So Since my last post I have been on a 4 day pass, and was able to go back home. Going home for a couple days before I leave for deployment is fun. The down side is saying goodbye one last time. I guess that's why some guys chose to stay here, I just couldn't pass up the importunity to see my 2 beautiful children and my wonderful and also beautiful wife. We were able to spend a day with my mom, dad, and grandma. Also, went to the lake on a pontoon boat for Memorial Day so that was really fun with my family and friends. That makes me miss home so much especially summer time in Arizona. I got to spend a great night at a resort with my wife where we just got to hang out and spend quality time together and talk about a lot of things that were going on with both of us. I am back now and the only thing I can think of is how I wanna go home. I just have to get through almost 10 months of Afghanistan and I will be home, we are all done with training and so now we are just sitting around waiting for a plane! This is the worst time because we don't have much to do. I guess it will be a lot of movies and stuff like that. Well I guess I will end this post and continue watching movies, like always do the right thing.

High Blood Pressure!

I have not said anything before but, I was diagnosed with hyper tension. According to a new regulation any soldier put on any medication needs to be stable pm it for 90 days. There is a waiver for it to be dropped to 45. So long story short I was not going to leave with my fellow soldiers and have to stay back for like 2 weeks. Well, se officer was able to sign my waiver early and I'm gonna be leaving with my unit. It would have been nice to to see my wife more but I don't wanna be labeled as the guy who couldn't deploy with the other guys. Well have a great time and do the right thing.

Last day of road a longs!

Throughout the last week we were doing ride a longs with the MP's out at Fort Bliss, it has been fun and a lot of the guys learned a lot and some new experiences. I must say I am glad it's over for the simple fact that we couldn't really do anything because we are going down range and wouldn't be able to come back of the case went to court. This is going to be a long 2 days because e will be on pass for Memorial Day weekend and I'm going home. Well guy take care and do the right thing!

Ride A Long day #1

So yesterday was a long day, I had to sit on on the DESK( where they do all the paper work and track the calls) it was a long day of nothing just sitting there. Today on the other hand I get to work on the road and see what all the patrols do.

Starting the Ride A Longs

Today is day one with the Fort Bliss MP's. Let's just hope these next 4 days go by fast.

Refering back to my last post. After going through the active shooter training today and my unit did some other training back in Arizon that was hosted by Glendale Police dept. SWAT Sergeant, I feel like I would do a great job at responding to an active shooter. I was asked today "Why did you join the military and what made you wanna be an MP?" Thats the question everyone who joins should have no problem answering. I would like to share it with anyone who reads this. I told the SSG trainer that I joined the military because when the twin towers were hit the USA was found to be not bulletproof like we always thought. There is only 1% of the population that make up the military and it's not for everyone. I wanna fight for those who can't fight theirselfs, when you look at all the memorial walls and see who gave there lives so we have the chance to make such decisions as who is President all the way to writing this blog! I took a lot of things for grantit. Those NYFD/NYPD lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001 did just that put their lives on the line for people who needed them. I couldn't walk around knowing I am doing nothing to protect those wo can't do it. I'm not saying people who don't join are not American or anything I just feel like I cant stand by and do nothing. I was 17 and really didn't know what I was going to do. So, it was easy for me. I would stay awake at night and watch all the tanks invade Iraq and want to be there. I want to be an MP mostly because I want to be a civilian cop and thats about protecting innocent people. I didn't grow up in the best neiborhood and a happy family. Drugs were the norm in my area I would see bad people all the time getting away with hurting innocent people so if I could stop just one person I would feel accomplished. I have reenlisted once before and I love doing this job and anyone in the military,Law Enforcment, Fire Dept. would go in while everyone is running out because if we don't who will? Thanks for reading until next time, do the right thing!!

Being back on main base

We had to do se training off main Bliss for some combat stuff, since we have completed that we now are doing our garrison(like civilian police stuff) training. Today we are doing some active shooter training. Yesterday 5/17/12 we watched a video on the columbine shootings and watching it really makes you mad. How could someone do something like that? Seeing things like that reminds you why you do what you do and the reason you are cops, fire fighters, or join the military. I know I joined because seeing the attacks of 9/11 and how they didn't even care what effects they had on a whole country pissed me off so much and watching the towers fall and how our country would never be the same. I have been in the military for almost 10 years and this is my 2nd deployment and watching soldiers get hit with roadside bombs and stuff like that really pisses me off words can't express the anger I start feeling just writing about the videos I have seen, and you forget how you actually felt that day until you watch the video or see pictures of that day. So, of your reading this please never forget and always do the right thing.

OC Spray and Tazer Day!

This Mother's Day was one I will never forget. The day started out with a test on the Tazer and ended up with a lane where I had to get pepper sprayed and fight off a couple suspects. First we has to go through the Tazer, those of you that have never been tazered in training or real life it's an experience you will never forget. It's the worst pain you will ever feel but it only last for 5 seconds. We had one female soldier get shot in the side and one of the prongs for stuck in her rib bone. After that we had to go through an OC lane we had to get sprayed along the eye brow line and fight of like 4-5 suspects using an ASP and my weapon. That was cool because I have never had to go through that before so all and all we had a very interesting day. Her is a picture of me going through the 5 second Tazer ride as they say.

Me and my bad ass squad at Ft. Dix, New Jersey

Me and Lt. Col.

Here I am when we first started training. We were at Ft. Dix, New Jersey. We were there for 3 weeks for some high speed combat training. This is where I really started to know the guys I would be spending the deployment with.

Day 1 of many

Hey everyone this is my first blog,

I have never been the type of person to blog. After several conversations with my wife and this being my second deployment I thought it would be good to invite whomever wants to experiance this with me.  I am currently at our MOB site doing the final training before we leave. This blog I will try to describe as best I can how it is being in an MP detatchment from our training site and down range in a war zone. the day to day life as a deployed soldier and what your average reserve soldier deals with.  I look forward to posting pictures and stories of what it's like so please be kind and enjoy!!!