We are moving to Fort Jackson, South Carolina in a few months. We were suppose to go to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. I guess I should go back a month…
The LT was up for promotion in April, the board came back with the list in August, unfortunately the LT wasn’t on it. We knew his name wasn’t going to be on the list, but it didn’t make it any better. We were very disappointed, but knew that this was just God’s way of telling us that the Army just might not be the place for us. We were set to leave Hawaii in Dec and go to Fort Sill for Captain’s Career Course, but since he wasn’t being promoted, he was now going to be an XO at AIT at Fort Sill. Last week he met with his Branch Manager, and he told the LT that he couldn’t get orders for Fort Sill right then, but that there were openings at Fort Jackson. The LT called me and we talked about it, and we both felt that Jackson would be the best place for us at this time. We aren’t going to be able to take much leave, and we wanted to go home for Christmas, but just didn’t think it would work with driving from Oklahoma to Georgia/Tennessee. And Jackson is quite closer to our families. So, now the LT will be an XO for a Basic Training unit. We aren’t sure how long we will be at Jackson, and the LT will be up for promotion again in April, which means we will know by August where we will go. If he gets promoted it’s off to Fort Sill, if he’s not, then we will stay at Jackson until his time is up.
We are so very excited for the next chapter. We are going to miss Hawaii so much, but this is a good thing. And we are so excited for a change!
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