Part of the reason for my prolonged silence is that I’ve had my evenings taken up by two college courses, both geared toward Microsoft Networking Certification. Now I’m not sure if I’m going to continue that effort, but I have earned an awful lot about the way computers talk to each other!
Pulled own a “B” in “Implementing MS XP Pro”, and a “C” in “Network +” (it was a battle!)
The idea was to do something to better myself while here at Balad. If you don’t have something occupying your time, you wind up in a rut, going to work, going back to the CHU and doing the couch potato thing… You tend to stagnate…
But now, as we progress into the backside of the deployment, there will be more than enough things to keep me occupied:
- I’m working on a database that will allow me to keep track of our ammunition inventory, and print out a variety of reports on demand…
- I’ve been practicing on the Pipes, but I’m going to ramp it up (expect recordings)…
- I’ve got some financial planning to do as well…
So there are more than enough things to keep me busy for the next few months…
Updates to follow!
March 15th, 2009 - 07:45
Glad to hear you’re still piping!
March 16th, 2009 - 07:37
I wondered if you had taken the pipes – will love to hear recordings
Anything you need on the certification front? Lemme know. Been there, done that, got the alphabet soup to prove it. And it never stops – we’re required to stay current, in our jobs, so I just keep moving on up to the next version. heh.
March 16th, 2009 - 17:53
The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 03/16/2009 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.
March 23rd, 2009 - 10:05
Recently found your blog. Looks very nice!
If you need study or reference books for computer related topics, please drop me an email. Books for Soldiers has an agreement with one of the top technical publishers; they will provide their titles free of charge to any deployed soldier who requests them through BFS.
I coordinate the technical requests and can give you more information if this would be helpful for you.
Take good care,
Julie
(site admin, BooksForSoldiers.com)
March 30th, 2009 - 16:44
Hey Sgt. B, found your blog via milblogger. I too am in Iraq and blogging my journey. Glad to see you’re using WordPress. Shoot me an email. We may be in the same area.
April 1st, 2009 - 19:37
I simply admire soldiers with passion for writing. Well I love to write my Journey but never had the chance to publish them on my blog. I actually got surprised why a soldier would take computer courses at first glance but as I go along, I understand that it’s a part of your job!
Yeah, I think you’ll be busy.. =) Goodluck!