I will be attending my OBC (Officer Basic Course) for Transportation starting on next Monday, 16 August. I will attend school along with another LT from my unit, 2LT Sanchez. The other 2 LTs in the unit are set to attend Quartermaster OBC starting in September, leaving our poor CO all alone to mobilize the unit until December. The soldiers are anxious but looking forward to the start of their training, and the leaders are well focused. The transition from National Guard to Active Duty will come as a shock to many of the soldiers, but they are generally good boys (and girls!), and I have faith in them. I will attend OBC as a 1LT, and so I'll end up as the class leader for most classroom tasks (or so I'm told). I hope to read some emails from people, and the email address on my page is accessible to me from pretty much anywhere (even when we get to Iraq). Pray for our soldiers.