No First Names

The funny thing about work is that no one has first names. Even the civilians are Mr. so and so or Ms. so and so. It's kind of funny that people who work together every day call each other Mr. or Ms. I guess it's a respect thing. The military personnel of course refer to each other by rank.

The last few days I have been working with LTC C*. He is the division chief for the Regulation and Legislation division in the JAG office. I know, I know...what can be more exciting than legislation and regulation! But it actually has been kind of interesting. I basically read draft revisions of Army regulations, and one NATO joint publication, and look for typos and clarity issues and any legal issues or conflicts the revisions might have with other regulations. After I find the issues, if any, I type up a memo with the JAG office's recommendations and LTC C* signs it and sends it off. So, my recommendations could end up in an Army Reg or a NATO publication. Of course, most of my recommendations are to correct grammar and typographical errors so it's not like I am changing the substance of the regulations but it still makes me feel like my job is important. I will be doing much of the same thing next week and then I'll switch to a new division on Monday June 5th.

I have a four day weekend this weekend because of the Memorial Day holiday. Yesterday, at work they had a little ceremony in front of the building dedicated to fallen soldiers. It was really touching especially when a bugler played Taps.

Well, Brad and I don't have any big plans this weekend. We are going to see the Da Vinci code later today but other than that we are just going to hang out and be lazy. Since I have been getting up at 6:00 in the morning everyday and driving an hour to and from work, hanging out and being lazy sound pretty good to me!