Joint Service Commendation Medal

Rachel received ANOTHER medal during this deployment, the JCOM. It is for among other things"...exceptionally meritorious service..." I know there are other people that have received the same award and higher but I think that our 1SG summed it up best when he said, "SPC Woolley, you actually earned and deserve this medal". He should know, so do I. I won't ruin it for Rachel, I will let her post a picture and give you all the details but it is significantly impressive, I think that it is the 10th highest award in the Army. Hooah.

We are winding down and it is hard to concentrate on the here and now when we can practically smell home form here. We are not home until we are home.
Some how Rachel has convinced me to take her aid-bag and one of her duffle bags home in our connex so that means on customs day I get to unpack, inventory and pack HER things, she must be part Jedi...I know that she would do the same for me though, if the table were turned. I can just see the customs inspector now when I pull out her hotpink kimono or undergear...she assures me that that was all in the OTHER box or bag. I can still see the customs dude in Kuwait when we came home on leave and I was carrying Rachel's OTHER bag because I was traveling light, she wasn't. When her high-heels fell out with a bra he and I looked at the pile, our eyes meet, looked back down and he goes "I don't even want to know". I will keep you posted once we are inspected this time.
Rachel has been sketching/drawing up a storm, which seems to make her happy. I have been bestowed the appellation, nom de guerre of The Royal Pencil Sharpener.
I have gotten for myself a keeper, a good wife.
When we get home we intend to drive South to see some family then over to AZ to see some more family and friends.
I think that it is starting to warm up here again.
M