vaccine

I woke up this morning to the heaviest sky Germany has to offer, and a PT test to boot. We ran a few miles, changed into ACU's then headed to the motor pool for a task force formation where we were addressed by the battalion colonel. I now know just when we will board a desert-bound airliner and just where it will be taking us. I wish I could bend your ear and whisper, but really, how often does a guy get to say, "Sorry, it's classified."

Formation was followed by the standard few hours of thumb-twiddling outside the company CP waiting for the word. We then made our way willy nilly to the medical clinic where we were all herded around and eventually injected with Anthrax, Smallpox and the flu. I felt like the Incredible Hulk, when he was injected with the government's top secret serum...but without the spasms and super hero side effects. And now that its had a chance to settle into my system I feel like something more akin to hammered dog shit.

We were informed that if our localized smallpox infection (aka: leaprosy) was not properly bandaged and tended to, the angry rotting flesh could spread to the rest of the arm and anything that comes into contact with it and could potentially infect our clothing, sheets, roomate and the rest of the world so keep it wrapped up and clean. Roger. Good times had by all.... Not to mention the off duty football game which took place immediately following our release. Two hours of half drunken, full contact, all American past time in the mud and rain under the lights. What a life. God bless my brothers in arms.