It's official - I'm shipping out!

[CybrSlydr]

Found out, officially, that I will be deploying with the 5-25th Field Artillery, 4/10th Mountain, sometime soon, to Afghanistan.

I don't know when exactly, yet, and I couldn't tell you if I did (OpSec and all), but it'll be before February. I'll be with one of the two batteries - one is a maneuvering battery, the other is a fires battery. In a teleconference with the battalion CSM already there, he said that half of us 13Bs will be with the maneuver battery and the other half with the fires battery.

If I find out more, and if I can tell you, I'll let you guys know.

[PRB]

Be safe out there, Cybr!

[Panther_99FS]

Puts a whole different perspective on Ft Polk ;)
Keep your head down!

[OBIO]

I have a nephew that is with the 10th Mountain Division. I have no idea what brigade or what have you. He is currently stationed at Ft. Drum in up-state New York. The last I heard, his unit/brigade/whatever was very close to the top of the Afghan deployment list. He was hoping that his time would be up before the deployment. He was in Iraq for 16 or 17 months, had an RPG go right past his head while he was manning the roof .50 on a Humvee, and came under small arms fire a number of times. His wife of a little over a year now really doesn't like the possibility that he could be deployed to Afghanistan for a year or more.

OBIO

[CybrSlydr]

I have a nephew that is with the 10th Mountain Division. I have no idea what brigade or what have you. He is currently stationed at Ft. Drum in up-state New York. The last I heard, his unit/brigade/whatever was very close to the top of the Afghan deployment list. He was hoping that his time would be up before the deployment. He was in Iraq for 16 or 17 months, had an RPG go right past his head while he was manning the roof .50 on a Humvee, and came under small arms fire a number of times. His wife of a little over a year now really doesn't like the possibility that he could be deployed to Afghanistan for a year or more.

OBIO

He's probably with either the 1st, 2nd or 3rd BCT. 4th is the only one in Ft. Polk. Most likely 2nd or 3rd.

[jmig]

Good Luck out there. You come back safe, ya hear!

:salute:

[David_L6]

I wish you the very best of luck and hope that you don't get stuck over there too long. :salute:

Be as careful as you can be.

[Cloud9Gal]

Blessings to you Cybr! Be safe my friend!

[Matt Wynn]

good luck buddy, i know as a fellow brother in arms you'll do your country proud and be a great asset to the coalition out there. always admired you nine mile snipers i couldn't stand around artillery all day...

from a 1 (and a bit) mile sniper...
:sniper:

...come back safe y'hear?! :wavey:

[TARPSBird]

Cybr, you'll probably be heading over there same time as my son, he's with 2-30 INF. Have a safe deployment and stay in touch with us here at SOH. :USA-flag:

[TARPSBird]

What's with this underlining???

[olaf1924]

Cybr thank you for your service and I wish you and all the rest of the us armed forces come home safe.:salute:

[demorier]

Some Christmas present, beauty.....New years in Afganistan.:toilet:

[IanHenry]

The very best of luck, take care.

Regards,
Ian.

[CybrSlydr]

Some Christmas present, beauty.....New years in Afganistan.:toilet:

Some guys are heading over a few days after Christmas.

I'll be going a little after the New Year.

Thanks and you're welcome folks - I'll try to keep in touch. :)

[Bjoern]

Keep your head down and say "Hi" to any Germans you encounter from me.

[Ickie]

keep your head low in Afghanistan.

[Curtis P40]

Be Safe. I bet Ft Polk won't look that bad in a few months.:jump:

[Cazzie]

Be safe and Godspeed Cybr, hope we hear from you when the hitch is up. Got a good buddy in Washington state, whose son was with the 10th. He did two hitches in the Stan and is out of the service now.

Caz

[TARPSBird]

The 10th Mountain is like my old Navy squadron, they've always got somebody deployed. My son got his second tour in Bosnia and a tour with the UN command in the Sinai while he was with the 10th.

[Jagdflieger]

Keep your head down and your armor on.

The 10th Mountain Division is, last that I heard, the most deployed unit in the Army right now.

If you're assigned to the fires battery, you should have internet and should be able to stay in touch and I'll bet they'll have something set up for the maneuver battery too.

Will you get to go home on leave for Christmas?

[CybrSlydr]

Negative - I'm going on pass the 23rd through 26th, but not taking leave.

[robert41]

Give em hell Cybr. Stay safe. Thank you.