Kevin hits the nail on the head

Kevin has had a nightmare ride through IRR-ville, and he summarizes the overall experience in this farewell post from his IRR blog.

Kevin and I met many moons ago at Fort Jackson, SC. At the time, Kevin was a week ahead of me. Now? He's heading home while I ponder another half a year of fighting for freedom. This happened for 2 reasons.

1) Kevin didn't have 6 months of training at Fort Bragg--he was 4 months into his deployment by the time I arrived in country.

2) Kevin's deployment was, for whatever reason, 7 months instead of 9-10.

Add that up and Kev's looking at a spring return, while Jeff, Chris and I are staring down the reality of a summer in the 'Stan.

I should end this post by saying that parts of my IRR experience have been far more successful than Kevin's. I have an important job here that I enjoy (at least insofar as I recognize that it's important and I as such want to do it well.) Other parts of my experience have been...well, let's just say that I'm reserving judgment until its time for MY parting shots, 6 months from now. Sigh...