So because of all the rain and resulting mudslides we have had to clean up the base and surrounding areas for the past for days. Really put a buzz on my weekend plans of going to Seoul.
So on Friday they put the base on lockdown which means we can't go out. Sucked. I need to go check on the places where I got my custom shoes and coat to make sure that it didn't get deluged by the rain. They are right outside the place in the area called the Ville, so as soon as we are not on lockdown I can go and check on my things. Don't worry I only put down like 30% on both items so they won't just pack up and leave hopefully. I mean the guys have been there a while(like 32 years) so im like 95% sure he wont pack up.
So on Camp Casey (the camp i am at if you forgot) there are a million run off canals to take the rain from the hills and mountains to the river in the base. After the rain and mudslides the canals overflew with rain and mud so now they don't work because of all the mud in the canals. So we Friday night we dug the mud out. Our shift was from 10 pm to 4 am. It wasn't to bad, I got all wet and stuff but so did everyone else. I actually liked doing the work because most of the time officers sit back and supervise things but it was good to finally show the guys that a cadet could do the dirty work too. I mean we needed all the hands we could anyway. The only bad thing is it caused my sleeping cycle to become all flukey so i woke up after the Dfac (dining facility) was closed and after i ate fast food (only other thing on base unfortunately) then i took a nap and well then i woke up after the Dfac was closed again so more fast food. Its weird you would think that soldiers, who are demanded to be in somewhat good physically shpae, should have adequate access to a healthy meal ya know.
Anyway saturday i just sat around waiting for my next shift which was at 4 am today (sunday). Today we dug out more mud and rocks out of the run off canals. Again i got my clothes wet, so im down to my last clean shoes and i have no more clean boots. But we only worked for 6 hours and our sargaent first class(senior Non commissioned officer in our platoon, usually like 15 years or so of experience, Usually they are paired with fresh officers and kind of mentor them ) had us not doing too much. Right now we've done a lot of work around the camp, and tts starting to look like we have done as much as we can without heavy equipment(like a bull dozer).
Our base is starting to look better but when I saw the Ville on friday, it got hit much worse. I have pictures but again i left my camera in my rooom, im upload them as soon as I can. But it basically look like a hurricane came through. One of the mini marts cleared their inventory because it was all wet. A lot of the stores are electronic stores and rain and electronics ya know doesn't create bubbles and candy. Whole families were helping in the clean up, and we have a lot of troops out there right now helping too. I'm glad we are helping out too because we should, a lot of the shop owners are older people, and we have thousands of young people in their prime to help out.
Also a little off of my previous topic but that whole debt thing is talked about a lot. Many people are saying if they don't get paid they are not going to work. A lot of the people here have kids and bills so i don't blame em. Its messed up when people aren't paid what they owe, but to send someone overseas, deploy him multiple time, stop loss hir (yes that is a gender neutral pronoun and in place of him or her). You can tell a lot of people here are very cynical about politics for some good reasons.
Anyway ill try and upload pictures as soon as i can. My bad. I was busy getting dry. Also I have plans for the best weekend in Seoul if we get done cleaning. Its payday tomorrow so it should be crazy (not that i need a payday to go out mom, ive been budgeting extremely well, its just others haven't been and they keep saying i gotta wait till i get paid, and i can't go out without a battle buddy. So now that others get paid, they can go to the club, and because they can go to the club/hostel, then i can have a battle buddy therefore this should be a great weekend). And this week we are learning how to use our tanks at work. Should be fun. I leave next Tuesday. crazy
http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/korea/u-s-military-bases-in-korea-begin-cleanup-after-massive-rainstorm-1.150493
News on the rain
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