Wow! Just before my 40th birthday I got a call from my reserve unit telling me I was being transfered to another unit across the county and would be sent to Iraq. I got my orders a week after starting my new job, talk about an uncomfortable conversation! Luckily I will have a job when I return. I wonder how many vets aren't as lucky?

I enter active duty on 10 July and will train at Ft. McCoy for four weeks before I deploy.