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Goodbye Ft. Benning, Hello Afghanistan!
After a week of briefings, medical exams, and deployment paperwork at the CRC (CONUS Replacement Center) at Ft. Benning, we were ready to fly! They didn’t tell us exactly when we’d be leaving, so we made sure we were packed and ready to go whenever the time came. Each of us were allowed to bring [...]
Deployment Prep 2: CRC at Ft. Benning
After settling in at the CRC (CONUS Replacement Center) at Ft. Benning, we prepared ourselves for the week to come. Each day, the schedule was be posted outside the main building. Each morning had a quick breakfast and had to line up at formation. The soldiers would form up first and the civilians would continue [...]