I Will Be Mobilizing Soon - Milblog Status
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I got a comment today, and I thought I would need to clarify exactly where this blog is going and what it is about, and mostly, what to expect from it. For one, you may note that I'm not a blogger much these days, I just blog every now and then about information that I find interesting of a military persuasion. Sometimes it may be better to keep my mouth shut, but I have a chronic condition of foot in mouth so I just need to be aware of that. I will blog from time to time while I'm on the trail, but I probably won't be blogging a lot for several reasons. 1) I will be on the trail as a drill sergeant, which means I won't have a lot of free time and will likely not have a lot of time allocated toward doing things like blogging. 2) I will be on the trail as a drill sergeant, I need to be mindful of the things I post and what I say, as Drill Sergeants are a whole new breed of sergeant in the army. I'm not the best drill sergeant in the world, not by a long shot, but I do need to be mindful of the level of professionalism I portray. The things I like to write about are often not conducive to an appearance of professionalism. Which brings me to my next point. 3) I have grown quite a bit since my experiences in Kosovo. I used blogging as a form of release in what was sometimes a very frustrating experience due to a variety of reasons. I do not require this form of release anymore, and since I started blogging as a form of a ranting board (one of the reasons why my main blog is called 'incoherant ramblings and things better left unsaid'), I have long gone past that form of expression, as a public forum such as this is not the best method of talking about what I want to talk about. You the reader may be interested to see things in the army viewed from my perspective, and I may still relay a story from time to time, but if I have any doubts about whether or not to post something, I prefer not to post it. 4) Operational Security. Sure, there are some things that are common sense about my mission, and it isn't the level of OPSEC one would expect from a mission to Iraq or Afganistan, but OPSEC still needs to be maintained and I'm not always the best at maintaining it. That said, you know I am a drill sergeant. I'm going to Fort Knox to augment the summer surge, because most people attend basic combat training during their summer break for school. Because I am a female, I will not be training an OSUT (One station unit training) Company, but I will still be training an all male unit. That said, you might get time frames out of me, but I will try to refrain from mentioning specific dates. If I do post stories or pictures (most will likely be of me, as I don't want to post pictures of others without their permission if I can help it), I will try to leave them in the level of something you might find on the GoArmy Website, specifically what can be found about basic training. I will not mention names, of my soldiers or my fellow drill sergeants. I have made an effort to keep the confidentiality of the fellow soldiers in my units in the past, and I will try to maintain this. Because of this, most of what I may want to post might not be suitable for blogging. 5) I have a very self depreciating sense of humor. This comes out in my blog. I'm blunt and honest, especially about myself. That is something that I need to work on as a drill sergeant, and my humor comes out in my blog quite a bit. Blogging about what a goober I can be sometimes doesn't help me in this matter. I'm supposed to be a drill sergeant. My soldiers find this blog and read it, it might do something for my power base. Especially if they have read this blog before they entered Basic Training. 6) I like my hat and badge. I'm not the best drill sergeant in the army by any means, but I'm willing to learn to be the best I can be, and I don't want to give anybody any reason to take it away. What I write on this blog will be dependent on what I face, I wish to be respectful and mindful of my fellow peers, and yes, they know this blog exists. I had issues with this blog before while I was in Kosovo, I will do my best to make sure it remains a non-issue on this mobilization. There is a great possibility it might remain dead. Or I might choose to discuss other army issues, like commentaries on policies in the military and my take on them rather then mission specific items. We'll see how the blogging goes when I get to Knox.
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