Foreboding future

Well, I have a secondhand copy of a Naval Message telling me that I will be going to the desert. Ironic though it is, someone who has dedicated his life to the art of subsurface warfare, becomes a technical "expert" hired gun to help with the Iraqi War effort, combatting roadside explosives. The depth of my experience seems to be that fourteen years ago, I was trying to prove to my Electrical Engineering professor, that I wasn't a complete idiot, and that at one time, I was responsible for maintaining 300 pounds of torpedo explosives as a submariner. (Sub- marr - eeen - errr is the correct pronounciation / Sub - m-aire - in - er is a cartoon character!!!)
Oh well. The purpose and hopeful goal of this blog is to document my trials and tribulations as I convert from a bubblehead to a battle-hardened ground pounder (gawd help us all!!!)