Thanksgiving for Matt was wonderful. We got to spend Thursday through Sunday with him. He got a new packet of homework to work on but didn't because he didn't want to 'ruin' his vacation.
This week, tomorrow actually, he gets to go out to 'the fields' and watch bombs explode! He said this exercize is to show them how dangerous the explosives he is working on actually are. This is to drum into their brains how important it is to follow directions and not have things like cell phones and beeping watches around. Everything is important when you are dealing with human life.
Matt is pretty excited about school. This week he learns to work on bombs, next week its missels. Idon't know what comes after that but he is only 4 weeks away from graduation!
Matt gets Christmas off- its actually called Exodus, where everyone leaves the base who doesn't have to be there. There are a full two weeks where no one works unless they have to. So Matt will come home December 20 and stay until around New Years. It's going to be a great holiday. (Actually, I'm looking forward to him doing the dishes, vaccuming and cleaning the bathrooms! That'll be a great Christmas present!)
When classes start up again after Christmas its more or less a countdown to the end. Probably a few tests and several briefings. And then Korea.
Matt'll be recieving his follow on orders really soon- he hopes by the end of this week. I'll definately post when I recieve that information!
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