i know i don't seem very religious at times but i would appreciate it if everyone would pray for the family of Army 1LT Joshua M. Hyland. he was probably one of the best LT's someone could ask for. he was prior enlisted so he knew about JOE and what it was like to be JOE. he was killed this month in afghanistan by an improvised explosive device. everyone in my company knew his wife and son, and 1LT Hyland was a good family oriented man. he was the kind of guy that all us junior enlisted guys looked up to and he was always ready to help us out in any sitaution. he never played the rank-card unless he deemed it absolutely necessary. 1LT Joshua M. Hyland died August 21st near Baylough, Afghanistan when the improvised explosive device detonated near their hmmwv. he was a good and honest soldier and he did his duty  honorably. he will be missed.

so i started out-processing this last friday, and i'm pretty glad to be done with this shitty company. don't get me wrong i'm gonna miss all the guys that i've been here with but i'm just ready to move on from this place. the leadership here has just been a fucking joke since i got here, but now it is starting to turn around and my platoon (2nd platoon) has got some good leaders in it now.

i about got in a fight last friday night because i met this guy outside of this club and he was telling me how he was the best pool player and what not. of course i thought i would be a smart ass to him all night about it. anyone that has ever played me at pool will know what i am talking about. well it got to my turn to play and the "best pool player" was my opponent. so we proceeded to play and i pretty much ran the table on his goofy ass. either way him and his friend were quite disgruntled about the situation and started erasing peoples names off the dry-erase board where you put your name when you want to play. me and my friends had some words with them and my girlfriend knows the people who own the club so she just had them kicked out. i guess it was one of those things were you have to be there but either way i enjoyed it. well i am coming home on the 30th at about 9:30pm. i can't wait to go to the lake on labor day. i hope my bro doesn't try and get out of going somehow. i know he just started a new job so that could be his excuse, i mean reason for getting out of going . well i hope all is well and i will be home very soon.

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this is my buddy pfc brooks wilson. he is the most arrogant, self-involved, and conceited person i might ever meet. i'm not joking, but we are still good friends. he is stationed in ft. lewis now but this memory and others will remain with me for many years to come. actually, right before he left he had an "incident" where he broke a door off a bathroom stall and attempted to defacate (take a shit) and ended up with feces (poop) all up his backside. i'm sorry i just had to include that. i know it's gross but it's real, and that's what i'm about.

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so it's about 10:30 right now and i am on guard. i'm tired of going through entiire days and even a week at a time knowing that i have accomplished nothing. it just seems as if i don't learn or achieve anything here. maybe i am wrong and i just don't notice it but that's just the way i feel. i'm getting anxious to get home and then get to my next unit. hopefully i'll have a good experience there and meet some good people. thats one thing i have achieved since i have been here, i've met a good number of trustworthy friends. people that consider you family you know? i mean shit, i live and work with these guys 24/7, i think of them as my family as well. its shitty to think that after i leave here i probably won't see any of them ever again. thats unfortunate.

well i was politicin' with my platoon sargeant earlier and he was telling me that if i take a mac (military aircraft) flight, i will leave the 25th. but if i take a commercial flight out of incheon then i will leave on the 29th. i want to take a commercial flight just because they are more comfortable and i don't have to worry about being on a flight with a bunch of douche bags like i would be if i was on a mac flight. the only bad thing about the commercial flight is i wouldn't start clearing until the 19th. oh well thats something that is out of my control so whatever is fine with me.

i hope i have fun this time on leave. to be totally honest all i did on leave in april was get drunk. i also acted pretty immature a few times which i really regret. i hope i can keep my composure this time around and just relax and have a good time with my family and good friends.

we have 3 ranges coming up right before i start clearing. the first one is on next sunday. what is it with our C.O. and going to the field and shit on sundays. i think maybe his wife is a whore and she has to work then or something. i swear he acts like he is god, so maybe that explains it. hopefully i can get my orders soon so i can figure all my shit out. i can't do anything until i have that one piece of paper that tells me when i leave. well i hope all is well with everyone and i will see everyone coming up here real soon.

So not a lot has went on lately. i am waiting to get my pinpoint orders so i can get started on all the paperwork i have to do before i come home. i swear to god, these fucking people and their phobia of paperwork or whatever it is, the shit needs to stop and they need to do their job.

But anyways i start clearing soon and that means i get every night off and i don't have to do pt with the company, i just show up to formation at 0600 and then i go about my own business. i have a feeling that they will impliment some new bullshit rule right before i start to clear.

i've been looking online for a car so when i come home i don't have to spend all my vacation looking for something. i haven't really found anything on Autotrader that jumps out at me. i also want to make sure i don't get stuck with something like the grand marquis i had right before i joined. what the fuck was up with that bullshit? i hated driving that bucket and i won't allow it to happen again.

i should be leaving here on the 25th so that would put me home on the 25th or 26th. i'll probably take about 25 days of leave if at all possible, that way i have time to get my shit and get situated before i get down to texas. thats 20 days from now. i can't believe i have been here for a year already. oh yeah and i only have 2 years left in the army as of this coming up monday. i have been in for about 16 months and i have 24 months left. thats like 40% of my contract almost finished.

well i wish i had something really exciting to talk about but that is just not the case. i'm ready to come home. i can't wait to go to the lake on labor day. i think danno might go. emphasizing the might.