We are about to hit a milestone within the Wings Legal office. The first person from our office is about to go on R&R leave. He only has one more day of work and then he will be off. He likes to remind us of this quite often. I don't really mind all of his reminders, because the faster he goes on R&R the quicker I go on R&R.
R&R is 15 days long, plus however many travel days it takes you to get back and forth from Afghanistan and wherever you are going. He is going back to Hawaii, so it is likely he will be gone over 20 days. Back when we were still in Iraq, it was very common to get stuck in Kuwait for a long time and you could be gone for a whole month with travel days. Now, the possibility of getting stuck in Kuwait is way less. With the Army going to 9 month deployments, there are way less people going on R&R, so it is easier to get flights. Soldiers on 9 month deployments do not get R&R, my unit will be deployed for 12 months, so we do.
The good thing about R&R is that the Army will send you any where in the world you want to go. And in case you haven't been paying attention, I'm going to Europe! I can't wait! So my NCO will be leaving in 2 days and once he gets back, it will be pretty much time for me to leave. So, I say this with love, but good riddance to my NCO!
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