ready for this exercise to be over, and this is just the warm up.
I just typed the title for this post and realized I've been here for one full month. Between that and finally getting my household goods (HHG) tomorrow, I should be pretty excited, if only I wasn't too tired.
Funny story about my HHG. Turns out they've been here since July 19th. However, TMO never called or emailed me to let me know. Yes, it must be that difficult.
Notes if you're moving here...
1. You must know how to use the DPS website or you will regret it (I can send slides). This is the only way to find out if your stuff is actually here or not.
2. When your stuff gets here, forget about DPS. Call TMO then and when they see that your stuff is here, they'll send you a phone number for the moving company. Call the company directly and schedule delivery. Delivery date is negotiable based on how much stuff you had. They said next Tuesday, I said this Friday, and they said OK.
Cheers,
Richard
In short, 39 hrs of work in the last three days. Yep...13.0, 12.5, 13.5. I'm ready for this exercise to be over, and this is just the warm up.
I just typed the title for this post and realized I've been here for one full month. Between that and finally getting my household goods (HHG) tomorrow, I should be pretty excited, if only I wasn't too tired.
Funny story about my HHG. Turns out they've been here since July 19th. However, TMO never called or emailed me to let me know. Yes, it must be that difficult.
Notes if you're moving here...
1. You must know how to use the DPS website or you will regret it (I can send slides). This is the only way to find out if your stuff is actually here or not.
2. When your stuff gets here, forget about DPS. Call TMO then and when they see that your stuff is here, they'll send you a phone number for the moving company. Call the company directly and schedule delivery. Delivery date is negotiable based on how much stuff you had. They said next Tuesday, I said this Friday, and they said OK.
Cheers,
Richard
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