Drill And Ceremony
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Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. They finally had a ceremony for the change of command here in Bondsteel as Task Force Med Falcon X retired its colors and Task Force Med Falcon XI was put up in its place. Members from both Task Forces were required to attend. I was one of the unfortunate ones picked to be in the formation. I usually don't mind formations. Honestly. But I have to admit that the army has a love affair with having a ceremony for everything. Whether it be graduation or change of command or a retirement or whatever. Sometimes, we just have to run through a graduation for a two day course where we are the only ones attending. Yes, I've had to do that before, dress rehearsal and everything. In this circumstance, we had to wear our Kevlar and pistol belt and have our weapon at our side. I usually have my KFOR badge on my sleeve but in this case obviously that had to be put elsewhere. It is considered a sensitive item so I had to keep it with me. I decided to put it up in the mesh of my Kevlar. I've put things up there before, sometimes it's a good place to store things you don't want to get lost. Like your cover. Stupid me. I had a severe headache as the thing pressed into my skull halfway through the ceremony. And my feet were getting soar, and for some reason, I had this really bad itch on my chest that was asking to be scratched. Ehehe, I was in the first squad. Damn it. No scratching for you sarge! One of the little ceremonies they performed was the change out of the unit colors, the ceremony begins with the Color Guard bringing out the American Colors, along with the Task Force Falcon Colors (I think, I didn't really get a good look at it) as well as the outgoing unit Colors. There's this little drill that happens where they take out the old and bring in the new. I hope our Colors were not an omen. As soon as they were taken out of their bag and rose with the rest of the colors, the flag somehow lost its hook and slid down the staff. And it stayed that way throughout the entire ceremony. Our colors at halfstaff, not a good sign. And I couldn't help but wonder when I could scratch.
Posted by Erickson on 3:00 PM : (((
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