Let's not force these people to believe they have a condition now.

Some will have problems and some won't, but if you start telling them that they are having problems when they don't then you aren't doing them any good.

Agreed, there is a percentage of the population that can be talked into neurosis. ;)

I got word today that we now have a tentative deployment date for going down South. Folks are still being picked from the available pool, so I'm not sure if I'm going to be going for this activation, or one in the future. I'll likely know more after the team meets tonight.

I do know that one of the likely people to go does not like to fly (the last time she got on a plane it landed in Iraq for Desert Storm), but it may only be commercial flights she doesn't like.

Plthijnx ... Hypothetically, if one were to charter a plane to pick 4-6 people up outside of Philadelphia, say here to be flown down to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with a return trip 72 hours later ... how much might that end up costing? (just to compare against the cost of purchase of tickets on a commercial carrier without being able to book significantly in advance, and probably not staying over a weekend).

We're hoping for reimbursment, but not counting on it.

Let me know if any of you make it into the area and I'll try to see about habitation arrangements.

They can be a bit problematic right now.

That's what I hear ... the last notice we got said something about "sleeping on bedrolls" "portapotties" and "MREs".

I live about an hour outside of Baton Rouge so something may be do-able.

Wow! That is so cool!!

How many people are we talking about?

4-6. I don't have exact dates or numbers yet. We are having a meeting tonight that hopefully will clarify some of this. They may have better accommodations by the time we get there, which should be in about a week and a half.

Just let me know when it starts to look like a probability and we'll see what crops up.

[quote=xoxoxoBruce]This link [quote]

that album has been moved...

What? Where? Who? How?
The link I posted in post #9 still works.
What moved? :question:

I believe Labrat is referring to the link you posted in #14. That set of photographs has been removed. Interesting... :mg:

Not to be a nit-picking nuisance, but did she take a boat back? ;)

She wanted to, but apparently, despite the fact that she was in the Navy, they didn't have any.

I talked to her tonight. She said that on the way TO Kuwait she was sure she was going to die, so the plane ride wasn't as big a deal as it normally would be for her. On the way home, she had a more hopeful outlook. But not about flying. So she took a near overdose of valium.

We came up with a solution.

She's going to be Thelma, I'm going to be Louise.

We're hoping to get a vehicle loaned by a fire company or ambulance service. The train would be an option, but the closest we would be able to get is about 250 miles outside of Baton Rouge.

There are still a lot of unanswered questions about the details, but I am going to take the opportunity to purchase some new BDU pants at the gun show this weekend.