Traveling in Uniform

I'm sitting in the USO at the Baltimore/Washington Airport, waiting for a van to come that will take me to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. I'm going to a two-week leadership school called the Advanced Non-Commissioned Officer Course.

The new rule in the Army is that when you are traveling on official orders, you must travel in uniform. So I spent the day in the Denver Airport, on the flight over here and now am sitting in the USO, in uniform. Used to be that you could not travel in uniform. I don't mind being in uniform, it is a bit like being under a microscope all the time though. But it's fun when the little kids see you and do a dead stop. "Daddy, LOOK!" It's cute.

While I was standing in line for a sub at the Denver Airport, a guy came up and asked if he could buy my lunch. I thought that was pretty cool. Then on the flight another guy offered to buy me a drink. If I drank, I would have taken it.

I sat for almost an hour talking to the lady in the seat next to mine about Iraq and what the media is not telling everyone. She said I should write a book. Maybe I will.

This seems like a hub for people coming from and going to theater. There are a bunch of Air Force people here. Judging from how clean their duffle bags are, I'd say they are getting ready to go over.

Well, looks like it's time to go. If I have internet access at the NCO Academy, I will write more while I'm in school. If not, see you in two weeks.