Never Again Volunteer Yourself

I have always preached that NAVY stood for Never Again Volunteer Yourself but I guess I just ain't smart enough to listen to my own advice. When I "volunteered" for this excursion I was told I would be part of team deployed to Afghanistan but I guess I mis-heard what I was told. I mentioned that I finally got my orders the other day but I thought they looked kind of funny cuz they had ISO OIF in them and had a point in Iraq on the routing but it also said personnel deploying to Afghanistan must do etc. I pulled the string of course cuz if it smells wrong it probably is. I sat down with the Skipper and the Admin O and we went through it line by line with a copy of the associated letter of instruction. The consensus was that I was going to Afghanistan as originally told but the teams must be routed through Iraq for training or some other reason. I could believe that because the letter of instruction posted on the ISIC website specifically addresses an Afghanistan deployment. Today I noticed an additional letter of instruction was posted as of the 26th of October. I read it and it was exactly the same as the previous LOI except it specifically addresses an Iraq deployment. At this point the rusty gears in my little brain begin to grind into action. I say to my self:

"Self, I bet there is gonna be some RFF (request for forces) number listed in your orders and I reckon it can be correlated to one of these two LOIs"

"Self" I say "that is is a damn fine idea, lets go do that."

I already have a nasty suspicion about what will be revealed and shore 'nuff, the RFF called out on my orders does indeed correspond with the newly posted Iraq Letter of Instruction.

"Well SH********T! Self, how the hell am I gonna 'splain this to my Bride"

"Don't look at me Self, I'm not gonna tell her. I ain't the genius that got us into the fool thing."

"Well SCREW YOU Self, your slower than steam off a cold turd! I didn't hear nuthin' outa you when I was saying "sure I'll go"."

"Shut up you! Get up and go tell my dearest Bride...She is so gonna kick our ass!"

I was right. My Bride was not pleased...I hate it when she cries.

TO THE TYRANT NEVER YIELD