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So...I have been tossing around some ideas for how I can keep informed anyone who wants/needs to know the latest updates on Tom Sawyer as he journeys through his fourth deployment...this time to Afghanistan.  I have decided the easiest way to do this is via blog.  I am not going to, at least in the beginning, make this blog "pretty" or in any way try to "sell" it to the general public.  I just need a simple venue in an accessible place to share the latest news.

DISCLAIMER (for anyone who needs it...I don't know who you are, but you probably do.  If the shoe fits, wear it.  If not, disregard and move on.):

 I am currently residing on a military installation with my sons, which is to say that I am not in very close proximity to any of my biological, immediate or extended family members. I am currently homeschooling both boys.  I am co-leading Tom Sawyer's battery's FRG (Family Readiness Group).  I am volunteering regularly in the Emergency Room here on post to keep current my nursing skills and knowledge.  In short, I am a busy lady.  I am busy by design, so I am not sharing this to seek sympathy.  I just want anyone who may read this to know that a lot of what you will read on here will be "quick and dirty" in the interest of time management, or because I am possibly having a rough day, or both.  If I seem short, crass, or inappropriate...oh well.  If I make spelling or grammar errors...oh well.  If you can't handle it...oh well.  I don't want to hear it.  Just move on.

There are things that I will not be able to share with you due to Operational Security (OPSEC), so please don't ever think that I am keeping you out of the loop to be mean or whatever.  Keep this in mind especially when the time comes for Tom Sawyer to come home.  I cannot post things like troop movement dates, because doing so can get soldiers killed.  You will just have to trust that I will tell you what I can, when I can.

My husband serves our country out of a genuine desire to support and defend the Constitution and the people of the United States.  These are contentious, uncertain times.  Animosity and strife are run amok.  This blog is not here for YOU to vent to me about topics such as your love or hate for my husband's Commander-in-Chief, this country, this war, US domestic or foreign policy, or pretty much anything else about which one could possibly mount any soapbox.  If I comment on such matters from time to time...well, it's my blog and I'll opine if I want to.  If you wish to do the same, start your own blog.  

Finally...THIS:  Any opinions expressed herein are the sole opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of any US government entity, including but not limited to, the Department of the Army and the Department of Defense.
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Ok...now that that is out of the way...stay tuned.  Next post will be Tom's mailing address for the deployment.

Thanks for stopping by!

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