USTommyMC

Ok today I got two pieces of news that I’ve been waiting for. The first one was via email and the fact that I know have official orders to Okinawa, Japan.

It’s not the unit or camp that I wanted but then again the whole point of these orders were so that I could reenlist early and get my bonus tax free. With that end of the plan completed, now I have to finish my reenlistment paperwork as quick as possible. The last thing I want is a delay at HQMC and me leaving Iraq without my money.

The second set of news I got was via telephone and it’s that I’m not staying here a year. Actually I kind of already knew this because it was all part of ‘the’ plan.

You see the only reason I was even thinking of staying here a year is if I didn’t get orders within the first six months. Stay here a year, without orders, would have allowed me to reenlist and get the bonus tax free. Now that I have orders, the whole year thing is null and void.

So tomorrow I begin my trek around base to hit all the widgets on my reenlistment checklist. We’ll see how it goes.