Back in the Fire
Well I am back here in the “war zone.” Leave is over. 
Nothing much changed here while I was away. I guess that’s a good thing. The bad guys are a little more riled up, but that makes it easier to catch them. I really freakin’ hot too! Around 110F.
My first night back I was welcomed by my new roomate - a gecko (I hope). I was sound asleep and *something* ran across my bed. I woke with a start and started swatting at things. I figure it was a gecko because my roomate said he had seen one earlier and my bunk is pretty high for a mouse, camel spider, or something else nefarious to climb up to. Last night we had a mouse stop by to visit the gecko though.
So that catches everyone up on me. What about you? 
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Well, this isn’t about me, exactly. My oldest daughter, at the age of 23, joined the Army. Does that count?
Be safe out there, Doc.
How did you manage to get food poisoning at Fudruckers? You get food poisoning more than anyone I have ever met. I have gotten it twice in the last 4 years, but I deserved one of those (Vietamese Smoked Oysters at Big Lots).
I hate that you have to go back East. I hope the worse thing you run into is a Gecko.
Well when I said I had eaten a hamburger at Fudrucker’s the ER doc just groaned and said something about daring to eat beef in El Paso..
That was incident #6. I figure that Food poisoning is just my body’s way of saying “Hey you need to get sick from something!” After all, I rarely get sick (flu, etc).
Hey, you could call yourself Desert Doc now!
What about El Paso makes beef dangerous? Is it the meat or the preperation practices?
Dunno. I haven’t had a problem till now. I suspect it was cross contamination as thats the usual cause. IE: Cutting chicken on the same surface as beef without proper cleaning before hand, or something in the condiments line not being cleaned properly ahead of time (lettuce for example).
Well, I’m glad you made it back safe and sound...now just stay that way till you cross the ocean again on your way home.
Hey Doc!
I just heard that the Army is changing its policy so that every squad gets a medic now. But I haven’t been able to find any solid proof that this is taking place. As far as I know, it’s still one line medic per company, right? Do you know anything about the medic-per-squad thing?
TOE manning vs. actual manning are two very different things. Deployed manning vs. garrison are different as well. Some units can manage 1 medic per squad, some can’t. Its all based on the type of unit and its mission.