Adam arrives in Kuwait

Hey there family and friends, Well I’ve finally made it to theatre! Kuwait is warm, sandy and barren, just the spot to spend a nice one year paid vacation. The base camp that I am currently at is not my final stop where I will be spending the next year but it is close. Due to operational security I won’t be able to share certain points of information so I will be speaking in generalities when it comes to location and other mission sensitive topics. Over time these points of information will be able to be shared, but until that time I won’t be able to share many specifics. Anyway things are going great here. Yesterday was 109 degrees during our training. We are here in Kuwait for a little while to get acclimatized and get used to the 7 hour time difference. While here they are having us do some minimal training to keep us busy and out of trouble. One of the bigger events of the past couple of days has been my promotion. I wasn’t promoted as far as grade or rank but rather position. I was moved up to the position of squad leader from team leader. So now instead of just being in charge of 3 lower enlisted personnel, like your privates, I am now in charge of 2 teams, which consists of two team leaders and between 3 to 4 team members. As far as the military life goes this is a huge jump in responsibility as I am now in charge of other NCOs (Non-commissioned officers, like me), especially since one of them out ranks me in time in grade and time in service. Anyway needless to say I was thrilled as my platoon sergeant picked me among my four other peers for the position. Other than that all is progressing as usual. We are being told that we will be moving to out final destination soon, but that also we are a lower priority company, so the transportation resources are being used for other companies. So again, needless to say we are staying flexible as the Army is keeping us on stand-by. For those of you that may not have heard, Morgan Dee Webb my girl friend of 11 months said yes to the big question on May 7th during a surprise proposal. We have been engaged now for less than 15 days and already picking out locations and dates for the up coming big event. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers as she truly does have the hard job of the two of us as she is finishing her degree back home and beginning to plan the wedding. Which reminds me to thank you all for the continued prayer and support during my time here and back at Ft. Bliss, your continued emails, letters and packages are always a welcome sight at the end of a long day, so thank you all from the bottom of my heart. Which also reminds me, for all those of you who have continually asked if there is anything you can do to help or support my mission here, I have found one request thus far. Other than an occasional email through an internet café, my main line of communication for a while for calling home/Morgan will be through an AT&T calling card. If you would like call the following 800 number with the provided pin number and add some minutes using a credit card. I will continue to use this same calling card during my deployment until other preferred cheaper ways to communicate become available, when that does I will let you all know. Again thank you for all your support and prayers. From Kuwait-Sergeant Adam RogersDial 1-800-269-7241 Pin # 439-288-1735 Follow automated operator instruction to add minutes with credit card over the phone.