Background

I started this nearly two years ago now.... February 2009 I began working on acceptance to the US Army Officer Candidate School (see Road to OCS). September 2009, immediately after my daughter was born, I began the course and commissioned in December the same year. Branching Armor, I was initially hoping to become a Cavalry Officer, I went to Fort Knox and waited nearly four months for Armor Basic Officer Leaders Course to begin. August of 2010 I graduated and planned to head off to Ranger School. I ended up taking a detour due to a needed surgery, I arrived at my first duty station as an Officer in late 2010. The 3rd Infantry Division was finishing up a year long deployment in Iraq, and I waited patiently on Battalion Staff. Now, the Division is back, I'm still recovering from surgery, and I will meet my Platoon for the first time tomorrow morning.

It seems that I will be taking an Infantry Platoon (Mechanized)... Around 40 men, trained to kill, experienced in combat... Wow.

It's definitely not a Cavalry Platoon, and I have NO complaints...