DAY 83 / FEB 20

DAY 83 / FEB 20

 

Presidents Day!  Another holiday to chalk up in the "worked on" column!   Well, I can't really say worked… but…

 

Actually it was quite busy.  I managed to arrange to bring my 7.62mm guns back to my company.   They have been sitting in the FSB for the last two weeks because they didn't have spare barrels (they had their original barrels – but machine guns are supposed to have a spare so that you can change them out).   At first they didn't want to let them go without the second barrel – which was on order – but in the end, they decided we could take them back until the barrels get in.  More firepower for the patrol.

 

I also had to track down a few last items for an inventory for the commnader.  These inventories are crazy and we do four of them a month.

 

We did have a little NVG scare.  Apparently our armorer had a less-than-efficient system for tracking where these NVGs went and when one didn't turn up where it was supposed to, that caused some trouble.   And to complicate matters, at the beginning of the month, I had CLEARLY instructed someone that when they located each piece of equipment that they should annotate where they found it.   So, I went to this person and asked about this specific set of NVGs and it turns out that, yes, he had seen it, but no, he hadn't written it down (and also please insert your favorite excuse here: too busy, too many people, etc etc).   I couldn't even argue – just had to walk away in disgust.  The set did turn up with the person who was originally signed for them, so in the end, all was ok.

 

Other than that and the usual shower, lunch, dinner and getting the paperwork ready for someones meeting today, it was a slow day.  

 

Just a word of caution – eating too many jalapenos for lunch and dinner, no matter how tasty, can cause trouble later on in the day.