A Battlefield Promotion...

Today one of the Soldiers in the BDE received a battlefield promotion.  She was promoted from Specialist to Sergeant.  Normally a Soldier would have to go before a promotion board and be recommended for promotion, then wait for points to come, and if they have enough points, then they will be promoted.  In a battlefield promotion, all that is skipped over, and the Soldier is promoted on the spot.  So, it's kind of an honor to be selected for a battlefield promotion.  So congratulations to SGT Sims!

Other than that, my day was pretty normal.  I interviewed a couple sexual assault victims, which is always exciting (that's sarcasm, in case it didn't come across).  One, I just called on the phone as she is located at another FOB, and my recent travels caused a few people to tell me to keep my butt at KAF.  So, I obliged and just interviewed the victim on the phone instead of hopping on a helicopter to go see her in person.  Although, if the case ends up going forward, I will need to interview her in person.  The other victim was located here at KAF, so I just had to travel out to Mustang Ramp (the other side of the airfield where we keep all our aircraft and units who fly the aircraft).  I was hoping to see the camels again, but sadly, they weren't there.

I got a package today from Michael's Aunt Cheryl and the people she works with.  It was filled with lots of basic necessities and just things that generally come in handy for a Soldier in Afghanistan.  It was greatly appreciated, but as everyone has been so generous to me with sending me packages, I thought that I would give it to one of my Soldiers who doesn't really get any care packages.  It really made her day when she realized I was giving it to her.  So, hopefully everyone from Aunt Cheryl's school won't mind that I gave their package away, but I can assure them that it went to a Soldier in need, and was definitely appreciated.  Thanks a bunch!

PFC Fitzgerald enjoying her care package

SPC Sims getting promoted to SGT

SGT Sims thanking everyone