Today was an experience in trial and error. It tested the patience of our soldiers. Our chain of command proved inept at the art of planning, execution, and decision making. Basically, we weren't able to do any more outprocessing today. Nothing had been coordinated. The mobilization center wasn't expecting us. We even learned that travel had not been requested for the soldiers returning to Baton Rouge (most of the unit returns there upon completion of demobilization). The soldiers quickly figured out what was going on and weren't happy. I can't blame them. I wasn't happy either. Bottom line? We have to finish medical outprocessing before we can complete the administrative portion. This left us with nothing to do for the rest of the day.
Thomas's parents came down from Natchez, MS. They invited me to go out to lunch with them. We drove into Hattiesburg and ate at Chili's. We hit the jackpot - two for one on all draft beers. They had Shiner Bock on draft. Oh Yeah! The food wasn't so good, but, the beer made up for it.
We got a group of our soldiers to come out and join us at Kilroy's. The jukebox blared as we consumed many beers. We closed the joint - as it should be.
I still don't know when I'm flying home.
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