Mission Assignment

On June 21st, a new mission assignment came down to me from our Company Commander. The mission was for about 10 people to include myself to execute humanitarian operations in a village near our base, after receiving this information I had about 5 hours to get all my stuff together for it, but as quick as I found out about the mission, I then found that it was posponed.

The new date came down a couple days later and was planned for the 27th of June.

On June 25th, I had a mission briefing and planning session, and then PCCs or Pre-Combat Checks which ensures everyone has all the proper gear needed to go "outside of the wire".

I woke up at 4am on the 27th so I could get my stuff and make my way down to the office. I had to stop there first to turn in the daily personnel reporting. We gathered outside of the Battalion headquarters at about 6am to have additional briefings on safety and intelligence.

We left the gate at around 7am and were in route to our destination (which will go unnamed for security reasons.)

My next few posts will cover the main phases of the operation...